Supper's Ready (1996)

About this title: All the tribute albums in the Magna Carta catalog tread dangerous ground. How can they give the artists room to stretch and still maintain enough of the original spirit to capture the art-rock audience that knows these songs by heart? "Supper's Ready" manages to walk that fine line for the most part, with strong contributions by Annie Haslam, Kevin Gilbert (a trombone solo on "Back in NYC" works impossibly well) and Magna Carta label workhorses Robert Berry, Trent Gardner and Magellan, and Shadow Gallery. On the down side, John Goodsall, guitarist of Phil Collins' jazz offshoot, Brand X, is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Watcher of the Skies [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
2. Firth of Fifth [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
3. Undertow [Banks]
4. Ripples [Banks/Rutherford]
5. Back in N.Y.C. [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
6. For Absent Friends [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
7. Mama [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
8. Man of Our Times [Rutherford]
9. Many Too Many [Banks]
10. Entangled [Banks/Hackett]
11. Squonk [Rutherford/Banks]
12. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
13. The Carpet Crawlers [Banks/Rutherford/Co]
14. Keep It Dark [Banks/Rutherford/Co]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.