Seattle-based piano-vocalist Aaron English has made a self-produced debut album with a five-piece band (often supported by full string orchestrations). Although I'm not fond of his voice, the music is occasionally quite good. Harmonies, lush orchestral arrangements etc. are all apposite. However, I wouldn't call this progressive rock.

Songs are somewhat diverse, despite the fact they're exploring the world genre (world-musicians usually sound alike). Almost every song has some really good parts, but there's also some mediocre parts in them... It's a shame, because this album could have been very good otherwise (with a better singer, though). To name a highlight track of this album, I recommend you to listen to eighth track 'Mandeleine', which has lush string orchestrations.

Production on this album is quite good. However, some sectors of production, such as drums' sound, could have been done better. Otherwise the production is good. Mastering has been done quite well — there's no distortion, but volume levels seem to vary slightly (the differences aren't significant, though).

All the Waters of This World is moderate debut album, and I recommend it to fans of Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon and Sting. Especially fans of World-genre will like it, but it might be of interest to others as well. Be sure to check out the samples at ProgRock Records' website to see if this album is for you.

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- MAGE (25.07.2004)

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LINE-UP:
English, Aaron: Vocals, Pianos, Harpsichord, Mbira, Programming, Sampling & Percussion Strole, Patrick: Guitars, Hurdy-gurdy, Bouzouki & Percussion Yayanos, Meredith: Violin & Vocals Mateus, Miguel: Electric Bass Gunn, Don: Drums, Percussion & Programming with: Tedesco, Aerin: Vocals & Tenor Guitar Pearlman, Rafe: Vocals Ruby, Melissa: Vocals & Percussion Howard, Jesse: Guitars Cerro, Renato: Charango & Flamenco Guitar Chandler, Curtis: Electric Guitar Howard, Todd: Electric Bass Amponsah, Yaw Asare: Percussion Strazzabosco, Jason: Agave Didjeridus Dubois, Marchette: Accordion Parvulescu, Costi: Violin Humphrey, Jacob: Cello Renner, Mark: Guitarron
Producer:	Gunn, Don; English, Aaron & Strole, Patrick
Mixing by:	Gunn, Don & English, Aaron
Mastering by:	Gunn, Don

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Sea of Nectar 02. Deep Blue Quiet Places 03. The Lullaby of Loneliness 04. All the Water of This World 05. Ghost is Broken 06. Flower of Lebanon 07. Very Very Heavy 08. Mandeleine 09. Santiago 10. Lullaby 11. Animals Like Us