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Track Listings

1. Dogs Of War

2. Worlds Apart

3. If Only Love

4. Jade

5. Broken Arrow

6. Prisoner

7. Away From Harm

8. Through Your Eyes

9. Windows To The World

10. Politician

11. Years Gone By

12. Untitled

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A must have album for Classic Rock fans., 25 Dec 2000

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After Stuart Smith's critically acclaimed 'Heaven & Earth' 1999 album expectation has been high for the follow up. The wait is over but with a few changes. First off this is no longer a Stuart Smith solo album jam packed with guest musicians, rather Stuart has decided to form a band with the moniker of 'Heaven & Earth'. The album was recorded with the line-up of Stuart Smith [g], Kelly Keeling [v], Richie Onori [d] and Arlan Schierbaum [k], bass duties were handled by Keeling, Chuck Wright [Impellitteri, Hurricane], Howard Leese [Heart] and Tony Franklin [L.T.E.]. Overall 'Windows To The World' is more consistent in direction than the varied 'Heaven & Earth' with the overall feel reminding me of classic Deep Purple and latter day Rainbow. Kelly Keeling's distinctive vocals sound superb over this music whilst Arlen Schierbaum on the keys is quite spectacular - in both supporting roles and trade-offs with Stuart evoking those of Blackmore / Lord and Blackmore / Rosenthal - delightful stuff. The album is a traditional bluesy hard rock album with AOR, Folk and Classical touches.

Stuart Smith has shown again that he is a superb guitarist and songwriter. Sure his influences are clear to see but its all done with such sincerity that it makes the tracks all the more special as Blackmore it seems is unlikely to blast an Arena to pieces in the foreseeable future, and even if he did he would be hard pressed to equal yet alone better this album. The partnership of Smith and Keeling looks like its soon to be a partnership spoken of in the same terms as Blackmore/Dio and Malmsteen/Soto etc. The sound of the album is great with Stuart's guitar sounding particularly awesome whilst Arlen Schierbaum proves he's a world class player with a firm grasp of what's needed in a Classic Rock setting. 'Windows To The World' is a 'must have' release for any fan of classic rock and all Blackmore fans will be delighted with this album.

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