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Av Mikael Persson - 6 april 2017 15:31

 


Album number two from this incredible supergroup that made some unforgettable music in the 1980's! This is again melodic hardrock with a lot of keyboards and with impressing melodic, orchestral and powerful songs with fantastic vocals. A must-have for fans of melodic rock and hardrock! The production was better than on the previous album but some songs tend to be a bit repetitive.

This time the players were Ray Gillen (ex Black Sabbath)and Glenn Hughes on vocals (ex Trapeze, ex Deep Purple, Black Country Communion), Mel Galley (ex Trapeze and ex Whitesnake) and John Thomas (Budgie)on guitar and Neil Murray (ex Colosseum II and Whitesnake) on bass.

New member's since the last album were John Wetton (ex King Crimson, ex Roxy Music, ex Uriah Heep, ex UK, ex Wishbone Ash, ex Asia), and Max Bacon (ex Nightwing, ex Bronz, ex GTR) on vocals, Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) on guitars, Kyoji Yamamoto (Bow Wow), guitars, Michael Sturgis and Toshihiro Niimi (Bow Wow) on drums and Leif Johansen on keyboards.

Ray Gillen died in 1993, Mel Galley died in 1998, John Thomas died in 2016 and John Wetton died in 2017.


1)Stop! (8,5)

2)Surrender (8,5)

3)Did it all for love (8,0)

4)Hearts on fire (8,0)

5)Jukebox (7,5)

6)Double 6, 55, 44 (7,5)

7)No retreat, no surrender (8,5)

8)Move-you lose! (8,0)

9)Emotion mama (8,0)

10)It must be love (8,5)

 

Score: 8,10


Glenn Hughes-vocals (b.1951)

Ray Gillen-vocals (1959-1993)

John Wetton-vocals (1949-2017)

Max Bacon-vocals

Mel Galley-guitars (1948-2008)

Scott Gorham-guitars (b.1951)

Kyoji Yamamoto-guitars (b.1956)

John Thomas-guitars (1952-2016)

Neil Murray-bass (b.1950)

Toshihiro Niimi-drums

Leif Johansen-keyboards

Av Mikael Persson - 30 mars 2017 17:37

 


This is the debut album from England's supergroup of the era including former John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Yardbirds guitarrist Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker -a drummer for The Graham Bond Organisation and Jack Bruce who briefly had played with John Mayall and also with Powerhouse which included Stevie Winwood and singer Paul Jones. 

The music on the album consists of own songs and bluesstandards. It was released in a time where the british heavier rockmusicindustry exploded and forever changed the way rock could be played. It still included a lot of blues but were heavier, wilder and with more rockguitar virtousity influenced by the still active blueslegends. The songs are not very good though, even if they influenced many artists to come. It's quite chaotic and strange music except for a few songs. The production is not good either. Anyway it reached nr. 6 on the UK charts and nr. 39 on the USA charts.

Jack Bruce died in 2014, 71 years old.

 

1)I feel free (5,5)

2)N.S.U. (6,5)

3)Sleepy time time (7,0)

4)Dreaming (5,0)

5)Sweet wine (6,0)

6)Spoonful (6,0) (Willie Dixon)

7)Cat's squirrel (4,0)

8)Four until late (3,0) (Robert Johnson)

9)Rollin' and tumblin' (2,0) (Muddy Waters)

10)I'm so glad (4,0) (Skip James)

11)Toad (3,0)

 

Score: 4,73

 

Eric Clapton-vocals and guitars (b.1945)

Jack Bruce (John Symon Acher Bruce) -vocals and bass (1943-2014)

Ginger Baker (Peter Edward Baker) -drums (b.1939)

Av Mikael Persson - 14 mars 2017 16:18

 


8 years into their albumreleasingcareer J. Geils Band released another album worth of rockin' and rollin' songs but this time they took a much calmer and poppier path and not all the songs are top class anymore. It seemes like they went out of steam since they before was a full throttle party band but now went for the melody and they sound more like any american band of the era. The harmonica-sound though is the same as before. 

 

1)I could hurt you (6,5)

2)One last kiss (7,0)

3)Take it back (6,0)

4)Sanctuary (7,5)

5)Teresa (6,0)

6)Wild man (8,0)

7)I can't believe you (6,5)

8)I don't hang around much anymore (6,5)

9)Just can't stop me (8,0)

 

Score: 6,89


Peter Wolf (Peter Walter Blankfield)-vocals (b.1946)

J.Geils (John Warren Geils Jr.)-guitars (b.1946)

Danny Klein-bass (b.1946)

Seth Justman-keyboards (b.1951)

Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz)-harmonica and trumpet (b.1945)

Stephen Bladd-drums

 

 

Av Mikael Persson - 9 mars 2017 15:24

 


This american doom-band has an interesting history. Formed as an side-project by Pentagram's Bobby Liebling and Geof O'Keefe and was completed with Randy Palmer as far back as 1973-74 when they also recorded some material which did not get released. They also played together in 1979 and 1986 and again from 2001 and onwards. In 2002 there were some more recordings made but tragedy struck when Randy Palmer died in a caraccident. An album was not released until 2012 including Palmer's recorded guitars... It was a long time coming! 

This music is ultra-heavy, slow heavy metal with nice variation and the cover illustrates the music quite well. Except for two songs the other ones are good metal that gets my foot stomping! If you're into doom metal, this is a must have.

 

1)Saviour (6,0)

2)Lord of desolation (7,5)

3)Son of darkness (8,0)

4)The plague (7,5)

5)D.E.D. (8,0)

6)Kill you now (8,0)

7)Godless (7,5)

8)Hopeless (6,5)

9)Eternally unhuman (7,5)

 

Score: 7,28

 

Craig Junghandel-vocals

Randy Palmer-guitars (1952-2002)

Mike Matthews-bass

Geof O'Keefe-drums

Av Mikael Persson - 16 februari 2017 11:16

 


Another one of my favorite bands from the 1980's and 90's. I have always loved thier simple and bluesy hardrocksongs with singer Jack Russell's clear and sensetive vocals. This, their 3rd album is one of the highlights of the band's career and is full of L.A.-style hardrock but actually not with the "big hair" glam-attitude that most bands of the era were practicing, but with their own style.  This is a must-have-album if you like good hardrock!

Bassist Lorne Black died in 2013, 49 years of age.

 

1)Lady red light (7,5) Melodic and heavy midtempo.

2)Gonna getcha (8,0) Heavy rock.

3)Rock me (8,5) A 7-minute heavy and bluesy rocker that starts and ends with a slow calm part.

4)All over now (9,0) Rock'n'roll!!

5)Mistreater (8,0) Heavy!

6)Never change heart (7,5) More commercial one.

7)Fast road (7,5) A doublebassdrum fast track. 

8)On the edge (8,0) 6-minute bassdriven midtempo.

9)Save your love (7,5) Powerballad in 80's-style.

 

Score: 7,94

 

Jack Russell-vocals (b.1960)

Mark Kendall-guitars (b.1957)

Michael Lardie-guitars, keyboards and harmonica (b.1958)

Lorne Black-bass (1964?-2013)

Audie Desbrow-drums (b.1957)

Av Mikael Persson - 14 februari 2017 15:09

 


This is the 16th album by the canadian bulldozer heavy metal-band Anvil. They just continued their journey in heavy metal with this album but had a new bassist; Christopher Robertson who replaced Sal Italiano. Christopher were prior to playing in the band a roadie for Anvil. As alway with Anvil there are some okey songs on the album but there always seems to lack something that makes the song good, just not okey. The power is anyway crushing! Anvil IS Anvil!

 

1)Daggers and rum (7.0)

2)Up down sideways (7,0)

3)Gun control (7,0)

4)Die for a lie (7,0)

5)Runaway train (7,5)

6)Zombie apocalypse (6,0)

7)It's your move (7,0)

8)Ambushed (7,0)

9)Fire on the highway (7,0)

10)Run like hell (7,0)

11)Forgive don't forget (6,0)

12)Never going to stop (6,5)

 

Score: 6,83


Steven "Lips" Kudlow-vocals and guitars (b.1956)

Christopher "Christ" Robertson-bass

Robb Reiner-drums


Av Mikael Persson - 2 februari 2017 16:36

 


The 7th album from american songwriter and softrocker Browne. It was the 1st without David Lindley on guitar who was replaced by Rick Vito. The album was Browne's 4th top 10-album on the USA-charts and reached nr. 8 and stayed 33 weeks on the Billboard toplist.

The music is melodic laid back softrock with clear and melodic vocals which I have liked since the first time I heard him in the 1980's. All songs are okey, some are a bit better but I would like some heavier songs to lift the album.

 

1)Laywers in love (7,0)

2)On the day (8,0)

3)Cut it away (7,0)

4)Downtown (6,5)

5)Tender is the night (7,0)

6)Knock on any door (6,0)

7)Say it isn't true (5,5)

8)For a rocker (7,0)

 

Score: 6,75


Jackson Browne-vocals and guitars (b.1948)

Rick Vito-guitars (b.1949)

Bob Glaub-bass, guitar on 1. and organ on 7. (b.1952)

Russel Kunkel-drums (b.1948)

Doug Haywood-organ and bass on 7. 

Craig Doerge-piano and synthesizer (b.1947)

 

Av Mikael Persson - 18 januari 2017 19:15

 


Former Creed members plus singer Myles Kennedy's 2nd attempt at breaking through saw an album full of heavy rock anthems very much in the vein of Creed but much heavier which I like! I love the superheavy riffing, melodic and powerful vocals and the good and modern production that reminds of many american metalbands of the time. On the minusside is that there are too many songs on the album, it feels like listening to the same song all over and over again after a while. Also some songs are too long and repetitive.

The album peaked at nr. 13 in the USA and 37 in the UK. 

 

1)Ties that bind (8,0)

2)Come to life (7,5)

3)Brand new start (7,5)

4)Buried alive (8,0)

5)Coming home (7,0)

6)Before tomorrow comes (6,5)

7)Rise today (6,5)

8)Blackbird (8,0)

9)One by one (6,5)

10)Watch over you (6,0)

11)Break me down (7,0)

12)White knuckles (7,5)

13)Wayward one (7,0)

 

Score: 7,15

 

Myles Kennedy-vocals and guitars (b.1969)

Mark Tremonti-guitars (b.1974)

Brian Marshall-bass (b.1973)

Scott Phillips-drums (b.1973)

 

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