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Format:Audio CD
My first thought on hearing the opening track was "this is Bedlam (UK circa 1970) but without Cozy". This is due in part to the way Bernie Marsden plays guitar on this track, and also the vocal style of Carl Sentance. However the track moves away from Bedlam as Don's full Hammond sound takes the stage.
The next, instrumental, track reminded me more of Colosseum, though a rather keyboard centric version. This is the pattern as I move through the album, every track reminding me different aspects of Don's amazing past. "B'cos" echoing ghosts of Cozy's solo albums. And of course you can't have tracks with that rich Hammond that don't say "Deep Purple".
So I guess if you want to see it as a negative, the album is derivative. But it is derivative of such a rich past, a collage of styles. It doesn't fall into the boring keyboard soloist album trap, there's lots of guitar, bass, great drumming, several vocal tracks. It takes Don's last album "Light In The Sky" and builds on it, achieving for me a great hard rock experience that gets better on repeat plays. And I love that Hammond sound.
Plus:
- strong songs
- great arrangements
- great mix
- way better than normal mastering
The last point is worthy of comparison with Roger Glover's completely flattened latest which I received at the same time. Why would any artist who can control it, let or even want their album compressed into a volume maxed pancake. Don scores six out of ten for resisting and keeping some dynamics, but Roger I'm sorry , zero.
The next, instrumental, track reminded me more of Colosseum, though a rather keyboard centric version. This is the pattern as I move through the album, every track reminding me different aspects of Don's amazing past. "B'cos" echoing ghosts of Cozy's solo albums. And of course you can't have tracks with that rich Hammond that don't say "Deep Purple".
So I guess if you want to see it as a negative, the album is derivative. But it is derivative of such a rich past, a collage of styles. It doesn't fall into the boring keyboard soloist album trap, there's lots of guitar, bass, great drumming, several vocal tracks. It takes Don's last album "Light In The Sky" and builds on it, achieving for me a great hard rock experience that gets better on repeat plays. And I love that Hammond sound.
Plus:
- strong songs
- great arrangements
- great mix
- way better than normal mastering
The last point is worthy of comparison with Roger Glover's completely flattened latest which I received at the same time. Why would any artist who can control it, let or even want their album compressed into a volume maxed pancake. Don scores six out of ten for resisting and keeping some dynamics, but Roger I'm sorry , zero.
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Don Airey excellent solo release
31 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a great solo release. Don Airey plays some very hard-rock oriented songs, sounding like Rainbow and Deep Purple. Excellent job covering "FIRE," the old Jimi Hendrix song. Airey's cover of FIRE features an extended dual keyboard/guitar solo that fades to the end. Overall, this is the best solo effort from Airey - my opinion..
Good Album from a great keyboardist
18 Dec 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This album has some straight out rock songs in the vein of Deep Purple, as well as some more prog influenced ones (ie Tobruk). Overall, the disc is quite good, and made better by the fact that Bernie Marsden (of Babe Ruth and Whitesnake) plays guitar on a few tracks here, as does Joe Bonomossa. The vocals are pretty good too. And of course, the keyboards are excellent. Also a pretty cool Hendrix cover of Fire is included here, which is neat to hear with a prominent keyboard part. If you like good keys and piano, prog rock, or hard rock, you'll probably like this. Recommended!
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