This album is considered to be their most commercial (it was used as a demo for EMI). It's easier and less "complicated" but you can feel this music as it's got soul! "Saved by You" and "The Mask" will hit you with their energy. The beautiful ballad "The Haunting" will certainly show you the light in the tunnel... The masterpiece title track with its great guitar solo shows the direction the band has taken: "... don't isolate your sensitivity and you'll never be alone...". The wonderful spirit of the 80's is all around you when you listen to this album!

Maciej Kaploniak - 16th/02/03

Track listing: Saved By You (3'58") (bonus track) - The Mask (4'01") - Time For A Change (3'56") - I Walk The Rope (4'17") - 2 AM (4'14") - Total Recall (7'00") - The Haunting (10'40") - Solid Heart (4'20") - Kowtow (8'56")

MP3: Saved By You |The Mask |The Haunting UPDATED

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This is Pendragon's 3rd studio recording. It was their first recognisable album, the one which revealed the Pendragon sound to everyone - a sound recognizable all around the world, which calls all your senses with its melodies. It is emotional, catchy and timeless. A large number of new listeners are seduced by the poetical and textual refinement of their songs. It also brought the band a visual identity with the collaboration with Simon Williams, their current covers artwork illustrator. If you want to discover the band we highly recommend this CD!

Didier Pernice - 16th/02/03

Track listing: Back In The Spotlight (7'39") - The Voyager (12'15") - Shane (4'25") - Prayer (5'21") - Queen Of Hearts (21'46") [1- Queen Of Hearts/2- A Man Could Die Out Here/3- The Last Waltz] - And We'll Go Hunting Deer (7'14")

MP3: Back In The Spotlight | The Voyager | Queen Of Hearts UPDATED

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This is Pendragon's tenth release and sees the band soar to new heights of excellence and demonstrates why Pendragon is such an extraordinary band. The orchestral music and operatic vocals make "The Masquerade Overture" a very powerful and unusualng track. From beginning to end, the listener's emotions are taken on a rollercoaster ride, from the rousing "As Good As Gold" and "Master's of Illusion" to the gentler, more melancholy, "Paintbox" and "The Shadow". This is a truly outstanding album that was their bestseller at the time. If you don't have a copy already, we thoroughly recommend that you check it out!

Claire Bamber - 16th/02/03

Track listing: The Masquerade Overture (3'02") - As Good As Gold (7'15") - Paintbox (8'36") - The Pursuit Of Excellence (2'36") - Guardian Of My Soul (12'39") - The Shadow (9'54") - Masters Of Illusion (12'50")

MP3: As Good As Gold | Paintbox | Masters Of Illusion UPDATED

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Pendragon is definitely not of this world. This CD is their most accomplished studio recording. Both the lyrics and the melodies are more deep and emotional than ever before.Yet, it seems to have been misunderstood by not being welcomed as expected. The non-appropriate use of new technologies is perhaps partly responsible, but time, as usual, will prove the contrary. This album is a wonder, an awakening to all our feelings, a lesson of optimism. When everything is tumbling down around us because of betrayals, what remains to us? Where can we find the answers? This album is to savour, eyes closed, on a beach, in front of a sunset...

Didier Pernice - 16th/02/03

Track listing: If I Were The Wind [And You Were The Rain] (9'25") - Dance Of The Seven Veils : part 1 Faithless - part 2 All Over Now (11'42'') - Not Of This World : part 1 Not Of This World - part 2 Give It To Me - part 3 Green Eyed Angel (17'28'') - A Man Of Nomadic Traits (11'44'') - World's End : part 1 - The Lost Children - part 2 And Finally... (17'48")

MP3: If I Were The Wind | Green Eyed Angel | The Lost Children

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With this 2nd CD given away to all the subscribers of their fan-clubs, Pendragon proves once again its kindness and its talent by presenting 4 new songs which are in keeping with the style of "The Window Of Life". It also introduces by the clarity and the refining of its melodies, their next studio album "The Masquerade Overture". Pendragon is in full bloom, Nick Barrett's lyrics and voice are cheering, reassuring. The sound, more simple, works for the melody. This is a golden gift with its 4 songs which are among the best that the band had released at that time. Listen carefully to "Sister Bluebird", it's a real release of emotions. Thrills guaranteed!

Guillaume Garcia - 25th/02/03

Track listing: The Third World In The U.K. (7'16") - Dune (4'40) - Sister Bluebird (7'47") - Fallen Dreams And Angels (5'23")

MP3: Dune | Sister Bluebird

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Let's call it "The Masquerade Overture" supplement: four tracks including "As Good As Gold"'s single version and for the other three songs you will find all you can expect from Pendragon: emotion, beauty, sensitivity, poetic lyrics. Three different stories, with melody lines and guitar solos you will always remember.

Maciej Kaploniak - 16th/02/03

Track listing: As Good As Gold (3'27") - Bird Of Paradise (6'52") - Midnight Running (7'43") - A Million Milles Away (3'17")

MP3: Bird Of Paradise | Midnight Running

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This was the Pendragon's first live album and was recorded live at The Marquee Club in London during July 1986. The numbers of fans were rapidly increasing at that time and the album demonstrates how capable Pendragon were as a live band back then, as they continue to be now. It's great to hear the audience participation on tracks such as "Leviathan" and "Red Shoes", as it makes the listener feel part of the whole experience. The album is a mixture of live and studio tracks and has a very upbeat and energetic feel to it. The studio tracks include "Dark Summer's Day" and "Excalibur" from the "Fly High Fall Far" mini-album and the divine instrumental "Please" which is well worth a listen.

Claire Bamber - 16th/02/03

Track listing: Victims Of Life (2'37") - Higher Circles (3'29") - Circus (6'57") - Leviathan (6'22") - Red Shoes (3'03") - Alaska (8'41") - The Black Knight (10'05") - Please (4'48") (titre bonus studio). Bonus tracks: Dark Summer's Day (5'31") - Excalibur (6'30")

MP3: The Black Knight | Leviathan | Higher Circles

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This is the band's live performance taped at Studio Leg in Kraków, Poland in 1996 on the "Masquerade Overtour". From the start you can tell you are in for a real treat as Pendragon take some of their best songs and make them shine on stage! In this performance, the band sounds tight and every song is played to absolute perfection. Nick's vocals and guitar work will pierce your soul on songs such as "Leviathan" and "Paintbox", while Fudge Smith's drum work on "Guardian Of My Soul" will leave you breathless. Clive Nolan's keyboard work is pure majesty on every track but he really shines on the track "The Shadow" while Peter Gee's thundering and well placed bass riffs echo beautifully throughout every song. After "Masters Of Illusion"'s final, which is Pendragon's answer to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", the show concludes with "The Last waltz" but you find yourself wishing that the show would never end!

Jeffery Noble - 25th/02/03

Track listing: As Gold (7'37) - Paintbox (7'52") - Guardian Of My Soul (13'16") - Back In The Spotlight (6'37") - The Shadow (9'47") - Leviathan (7'00") - Masters Of Illusion (13'26") - The Last Waltz (4'34")

MP3: Guardian Of My Soul | The Shadow | The Last Waltz (Queen Of Heart - Part 3)

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Each new release of Pendragon is a challenge. This one isn't an exception to the rule. Let's imagine: playing in a more private atmosphere, less electric, being static and most of all playing as a trio: 2 guitars and a keyboard. The result is amazing, the emotions are deeper and we become aware that Pendragon are writing really great and timeless songs. This album will become one of their classics and, as the icing on the cake, there's also a multimedia track.

Didier Pernice - 16th/02/03

Track listing: And We'll Go Hunting Deer (5'33") - Fallen Dreams And Angels (5'30") - A Man Of Nomadic Traits (6'20") - World's End (5'48") - The Voyager (9'06") - Alaska (8'38") - The Pursuit Of Excellence (2'23") - 2 AM (4'19") - Dark Summer's Day (5'52") - Unspoken Words (4'47") [from Heart Of David, Peter Gee's 1st solo album] + a multimedia track

MP3: A Man Of Nomadic Traits | Alaska | 2 AM

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This album features a collection of early singles, B-sides and incorporates the band's first mini-album "Fly High Fall Far" (1984) in it's entirety. The diversity of Pendragon's unique musical style is showcased in this collection, from the stirring 1988 single "Saved By You", featured as a bonus track on the album "Kowtow", to the powerful instrumental "Excalibur", one of their classics at that time at its best. This album is compulsory listening for anyone wanting to experience the music of Pendragon's formative years.

Claire Bamber - 16th/02/03

Track listing: Saved By You (4'03") - Lady Luck (4'52") - Chase The Jewel (5'56") - Elephants Never Grow Old (3'27") - Red Shoes (4'17") - Searching (3'33") - Contact (3'22") - Fly High Fall Far (4'51") - Victims Of Life (6'56") - Dark Summer's Day (5'57") - Excalibur (6'29") - Fly High Fall Far (live) (4'23")

MP3: Lady Luck | Chase The Jewel | Excalibur

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This best of, meant for the Amercian market, recounts 12 years of Pendragon's studio recordings, in 68 min.: 8 songs to make the most of, a collection of gems, a treasure to appreciate! From "The Black Knight" to "Midnight Running", each Pendragon's studio albums (including their 2 mini-CDs) has its selected track chosen. This CD is a great opportunity if you want to discover the band: great songs, selected with taste, which will allow you to savour and get a general view of Pendragon's world, its richness and authenticity.

Guillaume Garcia - 25th/02/03

Track listing: Midnight Running (7'45") - Sister BlueBird (7'48") - Paintbox (8'38") - Ghosts (8'02") - The Voyager (12'16") - Dark Summer's Day (5'32") - Total Recall (7'01") - The Black Knight (previously unreleased) (10'25")

MP3: Ghosts | Total Recall | The Black Knight

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