The Thirteenth Star

[bigste]

AMAZING! BRILLIANT! FANTASTIC! EMOTIONAL! THOUGHT INDUCING! A RETURN TO TIP-TOP FORM FROM THE BIG MAN! A CLASSIC! Just some of the comments made by friends on hearing 13th Star.It is an absolute gem of an album. Well done Onkle Fish!

[scargmann]

The only album that I've been able to play again and again without skipping tracks. The best.

[Stardancer]

13th star, a real grower for me! Amazed when I first listened, but then the music faded away from my horizon. And beside the Loreley Gig I missed the following tour...but suddenly, some days ago, I felt the need to put the music in my player again! And since then I won't hear another album...it's fantastic, it's sparkeling, it's within a great depth, emotions, great melodies and atmosphere. It's straight from the heart and now it touches mine! Great! Thanks Fish !

Only (little ) critics goes to the production, the drums could get more punch sometimes.

[docbob]

the drums could get more punch sometimes.

Gavin the drummer prefers Guinness..

[Stardancer]

Gavin the drummer prefers Guinness..

Oh shame on me, I should have known...they should have given the boy one barrel of Scotch Ale !

[Conan]

Surely he's due a Deuchars?

[docbob]

Surely he's due a Deuchars?

maybe when he ventures out of Deepest Wales into Deuchars land...!

[Conan]

Ah. Then that must make him the Brains of the outfit?!?

[Teddynonose]

2008 was a great year for rock music with some excellent new albums by "classic rock" acts like Queen, Whitesnake, G n R, Def Leppard, Metallica, ACDC et al. But the best surprise was 13th Star. What an album - I play it constantly. In my view its Onkle Fish's best set of songs since.....the very old days. Square Go, Manchmal, Dark Star, Circle Line, Miles, Zoe.....such a strong set of songs. Thank you !

[jillyc]

Re bigste's reveiw of 13th Star........ [see next post]

I think i 2nd that based on tracks heard so far - just ordered it from the Fish Shop [ROFPMSL , WOT AN XCELLENT TITLE].

Also, would seem that lateley, every time i hear a Fish track on Planet Rock, it seems to feed into my current experience [that's how you know any music is GOOD music, it speaks to you when you need a voice of reason or empathy] cos just heard "Arc of a Curve" and f*cking burst into tears in the kitchen cos am currently goin thru that badland of pre-divorce bitterness and hostility that so many people have to trudge thru in their lives.

Fish, you are a gentleman, a scholar and a genius and I thank you and salute you for making my life just that bit easier at times and vastly enriched at all times. "Misplaced Childhood" is the album I would choose in a Desert Island Discs scenario cos it just sez it all for me and am still searching for the bugger in me own life, 48 years later [may well give up and just pick a new memory tho, much easier and less painful i suspect!!]. For years, the album of choice was "Bat Out of hell" and if I could have two [by having it as my 'book' option, cos it's a story in itself!!] would have that one too, but if i could only listen to one album for the rest of me life, it would be "Misplaced Childhood". Thanks mate, you are one in a million and Katie is a lucky lass - hope you will be good 4 each other and find the happines you both deserve.

..and you're me favourite Onkel too!!

J