Roy Harper Stormcock

"STORMCOCK is still eccentric majesty, four long songs of challenge, mission and desire, sung by Harper in dark-tenor whispers and keening multitracked chorales..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] poetic four-part suite that merged the personal and political..."
"Harper's otherworldly swirl of incisive lyricism, quick-silver melody, and gorgeous guitar technique is absolutely his own." -- Grade: A
4 Stars - Excellent.
5 stars out of 5 -- "A small stellar cast including Jimmy Page and string arranger David Bedford set about recreating the conflicts inside of Harper's head, with meditations on time, war, and self-knowledge."
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "STORMCOCK is rightly considered a dramatic high point in a sterling recording career....STORMCOCK is progressive in its sensibility and elegantly spare in instrumentation."
"[T]he disc consists of four pieces that form an ambitious song cycle that seems to aspire to a universal expression of the human experience."
"[W]ith string arranger David Bedford in tow he created his masterpiece."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] obliquely scathing lyrics about authoritarianism and superstition, sung with tender fury and framed by delicate but muscular guitar."
Signal To Noise (p.58) - "Harper creates a feeling of grandeur that evokes the art-rock suites of his day..."