Ex-Floyd man goes operatic for his fourth solo outing! Revolutionary!
Hughesy's assessment:
Interesting Significant Worthwhile
Track listing: Act 1: The Gathering Storm; Overture
Scene 1: A Garden in Vienna 1765: Madame Antoine, Madame Antoine
Scene 2: Kings Sticks and Birds: Honest Bird, Simple Bird; I Want to Be King; Let Us Break All the Shields
Scene 3: The Grievances of the People
Scene 4: France in Disarray: To Laugh is to Know How to Live; Slavers, Landlords, Bigots at Your Door
Scene 5: The Fall of the Bastille: To Freeze in the Dead of Night; So to the Streets in the Pouring Rain
Act 2 Scene 1: Dances and Marches: Now Hear Ye!; Flushed With Wine
Scene 2: The Letter: My Dear Cousin Bourbon of Spain; The Ship of State is All at Sea
Scene 3: Silver Sugar and Indigo: To The Windward Isles
Scene 4: The Papal Edict: In Paris There's a Rumble Under the Ground
Act 3 Scene 1: The Fugitive King: But the Marquis of Boulli Has a Trump Card Up His Sleeve; To Take Your Hat Off; The Echoes Never Fade from That Fusillade
Scene 2: The Commune de Paris: Vive la Commune de Paris; The National Assembly is Confused
Scene 3: The Execution of Louis Capet: Adieu Louis for You It's Over
Scene 4: Marie Antoinette – The Last Night on Earth: Adieu My Good and Tender Sister
Scene 5: Liberty: And in the Bushes Where They Survive
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