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Grail - The Rock Musical of The Future
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Grail - The Rock Musical of The Future
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by Wayne Pedzwater, Maya Beiser, Bob Christianson, Bob Christianson, and Jeff Mironov
Sales Rank: 237846
Price:$20.99
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Album Details
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1. Overture - Grail
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2. Once You Believed - Joseph Kolinski, Florence Warner
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3. What a Castle - Joseph Kolinski, Jason Paige
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4. Grail - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, Joseph Kolinski, Jason Paige, Florence Warner
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5. Perfect World - Jason Paige, Florence Warner
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6. City of Light - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, , Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, ,
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7. Lance/Mother - Jason Paige, Florence Warner
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8. Walk to the Podium - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, , Bill Nolte, Russell Velaquez
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9. Klingsor in the Mirror - Bruce Connely, Bill Nolte, ,
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10. Uploading - Janie Barnett, , Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, , Bill Nolte, Jason Paige
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1. Journey Begins - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, , Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos,
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2. How Would You Like to Die? - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos, Russell G. Velazquez
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3. Outer World - Janie Barnett, Emily Bindiger, Vivian Cherry, Rory Dodd, Margaret Dorn, , Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos,
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4. Fear in a Kiss - Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos
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5. There Isn't Any There There - Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos, Kurt Yahjian
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6. Bracelet - Bill Nolte, Vaneece Thomas, F. Price Waldman
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7. When She's Gone - Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos, Florence Warner
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8. Who Are You Gonna Believe - Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos, Vaneece Thomas
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9. Crystal - Bob Christianson, Jason Paige
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10. Kundree Exposed - Jason Paige, Sophia Ramos, Vaneece Thomas
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Grail: the year is 2050. The place is the Outerworld. Ten-year-old Lance is a lonely child with a passion for building castles in the sand. Not just any castles but architectural wonders. But the Outerworld is ravaged by a war with Citiworld, a walled metropolis that on the surface seems a Utopian haven. Soon Lance must choose between the world he knows and the world he can barely remember and all the answers lie in a crystal his father gave him before he died.it is the GRAIL.
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Listener Reviews & Comments
First I must say I am a big fan of the "rock opera". Things like Stix "The Grand Elusion", The Who's "Tommy" and Pink Floyd's "The Wall" are great works to me as well as things like "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Zappa's "Joe's Garage". So when I ran across "Grail" I was naturally going to pick it up. I was not too sure what I was getting myself into when I got it. The rich blue cover art with the symbol of the castle in the crystal was intriguing. The tag line on the top is "The search is over" and the double disc set matches the cover. The Story is set in the future with a battle going on with Outerworld and Cityworld. Lance (our main character) is 10 at the start. He's father is killed and he and his mother are taken to City world and it is here we start our story. A magic crystal, crazy wise men, and a family at war are thrown into play as this surprisingly complex story is played out over the 36 tracks. Broken up into three parts it has wonderful voices playing each part in the story. The Music is just great. It is a bit like Stix goes Andrew Lloyd Webber with a bit of Elton John thrown in to the mix. It has, as it should calling itself "the rock MUSICAL of the future". About four songs that could stand outside of the work. Tracks like "From the Wonder to the Dream" and "Too soon, Too Late" are just fantastic. Most of the songs do tend to ramble a bit with no repeating chorus that I can hear, but that surprisingly does not take away form the enjoyment of the work. All the music is really good with giutar work and heavy percussion forming their foundation. The Lyrics are wonderfully tight and advance the story at a good pace. This piece is definitely where I would want to format of the rock opera to go, but be warned that this piece is not something one can just jump around in such as "The Wall" or "Tommy" the songs to follow a narrative and do not try and cloak the story in any way. I really enjoyed this work and hope that we see more form this talented team of writers.
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Grail - The Rock Musical of The Future
by Wayne Pedzwater, Maya Beiser, Bob Christianson, Bob Christianson, and Jeff Mironov
Price:$20.99
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