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This is my first review.
I apologize if you don't like my writing style.
Even though this album was already reviewed 6 years ago, here's my take.
Filino, my ex-guitarist, brings me this vinyl album.
He says to me - Fla, this is Metal, actually it's better than Metal -
I was reading Totem Comics - because of how much I hate it - barely paying attention, I put the record on my Pioneer turntable.
The work is from 1991 and we are still in the flourishing period of HM.
Here the Great White offer the best of the best available around.
Album lineup:
J.Russell - Vocals
M.Kendall - Guitar
M.Lardie - Guitar, Keyboards
T.Montana - Bass
A.Desbrow - Drums
Here are the 10 tracks:
Call It Rock & Roll
Almost 4 minutes of riffs to show how a R'n'R can be engaging.
The Original Queen of Sheba
Hard Rock ride with vocals at the forefront.
Ending with a very Zeppelin-esque guitar solo
Cold Hearted Lovin'
Great Metal track, where the solo launch is a mid-tempo that leaves you breathless.
Final vocals very Gillan-like and a swaggering chorus
Can't Shake It
An average track, but the chorus, once it gets in your head, it never leaves....
(what can't it shake? I don't know, you tell me... ha ha ha)
Lovin' Kind
Classic ballad, somewhat predictable. But Jack Russell's voice stands out and saves the track.
Heartbreaker
Here’s the solo that captivates me the most, not necessarily to be metal guitarists you need to be fast.
Voice, with such global range, from lows to highs and "it would be so good, be so fine"
Congo Square
Kandall, soft soft, above all. With the mastery of his solo, always soft soft
Sure, reaching 7 minutes of song is a bit much...
South Bay Cities
Acoustic blues, that revives the part of California called Orange County.
And there's even a Bark Bark, how cool.
Desert Moon
Beautiful, beautiful, gorgeous. Pumped-up Bass and Drums with prominent vocals.
Afterglow (cover of a song by The Small Faces)
Perfect ending to the masterpiece by Great White.
Guys, what a sound!!!!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
07 Congo Square (06:57)
(Kendall, Niven)
there she goes miss heart attack
that girl is gone ain't coming back
the love we had call it yesterday
but now is now today's today
and when the sun is shining i still feel the same
and when the rain is coming down i'm hurting with the pain
i've been here before no love no way no more am i just a fool to fall for love?
put my heart in gunnysack
dress it up in black on black
take it down to congo square
raise it from the dead down there
and when the sun is shining i will feel no pain
and when that rain is pouring down i'm on my feet again
watch me walk
i've been here before no love no way no more am i just a fool to fall for love?
and when the sun is shining ain't going to feel no pain
and when that rain is pouring down i'm on my feet again
i've been here before no love no way no more am i just a fool to fall for love?
10 Afterglow (05:49)
(S. Marriot, R. Lane)
Your love
Love is all around me
Everywhere
Love has come to touch my soul
With someone who really cares
No one can deny us
People who once passed me by
Will turn their heads
I'm happy just to be with you
And lovin' you the way I do
Is everything I need to know
Just restin' in the afterglow
You
Yes, you have always been here
A feelin' deep inside
A feelin' that I could not see
Or touch, or try to hide
My love is in and without you
I bless the day that I found you
So listen baby
I'm happy just to be with you
Love is like a voice in my head
Keeps turning out the things that we said
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