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Solo album van Tracey Hitchings. Bekend van o.a. Quasar, Strangers on a train en later Landmarq.

The first Hitchings/Groom/Nolan Strangers On A Train collaboration led to the writing and recording Tracy's From Ignorance To Ecstasy (SI Music SIMPly Six) solo album. It was recorded at Thin Ice Studios from May to June 1991. With words, music and keyboards by Clive Nolan, other artists involved included Dave Wagstaffe (drums), Ian Salmon (bass) and Karl Groom (guitars). Clive Nolan also provided backing vocals. The album was released on SI Music later that year and although the original is unavailable, a reissue is available (Verglas Music (UK) VGCD016).

From Ignorance To Ecstasy effectively integrates eight tracks of varying progressive styles together to fully illustrate the extensive range of Tracy's talent. Typical of this collection of artists, the songs are each stunningly performed and expressed dramatically and, as with his other work including the Strangers On A Train albums, Clive Nolan's production is outstanding.

Vocally strong throughout, the album contains mainly shorter progressive songs, opening with a rocking and highly memorable "Beauty And The Beast." The rocking style continues in "Escape" combining a quirky Kate Bush-like style from the title track into the stunning and extremely powerful epic length track "Caamora" which features Tracy's soaring vocals ("cleanse my soul") throughout. Two highly accessible prog-pop songs, "Everything I Am" and "Hide and Seek," both well worthy of radio airplay are also included. The album is instrumentally strong, balancing progressive excursions with vocal energy throughout.

Two of From Ignorance To Ecstasy's ballads are the title track and the progressive "Horizons In Your Eyes." Tracy sings both with heartfelt sensitivity, incredible vocal accuracy and energy. The highly memorable theatrical ballad "Behind The Scenes" has the orchestral sound of a major West End musical. Performed with pinpoint accuracy, the track builds to an extremely powerful crescendo that concludes the album.

1Beauty and the Beast 5:58
2From Ignorance to Ecstasy 4:11
3Escape 5:16
4Horizons in Your Eyes 7:33
5Caamora 11:26
6Everything I Am 4:04
7Hide and Seek 6:24
8Behind the Scenes 6:01