The former brings the Canterbury scene and Hatfield And The North in particular to mind whilst the latter has perhaps a more Transatlantic feel about (Harold Faltermeyer anyone). More on the money is the fusion instrumentals Jinxed and Slipstream, both centred around lively synth noodling. In a similar vein but altogether better still is Raining All Over The World which in its own unassuming way contains one of the most attractive melodies ever penned by Bardens.Ī rich and fluid piano and sax arrangement elevates the song into Bruce Hornsby territory.ĭoing The Crab is vintage swing jazz with scat vocals and although its skilfully and smoothly executed is not really my cup of jazz tea. Its an agreeable ballad with engaging harmonies and lilting electric piano. The delightful Julia opens the album in surprisingly restrained fashion with Bardens dulcet vocal tones having a certain charm, sounding not unlike his old band-mate Andy Latimer. To realise his ambitions Bardens brought on-board a fine supporting cast with diverse musical pedigrees that saw legendary session players Mel Collins (saxophone, flute) and Peter Van Hooke (drums) rubbing shoulders with relatively newcomers Stan Scrivener (bass) and teenager Gus Isadore (guitars, vocals).īardens wrote and (along with Norman Mighell) produced all the material on Heart To Heart and in addition to keys provides the lead vocals as he had done on the earlier solo outings.

His first port of call however was to play on the 1978 album Wavelength by Van Morrison who Bardens had previously performed with in the 60s as a member of Them.īardens was no stranger to solo albums having released The Answer and Peter Bardens in 19 respectively, shortly before teaming up with Andy Latimer, Doug Ferguson and Andy Ward to form Camel in 1972.īoth of those albums however had been very much in the RB style whereas Heart To Heart draws upon his experiences within Camel with more melodic pop-rock tunes (an area that Camel themselves were gravitating towards in the late 70s) and prog-fusion instrumentals.

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