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Tony Banks: Bankstatement

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Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1989.08.01
Time:
 53:35
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Tony Banks, Steve Hillage
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.tonybanksmusic.co.uk
Appears with: Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Ray Wilson
Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Throwback (T.Banks) - 4:39
[2] I'll Be Waiting (T.Banks) - 5:56
[3] Queen Of Darkness (T.Banks) - 4:26
[4] That Night (T.Banks) - 4:41
[5] Raincloud (T.Banks) - 4:40
[6] The Border (T.Banks) - 5:52
[7] Big Man (T.Banks) - 4:16
[8] A House Needs A Roof (T.Banks) - 4:07
[9] The More I Hide It (T.Banks) - 4:30
[10] Diamonds Aren't So Hard (T.Banks) - (omitted from LP version) 5:12
[11]  Thursday The Twelfth (T.Banks) - 4:48

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Tony Banks - keyboards, bass synth, lead vocal [7], synth lead-guitar [7], producer
Alistair Gordon - lead vocals except [3,7,8,11], backing vocals
Jayney Klimek - lead vocals [3,4,8], backing vocals
 
Geoff Dugmore - drums
Pino Palladino - bass guitar [1,2,4,5,11]
Dick Nolan - bass guitar [3,6,7]
Steve Hillage - guitar
John Wilson - additional vocals [1]
Martin Ditcham - congas, tambourine
Martin Robinson - saxophones [9,10]
"The Phantom Horns":
Gary Barnacle - saxophone
Pete Thorns - trombone
John Thirkell - trumpet
Derek Watkins - trumpet
 
Steve Hillage - producer
Steve Chase - engineer
John Gallon - additional engineer
Simon Osborne - assistant engineer
Hugo Nicholson - assistant engineer
Andy Mason - assistant engineer
Croydon - assistant engineer
Geoff Callingham - technical assistant
Mike Bowen - technical assistant
Halpin Grey Vermier - design

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CD Atlantic 82007-2 (1989 USA)
LP Atlantic 82007-1 (1989 USA)
LP Virgin V2600 (1989 UK)
 
Recorded at The Farm, Surrey.
 
Bankstatement is a solo project by Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks, issued under a band name. The other band members were singers Alistair Gordon[1] and Jayney Klimek. Banks had the idea for Bankstatement after hearing of the success that Mike + The Mechanics were having in both Europe and America. It was Banks' third studio album (his first issued under a band name and fifth album overall). In a retrospective review, Allmusic praised the album for achieving well-crafted mainstream pop, and regarded it as a mystery that neither the album itself nor its singles were hits. They especially praised the three lead vocalists, saying they "do an outstanding job blending with fluid, often dark soundscapes."
 
 
 
Technically, a group project in little more than name alone, Bankstatement was a Tony Banks solo project guised under a band name much in the way the first Mike and The Mechanics album was. This project featured vocals by Alistar Gordon and Jayney Klimek predominantly on lead vocals, the latter of which also appeared in Bank's 1991 solo album, Still. Despite moments of pop brilliance with songs like "I'll Be Waiting" and "Queen of Darkness," the release is a fairly even mix of good material fused with mediocre to poor tunes with the worse of which being "Big Man," a Banks sung track worthy of relegation to the b-side of a single.  Up to the point of this album's release, it was by far the most mainstream sounding album Banks ever recorded, but the few really exceptional tracks are heavily eclipsed by the sub-standard pop that makes up a good portion of the album. 
 
World of Genesis.com
 
 
 
With this album, Tony Banks attempted a more mainstream pop sound, and from an artistic standpoint he succeeded, although it certainly wasn't reflected in sales. The vocalists employed here (Alistair Gordon, Jayney Klimek, Banks himself) do an outstanding job blending with fluid, often dark soundscapes. Surprisingly, songs like "Throwback" (with a catchy, synth-horn pop hook) and even the pop fluff of "A House Needs a Roof" were overlooked on American radio, but fans of Tony Banks and the pop powerhouse sound of '80s Genesis will enjoy this release.
 
Steve McMullen - AllMusic.com
 

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