Title: Celebrate The Great Troubadour
Product review: Al Stewart is a treasure. Every new Al Stewart album is very welcomed event. A Beach Full of Shells is no exception. This one works beautifully on so many levels. As with every album by Al, there are great thematic lyrics, tasteful and catchy tunes and great production work, once again from Lawrence Juber. The use of strings on several songs works very well. Highlights for me: "Mona Lisa Talking", an achingly gorgeous call for the lead character to return from street action to the one waiting at home. "Gina in the Kings Road" is a classic and worth the price of the album alone. There is a wide variation in song writing styles here from elemental rock and roll ("Class of 58"), to the folky "Immelman Turn" to the classical "Katherine of Oregon". Upon repeated listenings, each song on the album works individually and as a whole. Al Stewart remains the greatest troubadour of our time. This one is not to be missed. Bravo, Al.
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