Vox in excelso

Any saracen record is at least a very good one. Main guitar player composer Rob Bendelow and the strong Steve Bettney vocals are always awesome for me..
Can they top Heroes, sains and fools?... maybe one day.. Vox in excelso is a concept opus and although songs are independent they sing a story (of the templar knights). Some parts are spoken and that may lose some fans, but ... It is original, and in my opinion is nearly as good as Red sky.
Best song for me is title track and the rendition from meet me at midnight, but the whole record is a great one.

9/10 nice to have

red sky

Another one from Saracen, but 22 years after...
Two classics to help the record Heroes saints and fools and horsemen of the apocalypse. these 2 songs justify enough buying this record, the 2 songs are worth enough ... well, this we knew it ;-)
What about the others?
Follow the piper was a classic from the 80s era, and it is strong enough
jekyll and hyde, we have arrived belong to Change of heart, not bad songs, but not strongs as the ones from Heroes.
Two ballads: angel eyes and faith. Really wonderful. Precious. To fall in love with. They help this record to make it.
Menage a trois, an intimate instrumental, nice again.
The other songs are not bad ones, but can't match what i am expecting from Saracen, that is, outstanding songs.
The booklet is really nice and it is what i expect from each record i buy. Also the cd is pictured. this is cool, this is what people like.

Produced by main composer & guitar Rob Bendelow, but also mention to the band.

9/10 brilliant. A must have.

heroes, saints & fools

Thanks to God there is internet... If not, I would not have ever known this band, and I would not know one of the 5 records to bring to a desert island...
This incredible record has just one failure. Tooo short. Really, too short. The cover art is not, i would said brilliant, but is the main theme from the main song of the record... Welll, the main song, not, the title track.
Every song is absolutely incredible. Fillers: 0 songs
Crusader... what a shout to introduce the song!, fabulous... a rock crusader, not to forget his memories!
Rock of Ages, has nothing to do with Def Leppard's, well who knows ... ;-)

a dream we can share ... rock you away ... livin' for each day ...
come and stand on the rock of ages with me

No more lonely nights, a rock songs, very catchy, good lyrics too ;-)

Horsemen of the apocalypse, well this song has nothing to envy to real nwobhm riffs, strong and powerful. Heroes is the song that stands from the others because it is a story of a young boy who has to decide from 3 paths (guess which), and the boy chooses right, at least for me ;-)
Dolphin ride is the instrumental song, a very nice one.
Ready to fly has one of the very best guitar solos I've ever heard, I swear!! the song is tremendous...

But the real force of the record is that composition and arrangements are impressive; All the songs are great and catchy, all the instruments and voice stand together in harmony. This belongs to the elite of nwobhm/hard rock/heavy metal.

I have a 'special' version in which there are songs from the Change of heart record never published on cd. Very special mention to seabird, a face in the crowd and meet me at midnight, but even the others would enhance whatever other record easily.

Criminally underrated, never understood why noone talked me about this.

This is beyond any classification, timeless.