Artist: RAY WILSON [ex-GENESIS, STILTSKIN]
Album: CHASING RAINBOWS (CD)

Year: 2013
Media type: CD

Stiltskin... Yes? No? Maybe? In fact, it's a bit confusing to find out, who or what or when Stiltskin are and what's up, when ... in a nutshell, it's all very simple. It is Ray Wilson's band, today even more than in the early days of songs like Inside and Rest In Peace. The last album, Unfulfillment, was published with the label Ray Wilson & Stiltskin, although the songs sounded more like a standard Ray Wilson album, compared to the rock of The Mind's Eye or She. Now we have a new album (release date: 19th April 2013) - and not even two years after Unfulfillment Ray proves especially one thing with Chasing Rainbows: He is full of beans and he has great ideas. He has so much untapped potential so this album shows his creativity perfectly.

Chasing Rainbows is pure Ray Wilson although almost everybody from Stiltskin is involved. Just like the albums before Peter Hoff has been producing and he also co-wrote all songs with Ray (with one exception: Whatever Happened was written by Ray only). This may also be the answer to the question of why this is a pure Ray Wilson album and not Ray Wilson & Stiltskin: Uwe Metzler has been an integral part of the production of both, She and Unfulfillment, but he's not involved on Chasing Rainbows - neither as a songwriter, nor as a musician.

From the musical point of view, Chasing Rainbows is less chasing, but more a vision. It is interesting to see how Ray has constantly developed his sound. His charismatic voice remains the most important part (it must be like that!), but his sound is the frame, some kind of packaging and this time is looks pretty damn good and interesting.

TRACKLIST:

01 Take It Slow (4:49)
02 Easier That Way (4:15)
03 Follow The Lie (4:58)
04 Shouting In My Sleep (4:33)
05 Wait For Better Days (4:46)
06 She Don't Feel So Loved (5:13)
07 Rhianne (4:38)
08 She's A Queen (4:02)
09 Whatever Happened (2:38)
10 I See It All (3:58)
11 The Life Of Someone (4:36)
12 No Dreams Are Made Of This (5:00)