Pilgrimage - WISHBONE ASH****

Vas Dis/The Pilgrim/Jail Bait/Alone/Lullaby/Valediction/Where Were You Tomorrow

Pilgrimage was the follow up album from the British rock group Wishbone Ash with their distinctive twin guitar sound. It would provide them with their commercial breakthrough although they would never achieve front rank status. (US:174 UK:14)

“For their second album, Wishbone Ash move up from the simpler, less-focused sound of the debut, taking with them their signature twin-guitar approach, and crafted a much tighter work.”

“This is a phenomenally great record, catching Wishbone Ash between the blues that dominated their debut and the rural prog guitar heaven of Argus. This one is largely instrumental, featuring some astoundingly deft and inventive melodic stuff.”

“For this second album, Wishbone Ash keep the bluesy feel of their self-titled debut, but the twin guitars sound subtler, more acoustic, and the whole affair is imbibed with certain jazzy and prog-rock intricacies.”

“This is an outstanding slice of what makes this band's two guitar attack so great to listen to. The guys play off of each other with total symbiotic ease, and even when they stretch their legs on a long solo, it never sounds long, just fresh.”

“An extremely solid, mostly instrumental and mostly acoustic Wishbone Ash throughout. It's definitely a bit more reserved than both their previous and following releases, but it mostly consistent as a whole.”

“This album comes from a time when musicians actually played rather than relying on studio technology over-sanitizing and sterilizing all the music, as seems to be the norm today.”

“If not for the inclusion of the interminably boring live ten minute blues jam Where Were You Tomorrow I might rate this higher. The rest of the tunes and the playing is otherwise of a very high order. This LP contains some of the most delicate guitar work the Ash would ever commit to vinyl.”