CYAN

The Guardians TIGERMOTH RECORDS

GARY MACKENZIE

Epic yet non-essential reimagining from UK prog auteur Robert Reed. Before Magenta, Robert Reed led his first proper band, Cyan. Formed in the early 1980s, they released three albums between 1993 and 1999. Reed has revisited that back catalogue in recent years, re-recording and even rewriting their first two albums, 1993’s For King And Country (in 2021) and Pictures From The Other Side (in 2023), with the latter especially turning out to be an superb reimagining. “More of a bonus disc for fans than a standalone album.” There were two tracks missing from the updated Pictures… album, though. The original version opened with the 12-minute The Guardians, which Reed had subsequently reconstructed and expanded to a hefty 24 minutes for the new version, renaming it The Guardians Of Your Destiny.…

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