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George Duke - Guardian of the Light

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Format: CD
Label: FUNKYTOWN GROOVES
Catalog: 299
Rel. Date: 10/26/2018
UPC: 887254109525

Guardian of the Light
Artist: George Duke
Format: CD
New: Available $12.98
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Overture
2. Light
3. Shane
4. Born To Love You
5. Silly Fightin'
6. You (Are The Light)
7. The War Fugue Interlude
8. Reach Out
9. Give Me Your Love
10. Stand
11. Soon
12. Celebrate
13. Fly Away
14. Reach Out (12 Inch Version)
15. Celebrate (Instrumental)
16. Brazilian Love Affair

More Info:

'Guardian Of The Light' is Duke's finest album of the 1980's bar none. It begins with the orchestrated theme "Overture" with a high ended beat. The monsters "Light" with it's Clarke/Duke Project sound,"Fly Away" and the folkish "Soon" have a certain art jazz/rock edge that nobody has heard out of Duke in some time. Two catchy R&B songs "Born To Love You","You Are The Light" and the jazz pop of "Give Love A Chance" are three of Duke's best ballads. And of course the Dukey Stick still offers up some seriously dangerous funk in "Shane", the militantly antiwar "Silly Fightin" and the classic "Reach Out". He even pulls some electro funk out of his pocket with the instrumentals "Stand" and "Celebrate" then touches on classical on "The War Fugue". Includes 3 bonus tracks. Limited edition of 2,000.
        
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