Band Ziggy
Info: Hot Lips
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 1988
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 52 mb
Info: Japan
Tracklist:
01 Hot Lips
02 What Do You Want?
03 Born To Be Free
04 Highway Driving Night
05 Gloria
06 Playing On The Rocks
07 Last Dance wa Omae ni
08 Tokyo City Night
09 Poor Boy
10 Startin' Again
Band Backlash
Info: Backlash
Style: Heavy Metal
Years: 1986
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 52 mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
1. Down The Hatch
2. I Have Waited
3. Gonna Give Her My Love
4. Lady Of The Night
5. Public Enemy
6. No Time For Thinking
7. Instrumental One
8. Name Of The Game
9. Get Ready
Band The Kind
Info: Pain And Pleasure
Style: Rock / Power Pop
Years: 1983
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 51 mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01. I've Got You
02. No Questions
03. Pain and Pleasure
04. All in a Dream
05. Take Me Down
06. We Can Work This One Out
07. Bad Dream
08. Ha Ha
09. In My Mind
10. Don't Fight It
Band The Tenants
Info: The Tenants
Style: Pop Rock
Years: 1983
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 53 mb
Info: Australia
Tracklist:
Look The Other Way
Schoolgirl
I Love Romance
Sheriff
Winner
How Do You Sleep At Night?
You Don't Know What I've Been Thru
Connect The Dots
What's In It For Me?
Forget About Forgetting
Band Stranger
Info: Pretty Angels
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 1990
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 100,40 Mb
Info: Germany
Tracklist:
01 - Don't Give Up.
02 - Heartbeat.
03 - Pretty Angels.
04 - Now You're Gone.
05 - I, Surrender.
06 - Child Of Violence.
07 - Fighting For Your Love.
08 - Is This Love.
09 - How Will I Know.
Band Kalapana
Info: Lava Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Years: 1987
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 89,75 Mb
Info: USA (Hawaii)
Tracklist:
01 - Everyone Knows.
02 - Baby I Love You.
03 - Kickin' Around.
04 - Chasin'.
05 - Secret Words Of Love.
06 - No Light Of Day.
07 - Friends.
08 - Woman.
09 - Love Is All You Need.
10 - I'll Be Over You.
Band Bonnie Tyler
Info: Best Ballads
Style: Pop Rock
Years: 1999
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 177,20 Mb
Info: Uk
Tracklist:
01 - Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
02 - Against The Wind.
03 - It's A Heartache.
04 - Lost In France.
05 - God Gave Love To You.
06 - Why.
07 - Loving You Is A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It.
08 - To Love Somebody.
09 - You Are So Beautiful.
10 - Call Me.
11 - Angel Heart.
12 - Lovers Again.
13 - A Whiter Shade Of Pale.
14 - Silouette In Red.
15 - Straight From The Heart.
16 - Islands.
17 - Stay.
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You will be hard pressed to find a much better Melodic Hard Rock album than this one.
It’s remarkable that this album ever saw the light of day as Dennis ‘Fergie’ Frederiksen (ex Toto/Trillion/Le Roux/Mecca) was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in June of last year and for most people that would have been that. However, Fergie decided to seek alternative cures and this very Summer announced positive results. He continued to work on his solo album throughout this time and what has now emerged is simply sensational! This is a truly striking album with fabulous songs that have been placed all over it like brightly coloured lights on a Christmas tree!
Opener ‘Angel (Mirror To Your Soul)’ just has this incredible uplifting feel to it with energetic pacing, smooth melodies and a gorgeous honey-coated chorus. The moment it finished it had me reaching for the replay button! ‘Elaine’ follows and what you get from Fergie is an amazing passionate vocal performance atop a mid tempo rock beat with keys aplenty singing about trying to win back a former lover. ‘First To Cry’ has a keyboard led precursor to a glorious chorus with a lovely guitar tone throughout the whole song reminiscent of Signal with Mark Free and then you get ‘Follow Your Heart’, a simply gorgeous Steve Perry era Journey-esque epic ballad. Quite stunning!
This opening quartet will already have you reaching for the payment options on Frontiers’ website even with eight songs still to pass through your ears. The title track ‘Happiness Is The Road’ is a co-write with Jim Peterik and has a very typical Survivor positive uplifting vibe to it whilsts ‘Writing On The Wall’ is a fast paced number with interesting Magnum style keys and a nice tone on the guitar supplied by one Nathan Eshman. ‘The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be’ is a positive ballad of sorts with strong sentiments on a driving beat and again swathed in plenty of keys. Acclaimed keyboard player Eric Ragno (Takara/Vox Tempus/China Blue/Ted Poley/Danny Vaughan/Tony Mills etc) I believe plays the majority of these parts but a certain Mr Dennis Ward is credited with bass plus guitars, keys and background vocals. My guess is during the production process, Ward would have added additional parts where necessary. The production, incidentally, is first rate, but then when has Dennis Ward ever delivered a poor production? He has to be up there amongst the premier class of producers for sure. Dik Bruinenberg is listed as drummer and as I’m. unfamiliar with this guy, I would hazard a guess he’s a German guy that Dennis knows and has been brought in on recommendation.
If I was pressed on standout songs on this album, then it would be a little bit like trying to choose a favourite between your children. The aforementioned song ‘Angel (Mirror To Your Soul’) and ballad ‘Follow Your Heart’ are up there as is 'Love Waits For No One’, a classy mature sounding ode to a lost love, a recurring theme throughout the album. And I would also have to include ‘The One’ which features a nice keyboard refrain, a glorious chorus with multi-layered backing vocals and a fabulous outro guitar solo.
You will be hard pressed to find a much better Melodic Hard Rock album than this one. Toby Hitchcock’s solo offering is running right up with this one but nevertheless, this is a truly mesmerising release from a man who’s been at the top of his profession for many years. As the saying goes: form may be temporary, but class is permanent!
1 Angel (Mirror To Your Soul)
2 Elaine
3 First to Cry
4 Follow Your Heart
5 Happiness Is The Road
6 I Still Believe In Love
7 Lyin' Eyes
8 Love Waits For No One
9 Writing On the Wall
10 Future Ain't What It Used To Be
11 One
12 Saviour
Band Drive, She Said
Info: Excelerator
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1993
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 161,13 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - All I'm Livin For.
02 - In My Hands (The Healer).
03 - Wherever You Go.
04 - Inside You.
05 - Something At Last.
06 - Let It Ride.
07 - Won't Keep Beggin (Come Away).
08 - Drop The Hammer.
09 - Someone To Run To.
10 - Song And A Prayer.
11 - When Hope Is Burnin'.
12 - Excelerator.
13 - Forty-Second Street.
14 - Newcastle On Tyne.