Sunday, December 31, 2006

best of both worlds

this is the 2cd best of marillion. it covers the two-singers period, the first one from fish (first cover) and the second one from steve hogarth (second cover)
the two periods have great songs, and all are here, so the compilation is really great. the booklet includes a brief explanation for every song and the records are nicely decorated.


from first period, obviously, script for a jester's tear, one of the best epic songs i've ever heard... , he knows you know, kayleigh -did you know how many girls were named after this one, being the nickname of fish's girlfriend? that is makin' history!!-, lavender, heart of lothian ... all great songs
from the second period, maybe the best song they ever did: the great escape, no one can, the ballad -maybe we would miss here splintering heart-, hooks in you, made again ...

9/10 brilliant compilation

Saturday, December 30, 2006

wild frontier

was he a rocker? yes!!, and he did great!... as a blues-man, i really do not dig in ...
i like every song from this record except one of the ballads ... too bluesy for me... material here is good: over the hills and far away, wild frontier, take a little time, thunder rising, friday on my mind ... great rockers. instrumental masterpiece, the loner's here too. strangers in the darkness and johnny boy are great ballads (though i prefer the rockers) ... and as a bonus are the 12'' version from the 2 first songs i named.
why does he kind-of-'renegade' of the hard rock? well, he has the right if he wants to, but sincerely, gary, i prefer your past compositions. by far. exception to make to the last instrumental i heard: beasts of burden ... intimate & lovely, really great ... but that is another story

9/10 brilliant

sharks

this record was a big disappointment for me. it is the last schenker record and i only found 2 really brilliant songs: serenity and sea of faith. the rest are just average rock songs. i mean, i expected a lot more from ufo. i did not expect any classic, but covenant was a great record.
it is not schenker look-a-like, but somehow i did not get caught with his riffs ... :-( ... shame...
the last song, it is an instrumental which i think it lasts only 1 minute ... and as i said time ago, where was the rest of the song?
i also foun disappointed japanese version had 5 bonus tracks... even being live versions, i would have loved to be here...

6/10 just average, nothing exciting

making contact


this one was the begining of the end. pete & michael had departed ... so how ufo could survive? maybe it should not have been called ufo ... truth is that it sounds as ufo, but the material is not so outstanding ... except by two cuts that i really find awesome. blinded by a lie is a hard rocker, with melody, punch and intensity. the other one, you and me is an awesome heart feelin¡ ballad as soft as try me. unfortunately these two songs have been put in the shelp of 'where are they now?' and somehow forgotten ... :-(
when it's time to rock is a decent cut also. the rest of the material is just average for my taste.
it is true that i expect better things from one of my best beloved bands, but i guess that this record they just filled the gaps because of the circumstances, so maybe this was a great achievement despite of all of it...

great cover art :-) ... i hope one day they could explain the meaning of all of them, we would have some fun :-D

7/10 nice to have

Friday, December 29, 2006

walk on water


1995. michael, phil, pete, paul & andy back again. just when i was being into ufo they reunite. and they come to spain but alas! i got ill and i miss the concert, even i had the ticket bought... :-( (cries)...
walk on water is possibly the most expensive record i bought since it was available only as japanese import. was it worthy? well, at first impression ... no!
i did not like it very much after first listenings... i was more into the strangers in the night stuff... time went by and i did more listenings and began to appreciate it was a good record.
favourites are: dreaming of summer (since the begining) and self made man. but later i added venus and pushed to the limit. of course, versions of lights out and doctor doctor did not count, since they were as good as the original ones. stop by a bullet was a strong song too.

the balance, well maybe i was not prepared since the style changed a bit for me... though they were the five horsemen... it will not remain as a favourite record, but some songs shine with their own light

by the way, where were the ufo art covers??

8/10 nice to have

mechanix

there are good damn songs in this record, but reach the level of lights out or the wild, the willing and the innocent is too much ask for.
let it rain, instant classic. rnr song, nice video too.

Two lovers in a desperate game
She holds him close but their love's in vain
And the married man that you laid
Goes back home to his own charade

we belong to the night, the ballad terri, nice too. back into my life. great again. absolutely precious.



Its another night out on the avenue

Looking for something, something that you knew
And you're wondering where she is
Now there's now there's no more rendezvous


the writer, somethin' else, a cochran cover with its infectious rythm too.
i guess the main theme for the record is broken relationships. the band would begin to have many line up changes ... :-(

the songs are great, the melodies are great and composition is great again, but somehow, outstanding cuts as let it rain or we belong to the night or terri are often underrated. we just tend to remember strangers in the nigth songs ... sadly

9/10 brilliant indeed

Thursday, December 28, 2006

the wild, the willing and the innocent


strange title, strange cover ... but just that, strange. another ufo record :-)
this is brilliant, all the songs are surrounded by great melodies and riffs. composition is great and paul chapman demonstrates he can play, he can compose, and he does it in a great way.
chains,chains, long gone, it's killing me, makin' moves, lonely heart, all great songs. why the material of this record is often forgotten for the live set it is a mystery to me since it is first class. the record ends with one of the best ufo songs ever: profession of violence, maybe not to play in a rnr concert, but to enjoy for its beauty, and one of the most memorable solos i can think of ... this song is just awesome and makes the record to reach for its classic status.
8 tracks only ... this is the only deffect.

10/10 classic status

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

euphoria


i guess this was an attempt to recover after slang experiment. did they succeed? well, i would say partially ...
there are good songs, definetively: opener demolition man is a powerful rock song. and it is great. promises and back in your face are interesting since they manage to keep the new lepp spirit back. goodbye is the ballad. not a bad one, but nothing to do with tonight, love bites or bringin' on the heartache ... just acceptable. then we arrive to what i find the masterpiece paper sun. this song is guaranteed to blow your mind away. it has all i like in a song, power and feelin'. the rest of the record is maybe too experimental to me... but at least, the first side was good enough...

so, a group has to evolve and you can not write pyromania II, this i understand. as long as they are delivering good songs i would love this band, and paper sun is such a damn good song :-D

7/10 nive to have

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

slang

i remember when i bought this record. i was waiting for the D-day, and being a 2CD collection edition i did not think twice. after the first listenings i remember thinking ... what is this exactly? it is def leppard but does not sound as any of lepp. records... :-( i was a bit deceived, and i recognize this is not what i listen most ... anyway it is def leppard (but casualties of steve clark and pete willis) ...
all i want is everything is the ballad that makes the record. and the angry-badmooder song, deliver me is also powerful. blood runs cold and slang are decent songs.
the style change was definitely not a success...
fortunately the next record recovered the original logo ... again this is another story.
the second cd is an acoustic in singapour with 6 songs. someone to explain me, why the hell it did not include the whole concert ... 8 songs, so just 2 more songs... so you know who's to blame ;-) ...
don't get me wrong, i love def leppard, but this is somehow strange ... however i recognize the band is able to do what they want and i do not feel bretrayed because i liked more their original style :-D

7/10 easily forgettable ...

no place to run


paul chapman's was performing a very difficult replacement. this is the first of post-schenker records. and the result is ... it is not bad, has its owns gems, but it does not arrive to match obsession or lights out. anyway, he does a good job. standout cuts are no place to run, letting go and young blood. so 3 really brilliant songs it is not a bad debut. gone in the night is another great song. take it or leave it is not a bad one. of course everything is dominated by phil's brilliant voice. mystery train is a cover song, the band really like to dig in, as it is played live, but i am not into it, sorry...
its follow up would team the last records mentioned reaching the classic status, but that is another story ;-)

7/10 nice to have

Monday, December 25, 2006

obsession

what a cover! one of the best ever. the components of the band with bubbles in the face but michael... this is really to impact. to astonish. and the music? the music is great!
this is the last record to feature the german axeman. it is not as compact as lights out, but it shines.
the intial rocker, only you can rock me it is a classic timeless. ain't no baby and pack it up and go are not special favourites from me, but they seem to please most of fnas, but then we arrive to looking out for no1, a track i really dig in. hot n'ready and cherry are two songs that make the live set, and they are good. but it is the last song, born to lose, that makes me shiver. it is an incredible song, seem to be lost from everyone, since i never heard that made it into a best of or a live set. the song is awesome, a slow lament with the guitar solo, signature of michael. phil's voice never had been better. a truly solid record

they could have been as big as zeppelin. strangers in the night was the proof. it seems somehow that you can reach for what you want, but then become scared... and michael left... it may be strange for us but achieving all you want might not be as easy... :-S

9/10 brilliant

Sunday, December 24, 2006

loose worth songs


porcelaine queen from runaway brides' brides of destruction. this song is just outstanding. it has become an obsession. its infectious rythm caught it since first hearing. it is not a ballad or powerballad but a lament song. anyway, excellent. great. the rest of the songs do not have meaning for me.

catherine from van halen. actually it is not a song from this record but a song that eddie worked on. it seems there was a controversy because a rock star was working on the osb of a porn movie. i still try to understand why, the controversy? anyway the song is sexy, with feelin', strong and with a guitar only eddie is able to touch your feelings for an intimate night.


beasts of burden from gary moore. this one is great. it is time since i did not hear a good new song from this guitar player. strangely it made only the single i have found my love in you, and not the album. the other instrumental thing i love from gary is the loner. never enough appreciated.



hard rock hallelujah from lordi is another song i can not get bored by. i mean, it is great, powerful and strong with a catchy chorus and funny lyrics. many people, included i thought it may be a joke, but after listening to it i changed wisely my opinion. great song!




ain't crying for the moon from kingdom come has a perfect heart breaking emotional ballad first part. only for this it deserves my attention and got me haunted for a while. great song, interesting cover.





reflections from once bitten... twice shy 's shy. this ballad is a personal favourite, and its solo makes it more memorable. they did another version, but as it often happens, the first one remains the best. shy should deserve recogntion at least for this song.





nobody's fool from cinderella's night songs has been to this day the only song i liked from this record. again it is not a ballad but a mid tempo with energy and obsessive rythm. this is an old one, but i song i can get enough of. just this one. fortunately, cinderella has better records :)




no stranger to love from tony iommi 7th star record. great solo, great riffs from tony and majestic voice from glenn hughes. another song i can't get enough of. black sabbath talkin' about love? commercial? who cares, as long as the song rocks!




dreamer from ozzy's down to earth. strange, somehow i relate this record to rainbow's, but had nothing yo do. ozzy is not a singer that i love. few songs are able to impress me. this one is a mellow ballad which i find quite interesting





shot in the dark from ozzy's ultimate sin is the greatest song he has ever done, singing in the right key ... i mean, the version megadeth did of paranoid sounded a million times better. but this song is just hypnothic for me, it has more to be with the rythm than the melody, but anyway, the song is awesome. it was the first song that made me re-think my wrong concept of ozzy. :-)


julia (acoustic version) from axxis. somehow obsessed by this song, a peaceful acoustic very melodic. melancholic piano & acoustic ballad. very nice.






the last note of freedom is a song for david coverdale. the song was written, he went and sang. the song is great, the solos are brilliant, and david's voice just fits like a glove, a very nice discovering from the past thanks to internet.

dancing with st. peter

$ign of 4. a nice girl from my job brought it to me from england. and it was not cheap. but of course it was well worth.
this is like a light-ufo, being only phil mogg the ufo component. but as you can see, his voice is so unique that you will think in ufo as soon as you hear it. jeff kollman is teaming forces, he also made it in the last mogg/way record.
the material is nice, and there are some outstanding tracks.
title track, dancing with st. peter is absolutely great. we are talking here all about mid tempos, at least they are the ones which please me most from this record.
after glow and seems to me are the two great songs that join the title track in my favourite tracks, and made into my ipod.
the others, well, not bad: overload, driven, las meadows sanctum divine ... but not as awesome as the first that i have named

8/10 very nice to have

Saturday, December 23, 2006

force it


after the phenomenon record, which by the way left us 2 outstanding classics, ufo style begins to show with force.
tracks as let it roll, with a magnificient slow solo in the middle of the song, shoot shoot, the classical mother mary, part of any ufo concert, and out in the street which is another favourite of mine, show that ufo is consolidating a star with its own shining light. this kids is another song that can make the live set. amongst the rest, high flyer is a song that deserves as well recognition. it is a solid record which was preparing the path for the immense 1977 lights out.

ufo still were not massive, they would reach that point with the obsession record, in the tour were strangers in the night was recorded. i always think that ufo was about to make it but schenker departure prevented the band from reaching a status few bands are able to get it. maybe they could have matched led zeppelin, but i guess that this would have been too much... but they had all the ingredients for 'the soup' :-)

great cover art by the way, what could it mean? ;-)

9/10 great to have.

Friday, December 22, 2006

high'n dry

strange cover, but that was the group wanted when signed by hipgnosis. anyway, def leppard's here influenced totally by ac/dc ... maybe it had something to do the previous gig they did as supporters ;-)
the stuff here is awesome. i mean, all the songs are heavy, with great riffs, melodic and you can go rnr... just one ballad, a great power-ballad, and it is great too. a small instrumental switch 625 with is great too. no fillers. 0% fillers. this is really difficult to get matched. this is probably my favourite lepp record.
I guess the group was beginning to get its own musical identity.

The songs are: Let it Go, Another Hit and Run, High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night), Bringin' on the Heartbreak, Switch 625,You Got Me Runnin', Lady Strange, On Through the Night, Mirror, Mirror, No No No and as bonus a remix of Bringin' on the Heartbreak and Me & My Wine.

10/10 timeless classic


no heavy petting


usually classified as second range, this is not a masterpiece ... well, maybe you haven't heard the whole record ... it has weak points, but it is a great record. natural thing and the mid tempo i'm a loser can make any ufo concert, so this is a great beginning.
can you roll her is a great fast track, but with no aggressive style as lights out.
belladona is the delicious slow tempo, but not a ballad, with great guitar chords and a majestic voice. real nice song.
and we have to reach the final record to find a great song which was not composed by pete, michael or phil: martian landscape, which never did the live, maybe because the atmosphere is a bit difficult to make it, but it is a great song anyway.

8/10 indispensable for ufo fans

Thursday, December 21, 2006

lights out


this is the best studio effort from my beloved british band. 8 songs only. what a shame!
too hot to handle opens the record. a heavy riff with a catchy chorus.
just another suicide, great song, not played life, but a great one, courtesy of phil.
try me, what a ballad! for showtime dvd it was recorded with violins. it is a nice song, but somehow it was forgotten, but not by me :-D
the title track shows aggresivity and force. it is a powerful song melodic, and it seems you are gettin' out of hell. a true classic. mandatory in every concert. gettin' ready and electric phase are just average, and then we come to a cover song, alone again or, which just fits in ufo style. very catchy too. i would say it is an amusement from the band.
the best way to close an unforgettable record is with another memorable song: love to love. the solo is really incredible. the song is absolutely majestic, awesome. michael is a genius, but i have to admit that the song played by paul chapman in rockpalast 80' is slightly different but absolutely impressive and is able to make the people believe it is from his own. paul's performance is incredible, and the band stays at the same high level.
it is a classic record that ... was made in 77'??? so what?

10/10 brilliant timeless

holy dio

actually this is the best way of giving the fans what they want. a real tribute record, double one. paying tribute to 'the voice' metal talkin', in elf, rainbow, black sabbath and dio 'the band'
performers are people who love his legacy, and it is the way it should be...
blind guardian, doro, catch the rainbow, gamma ray, hammerfall, stratovarius, axel rudi pell, enola gay, primal fear and yngwie malmsteen are amongst the performers, so quality of the songs is amazing.
booklet is nice with words from all the bands are cds are nice too.
amongst the favourites, heaven and hell, kil the king, egypt, rainbow eyes and don't talk to strangers.
few more words are really needed...

9/10 for attitude and quality obtained. nice to have.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

The Elder


Although it is acclaimed as the worst Kiss record, I wouldn't say so. It is clear that it is not a RNR record, but it is not a ballad neither. It is a conceptual, and it is not the best of the conceptuals I've ever seen (The Last Temptation would be the greatest), and it has its shinning moments.
The most memorable tune is a world without heroes. It is a fantastic song which arrives deep within. Under the rose, dark light and just a boy are great songs too. And only you, which has been covered by Doro shines with bright light also. And the opener, the oath is great too.
I do not like mr blackwell, and odyssey and escape from the island are just average, but then the record finishes with I, which is a duet Paul/Gene and it is great too. So, why the worst? Because it is not heavier? Well ...

Strange cover, since it is the first the make up is not in there ...

8/10 nice to have

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Starkers in Tokyo

Why I bought this record is a mystery to me ... but I guess this was because Whitesnake is a great group. The price did not helped, but I wanted to make sure the guitars & the voice how they sounded. And they did it pretty good. Sailing ships, the deeper the love, love ain't no stranger, is this love, here I go again sounded really good, even the faster ones as give me all your love tonight.
The new ones was 50/50, Too many tears and Don't fade away were great, but can't go on was a bit boring for me. Anyway the stars in my opinion are don't fade away from restless heart, which is superb and the Deep Purple rendition, soldier of fortune which is absolutely great too.
The record is enjoyable, not to rock, but to relax with great music and great performance too.

9/10 nice to have

Monday, December 18, 2006

Metal Crusade 99


This one was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of some of the best groups of NWOBHM.

Praying Mantis
Tank
Trespass
Samson

It is a live record, japanese one, of course, who are the countries who has always supported this kind of music, and make them feel as the real rock stars they are ?

Praying mantis offer a set list based in the timeless time tells no lies.
Trespass set includes the 2 great songs: one of these days and stormchild. Though I liked very much Visionary Dreams.
Tank and Samson are still a bit unknown to me, musically speaking, i need to heard them a bit more. But This Means War is included.

8/10 indispensable for nwobmh fans

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Dangerous Games

A great record. Almost impossible to find. I have the japanese version.
Graham Bonnet vocals are awesome and composition is good. Not Malmsteen, nor Vai. But Danny Johnson gets criminally underrated. Ok, the guitar does its job and lets the voice shine, and maybe that is why this record may be so overlooked. But trust me, it is great!
It's my life, Ohayo, Tokyo, undercover are great songs
only one woman is the ballad that despite being a cover is absolutely brilliant. That song put Graham into rock map, and got Ritchie Blackmore to call him (because he had such a voice to replace -Dio's-, and he managed to get a real well deserved substitute).
And songs as blue boar -explaining night life rock star style- and dangerous games -drug addiction perils- are really great too.
Double man and the witchwood, a rocker and a mellower one. Great.
So this record kept forgotten because the guitar did not have such a name, or so anxious to get solo. This is my vision :-D

9/10 brilliant, a nice surprise

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Time3


This one was my first 3cd box. And I had it ordered. And I found it not very expensive, and when i opened my eyes were shining :-D
All Journey's history in a 56 pages booklet and 3 great cds. I have to say that the first period (pre-Perry) was unknown to me. The fusion-rock style was not my cup of tea, but i found some songs really brilliant. A little story from each song was available, and these are the things fans love :-)
Of a lifetime was the tune that i found it shone above the rest. but the rest were not bad.
Talking about the second period (pre-cain). The band seemed to reach popularity, but not massive. There are interesting songs as patienly, little girl, wheel in the sky, too late and lights. Most of them are not great songs but good. The Captured record was a disappointment when i wanted to see how the band was live. I prefer the studio, but also the songs were not great great.
And then we come to the third period in which Jonathan Cain joins the band. A string of awesome songs made Journey shine as they never had to. Esc4p3, Frontiers and Raised on radio are the trilogy that made them unstoppable. Don't stop believin, who's cryin' now, open arms, still they ride, mother father, separate ways, send her my love, faithfully, after the fall, the eyes of a woman, why can't this night go on forever, happy to give, be good to yourself... These are not great, all are awesome!! :-)
Also added ask the lonely, only the young, only solutions, la raza del sol, a couple of instrumentals and a live rendition of i'll be alright without you.

Journey has been the combination of Perry, Cain & Schon songs. Quality trademark.

10/10 for journey fans. Awesome.

The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper

And this one you have to love it too. Alice Cooper is a legend and this box pays tribute to one of the most charismatics rock stars, and the one which combines to perfection music and theatrics.
4cds. Almost 80 songs. Nice and cool booklet. Is this so hard to understand what fans do we like?

I'm 18, is it my body, ballad of dwight fry, undermy wheels, be my lover, desperado, dead babies, killer, school's out, elected, billion $ babies, muscle of love, teenage lament ... All the songs when this was 'Alice, the band'.
Welcome to my nightmare, only women bleed, department of youth, -oh, Steven's not in here :-( -, I never cry, go to hell, you and me ... from when it was 'Alice, solo'.
Pain, from the inside, see me in the mirror ... These ones belong to his dark part, his songs here were darker and stranger :-S
And finally we go to his second coming: he's back, freedom, poison, only my heart talkin', lost in america, it's me ... And finishes with stolen prayer...
I saw finally last year Alice in concert, and if you missed him, better watch out live at montreaux, and see how your jaws are on the floor.
And I still think Alice has not said his final word, since he has made since this box, Brutal planet, Dragontown, The eyes of alice and Dirty diamonds ... so be prepared for more :-D

10/10 for alice fans.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Too hot to handle

This is a best of compilation from one of my best beloved bands ever.
Ufo concert in 2004 was the concert of my life

The songs here featured are:
only you can rock me, doctor doctor & lights out from strangers in the night (live), and the rest:
long gone, profession of violence, let it rain, this time, lettin' go, let it roll, shoot shoot, blinded by a lie, natural thing ...
It is a 18 songs compilation with a very interesting 8 pages booklet (as all should be and always are not!)

Anyway, it is a magnific compilation.

After getting all their records, i went for the dvd. The story of Ufo. Absolutely briliant and recommended since the footage appearing si from 78/79/80s and it is just in-cre-di-ble. you ought to be a fool not to get it :-) but, I am a fan-atic :-). Steve Harris & Def Leppard comment the dvd, as well as the band, Mogg, Way and Michael mainly.

10/10 both brilliant.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Frontiers


What happens when you find a record with so many outstanding songs?
These days it is soo difficult... Journey released this masterpiece in 82 or 83.
Separate ways (worlds apart) is not brilliant, is outstanding. send her my love & faithfully are 2 of the most beautiful ballads in history.
Faithfully, open arms, wh0's crying now, separate ways, don't stop believin, only the young, why can't this night go on forever, the eyes of a woman, happy to give are all perfect songs, all penned by the trio Cain-Schon-Perry. I will talk about them in time3.
After the fall is another brilliant song.
Edge of the blade is one of the most powerful songs in metal. Who said journey only wrote ballads??

This record is to listen, the songs become instantly classics in your mind. The addition of Jonathan Cain to the couple Perry-Schon made them enter into stardom. Some say that esc4p3 is the finest aor record in history. Well, this was heavier and as good as that one. Raised on radio finishes the trilogy which has to be in any discography, in my opinion.

Well, with these songs, who cares about the normal ones ...

10/10 absolutely brilliant. classic timeless songs.

Freight train heart


With self titled Wasp first record were the ones I first bought by mail.
Why this one? just one reason. Jonathan Cain & Neal Schon contributed, so it could not be very bad.
Well, it is not really indispensable, but it has a couple of great tunes: Waiting for the heartache and the one that logged into my head Last frontier, a great one, with feelin', which would have made a better title... :-)

Driving wheels and too much ain't enough love are not bad ones. Even walk one with Joe Lynn Turner... but the rest are really forgetable. Desmond Child collaborates too.
Jimmy Barnes has a good voice, but maybe the weak point is composition, or maybe I am on another phase...
Anyway it is not a bad record, for which I could be disappointed (as few others I have ... :-( ). even I bought Jimmy's compilation ...

6/10 nice to have

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Def Leppard singles

Being a Def Leppard's collector is hard... so I gave up after taking in mind that it would be expensive, and not always ... (hardly ever) would find what I was looking for. At least I have some cool stuff. Here it is:

Have you ever needed someone so bad is the typical ballad it will always please your girlfriend. Sorry girls ;-). It is nice.
But the one that I like most is the slow From the inside, in which I guess the band was thinking in Steve Clark ...
You can't always get what you want is a nice RS cover, and Little wing, a Hendrix cover is not bad at all.


10/10 expensive, but pleasant

Heaven is, as the last one are Adrenalize songs. Good one too.
She's too tough will come in Retroactive, as well as From the inside.
the other 2 songs are live renditions, from alice elected and the first track from adrenalize, let's get rocked.



9/10 expensive, but nice


Tonight is the ballad from Adrenalize, so it deserves its own single.
Now i'm here, Queen song and the excellent Photograph, live versions both.




8/10 expensive, but nice

Here it ends Adrenalize singles

Two steps behind. A nice song from last action hero OSB and from Retroactive record. about the picture, well, we'd better forget ;-)
also included tonight and a little instrumental, absolutely worthless s.m.c.



6/10 expensives, just nice to have


when love & hate collide. a great song. A real power ballad. Of course I can get blamed from hm ... but, who cares ;-)

Excitable, rocket, armaggedon as Hysteria remixes ... absoultely forgetables.



6/10 expensives, just nice to have

Slang. from Slang, not a bad song but a really strange one. At least for Def Leppard. A total change of style.

A nice couple of ballads: Can't keep away from the flame and When love and hate collide (piano & string version). Neither indispensable.


8/10 expensive, but nice

Dynasty

1978. Kiss was about to break, so the master play to keep them together was to release all 4 Kiss solo albums. After those ones, it came an interesting surprising record.

Is this pop? Is it disco? May it seem a bit danceable?

This record did not please to the die hard heavy metal fans. But it pleased to most of Kiss die hards, since this is why they call themselves Kiss die hards.
I was made for lovin' you had nothing to do with love gun or detroit rock city, but it is so classic that it takes part of the live set.
2000 man, the RS cover is really good, and Ace's voice is great. Sure know something is really good, but it is soft and mellow. I love the video.
Dirty living has nothing to do with great Peter songs as hard luck woman or Beth... :-(
charisma. Well, what can have always Gene in mind? Guessed! Absolutely brilliant. The lyrics just fit in. Magic touch, another incredible tune, why so underrated?
Hard times and x-ray eyes are above average and save your love is another time for Ace to shine.
Great record.

10/10 brilliant

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Captured Alive in Tokyo City


This is Praying Mantis official live album from 96.
It was not easy to get this one since it is a 2cd limited japanese edition, and it is a nice one since it comes in a slip case with several booklets and cards.
It also was released in dvd, but in this one the content is cut. At least it has 6 bonus videos, including borderline, can't see the angels, only the children cry, letting go, this time girl. These ones justify the dvd alone. And it was even harder to get than the 2cd.

Well, let's go to the music. The singer is Gary Barden. I really think he did not fit (his voice) very well in Mantis legacy, and probably To the power of ten is the worst Mantis record. And this live record is based on TTPOT tour, so ...
Anyway, the majority of the songs here are great. Victory, Cry for the new world, Can't see the angels, Only the children cry, Welcome to my hollywood, turn the tables, Cheated, Letting go, Lovers to the grave ... and Captured city.
Just seeing that the tour recorded would have been from the following record ... That would have been incredible.
Anyway, anyhow, it is a nice package.

10/10 for the video, mantis fans only.

8/10 for the record, again mantis/nwobhm fans only.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Love it to Death

Bought it by the wrong reasons... or not?
I loved poison, i think it was the first Alice song i heard. Found this one and say, ok let's try.
Freaky cover, isn't it? :-)
The style was very different (nearly 20 years in between), but it was a record that after few listenings, I couldn't help but to love it .. to death.

I'm eighteen, caught in a dream, black juju, long way to go, is it my body, second comming, hallowed be thy name, ballad of dwight fry... this is timeless, this will stand the test of time ever. Just a word to describe it: incredible

In 2005 Dirty diamonds tour, 3 songs still played from there, and since 71, Alice has done lots of records. The ones elected were 18, is it my body, and of course, for the theatric part, dwight fry.
This is a greatest hits record anyhow anyway

Maybe you do not like since it is ooold... Well, it may seem old, listen to Alice live playing this songs, and check if you still do not like it ... nevermind!

10/10 classic timeless