http://www.rockpages.gr/reviews/2008/KWinger-FromTheMoon-eng.htm
Easily one of the best ones I've seen so far. Enjoy!
Deeandra
In case you're wondering....I always like to post the full review here as well as the link. That way, if the link is pulled in the future, the entire reviews are archived here. So, here it is.....
Each and every private Kip Winger job is a special case. The worldwide success of Winger at the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s is now past, no matter how good IV was 2 years ago or how pleasantly nostalgic Demo Anthology was or how uplifting, delightful and of expected quality Winger Live was just a while ago.
For the ones that followed Kip on his musical trip right after Winger and were willing to dig deep into his personal lyrical ideology, this trip was a totally pleasant one, twirling through pop/rock passages of deep lyricism and musical quality of a higher level. The initial Kip Winger’s works were not only creations of high aesthetics, but furthermore, they were a pure specimen of musical genius at birth and of an inspiration hard to find these days. And if Kip with the, targeted to success, music of Winger became a rock star, with his personal works he showed that a chart-star can cary with him so much quality that he can create music to be considered classic in the future to come.
This Conversation Seems Like A Dream and Songs From the Ocean Floor may protrude a different Kip both being artistic creations of a higher level, however this From The Moon To The Sun, comes to complete this high level to the highest degree, verifying the artistic individuality, moreover Kip’s compositional ingenuity, certifying him, at no exaggeration, to one of the most important American musicians of our times.
Without a doubt, From the Moon To The Sun walks safely on the track curved by the two previous albums and it utilizes all those characteristics that lend value to them. Far from that, though, the new characteristics that the musician grafts in are the ones that created an album so distinct, so special and so personal that only Kip himself can repeat. This is an album full of lyricism and melody, experimentation and study, self awareness and introspection. An album full of private sentiments that evolve into feelings, free to be shared among the listeners through tracks deep in meanings and senses, in between private moments all of the above rarely met in rock creations. This is where Kip’s distinctiveness lies.
Kicking off with an exquisite, eastern oriented melody (Every Story Told), stepping for a moment into his Winger memories to finally create a composition that Steve Lukather would be envious of (Nothing) and adoring the Beatles through a wonderful ballad that we will all hum for months to come (Where Will You Go), he opens up a door to this musical journey. Toying with ours and his senses, depositing a unique trilogy that pushes lyricism into another dimension. Pages and Pages, an ethereal, heaven-sent inspiration with an amazing outro that links to the following Ghosts which brings a new aspect of what can be included in a rock album (written for an orchestra of strings with piano and harp). In Your Eyes Another Life, inspired by his special relationship with his wife Paula, a track with a totalitarian spiritual lucidity, so personal… With the remaining tracks bonding into a delightful total, more or less staying true to the same motif, orchestrated masterfully, the album concludes with the excellent Monster (out of the TCSLAD album) in an alternative mix.
A truly inspired, blessed album, consciously targeted to the fans of real good music and not targeted to the absolute sales numbers, this latest Kip Winger’s work is , by far, his best so far. And if Kip decides, once more, to leave his hair Metal days behind, he does so because he feels the artistic urge to do so. He blends his influences, his feelings and his life experiences and creates a masterpiece that will carry all the stuff great musicians are made off. Most probably, he will witness medium sales and he will see this album reaching the hands of a selected conscious few or maybe even some curious ones. However, believe me, this will make him more than happy.
On May the 9th, take a stroll through the aisles of your local record shop, buy this album and feel gracious, for Kip allows us to hop on his marvelous trip to the Sun.
Alex Politis
