Geoff Downes

Pulstar

Downes Braide Association

Chris Braide

Skyscraper Souls (feat. Chris Braide & Geoff Downes)

Icon

John Wetton

Urban Psalm (Live at St. Mary-Le-Bow Church, London, UK, 2/21/2009)

Greg Lake

Ride the Tiger

Pictures of You (feat. Chris Braide & Geoff Downes)

It Bites

Francis Dunnery

Jason Perry

Jem Godfrey

Marillion

Calling All The Heroes (feat. Marillion, Francis Dunnery, John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Jem Godfrey and Jason Perry)

Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme)

The New Dance Orchestra

The Bridge

Heat of the Moment 05 EP

Shadows And Reflections

The World Service

Glenn Hughes

The Work Tapes

Evolution

Vox Humana

The Light Program

If ever a project had "for serious fans only" stamped on it, it would be Glenn Hughes and Geoff Downes' The Work Tapes. Recorded in 1991 but never finished, these ten songs were demos produced and programmed by former Buggles/Asia keyboardist Downes. The combination of Hughes' R&B-influenced vocal style (Stevie Wonder in particular seems to loom large in Hughes' personal pantheon, although the opening track, "Bed of Roses," has a strong Marvin Gaye vibe in the way Hughes holds certain notes for an agonizingly long time) and Downes' sterile, poppy rhythms and melodies never really jells, a situation that isn't helped at all by the unfinished, apparently unmixed sound. (Hughes' vocals and Downes' sequencers occupy approximately the same places in the final mix throughout the album.) For that matter, it's likely that a lot of fans of Hughes' '70s hard rock work would find these dance-pop tunes a commercial sellout. As a result, it's kind of no wonder that the album was never completed.

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