Excellent Swedish vocalist PETER SUNDELL has graced a number of highly revered albums over the years. His work in the ’80s with Promotion, then AOR geniuses Grand Illusion, Decoy and C.O.P. has made AOR fans all over the world drewl, in awe over his high pitched and powerful voice.
In between the studio and performing gigs SUNDELL recorded several songs for a solo album titled “Now”, intended to be released in Japan only (appeared at the end of 2018) but in early 2019 he released by himself in Scandinavia a 500 piece limited edition.
“Now” sees Peter Sundell paying tribute to some classic tunes from the likes of SURVIVOR, AIRPLAY, L.A. COWBOYS, HUGHES & THRALL, BILLY JOEL, ASIA, KANSAS, THE TUBES, TREVOR RABIN and DAVID ROBERTS. This Japanese Edition includes a bonus track, a great cover of a VANDENBERG song.
Treated with the typically GRAND ILLUSION / C.O.P. touch by his long time fellow Ola Af Trampe and his brother Christian on drums, this is by no means your ordinary cover album: “Now” has some really magic AOR moments.
While it isn’t strange to hear the terrific ‘The Look In Your Eye’ (HUGHES / THRALL) or ‘Poor Man’s Son (SURVIVOR Cover)’, songs pretty much in vein with Sundell’s works, it’s really surprising to see ‘All for Leyna’ (BILLY JOEL Cover) – done with class and elegance, or ‘Don’t Want to Wait Anymore’ (THE TUBES Cover).
Peter feels like a fish in the water doing the timeless classic ‘Dust in the Wind’ (KANSAS Cover), and a superb take on ‘Only Time Will Tell’ (ASIA Cover).
“Now” is a mandatory listen to all AOR / Melodic Rock aficionados; timeless classic songs awesomely performed by this top class vocalist, surrounded by skilled musicians and a smooth production sound.
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01 – Stranded (AIRPLAY Cover)
02 – Now (TREVOR RABIN Cover)
03 – Don’t Want to Wait Anymore (THE TUBES Cover)
04 – The Look In Your Eye (HUGHES / THRALL Cover)
05 – Only Time Will Tell (ASIA Cover)
06 – Someone Like You (DAVID ROBERTS Cover)
07 – All for Leyna (BILLY JOEL Cover)
08 – Dust in the Wind (KANSAS Cover)
09 – Poor Man’s Son (SURVIVOR Cover)
10 – Endless Summer (THE LA COWBOYS Cover)
11 – Different Worlds (VANDENBERG Cover) [bonus for Japan]
Peter Sundell – vocals
Ola Af Trampe – guitar, keyboards, bass
Christian Sundell – drums
Jakob Lindahl – drums
Peter Sundell – Now 2018 Japan Edition+1, MP3+FLAC
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