"Ashes are burning" was the 4th album released but was probably their most successful album of all time! On this album we really get to experience the full and classic Renaissance lineup with Annie Haslam at the helm. Every song on this album is fantastic from start to finish and features for me some of the most memorable Renaissance songs of all time. "Carpet of the sun" was an instant love for me and is IMHO one of the best progressive folk rock songs of all time.
Annie Haslam had an amazing and powerful soprano-like voice which really shaped the sights and sounds of Renaissance's music. Renaissance stood out in the 70's as something very different with their original progressive folk rock sound and magical music. Haslam had quite a band backing her with JohnTout's inventive piano work, John Camp's bass, Terry Sullivan's drums and the wonderful guitar and song writing of Michael Dunford.
Perhaps the most progressive song they ever recorded is the 12 mins long epic title track "Ashes Are Burning" which brings the album to a close and is a promise of what is still to come from Renaissance. On this track the band really get to stretch out the mid section with some great prog passages featuring some excellent vintage keyboard work.
. .......clear your mind......maybe you will find.......that the past is still turning....circles sway........echo yesterday...ashes burning.....ashes burning
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