Steve Howe - Turbulence

The problem with instrumental rock guitar albums is that you keep being reminded that they are GUITAR albums because there are GUITAR solos all over the place and, gosh, isn't that a great GUITAR solo, whether it should be there or not but it's a GUITAR album, what do you expect? Yes's best-known guitar player, Steve Howe, has released several albums and I finally decided to pick up one, having been impressed by a recording of one of his solo shows. Be forewarned that some of his albums have him singing and he is a terrible singer. Turbulence, though, is all instrumental so we are out of danger here. What I liked about this album was that I found myself forgetting that I was listening to a guitar player's solo album. I sometimes find Howe's playing a bit cold but he sure knows how to let the song take the spotlight and have the guitar(s) serve it instead of the song merely being a vehicle for (yet another) guitar solo. Check out Running the Human Race and Corkscrew. Do you hear what I mean? I'm looking forward to more of Steve Howe's (instrumental) albums.