Not as Good as the Book

by The Tangent

Not as Good as the Book cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 March 2008
  • Label: InsideOut
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:54
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jonas Reingold, Theo Travis, Andy Tillison, Jaime Salazar, Unknown Artist, Jakko Jakszyk, musical assistance, Julie King

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally packaged with a novella penned by frontman Andy Tillison, the British ensemble's fourth studio album is an incredibly dense, double-disc foray into symphonic progressive rock. The intricate, extended compositions are notable for their deeply philosophical lyricism and seamless integration of jazz-fusion elements.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, melodic, progressive, existential

Tracklist

  1. A Crisis In Mid-Life (7:12)
  2. Lost In London (25 Years Later) (7:32)
  3. The Ethernet (10:13)
  4. Celebrity Pur茅e (3:44)
  5. Not As Good As The Book (8:54)
  6. A Sale Of Two Souls (7:19)
  7. Bat Out Of Basildon (6:00)
  8. Ours
  9. Theirs (Incl. Ours Reprise)
  10. His
  11. Mine
  12. The D599
  13. Gothenburg
  14. Last Tango (Instrumental)
  15. Studio Tan
  16. Not A Drill
  17. Southend On Sea
  18. The A1 North Of Paris
  19. Four Last Days
  20. The D599 & The A61

Credits

  • The Tangent - primary artist
  • Catherine Wightwick - booklet editor [illustrated novel: "not as good as the book (a mid-life crises in a minor)": edited by]
  • Jaime Salazar - drums, membranophone
  • Jakko M. Jakszyk - electric guitar [electric guitars], vocals
  • Julie King - guest, vocals [other vocals]
  • Theo Travis - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, flute soprano saxophone tenor saxophone
  • Unknown Artist - guest, violin
  • Jakko Jakszyk - electric guitar, vocal

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