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Track Listings
| 1. Swear Your Love |
| 2. Say Goodbye |
| 3. Sometimes You Win |
| 4. Where To Touch You |
| 5. Going Home |
| 6. Stay With Me |
| 7. One More Night |
| 8. Gotta Find It |
| 9. Letter To God |
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If this Summer you re looking for a slice of American Radio Rock to really drive the heartache of the winter blues from your coattails and put the cream back on the cake, you shouldn t pass by this release, the new collaboration between one time Toto singer Joseph Williams and acclaimed Swedish guitarist / songwriter Peter Friestedt who has written for, and played with, people from Chicago to Steve Lukather and beyond. The record combines Williams' outstanding vocal performance with Friestedt's top-notch guitar work and superbly crafted arrangements, and produced by the team of Friestedt / Williams (with executive production handled by Joey Carbone) and mixed by Ronni Lahti (Talisman, Lake Of Tears), whilst being mastered by Björn Engelmann (Rammstein, Roxette). Joseph Williams was the lead vocalist with Toto during the mid-to-late 1980s ( Fahrenheit 1986 and The Seventh One 1988) and has also been busy as a composer of film and drama scores, as a session vocalist, backing singer for the band Chicago and vocalist and singing voice of the adult Simba ( Can You Feel The Love Tonight ) in Disney s animated feature film The Lion King , so he s an astonishing talent by himself, but it s Friestedt, who actually brought to this album the song Say Goodbye (which originally appeared on his 2008 acclaimed LA Project II album) and got the ball rolling on this, who is the key to what is an astounding record. Guitarist, composer, producer, and major label recording artist, Friestedt has released two critically acclaimed albums LA Project (2002) and LA Project II (2008) that were labeled, on their release, as the best Westcoast records in years, but it s recent touring with Michael Ruff, Bill Champlin (Chicago) and, of course, Williams himself that has resulted in this.... "Working with Joseph is always a treat, says Friestedt. We ve been doing concerts in Scandinavia together and during this period the idea of doing a whole record was brought up. It's been an exciting process making this. The great contributions and dedicated work from songwriters and musicians such as Tommy, Bill, John (d) (who s played with people like Quincy Jones), Randy Goodrum (Chet Atkins) and Bill Cantos (kb) (Phil Collins), resulted in a record exceeding all expectations. It s an amazing experience to just listen to all these tracks in harmony! Joseph's extraordinary vocals shine out beautifully and with impeccable backing vocals arranged by Joseph, Bill Champlin and Lars Säfsund (Work Of Art), this album is a real treat for any of us that like hanging out in the car overlooking the sea or long winding road and it s a perfect record for just chilling and enjoying the peaceful summer evenings. This Summer Joseph Williams will once again tour as lead vocalist with Toto, but for now just lie back and enjoy the sumptuous songs on offer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For a minute there, I thought William Friedkin had made an album. A bold move for the director of The Exorcist thought I. Mind you, every film he's made in the last thirty years has been rank, so mebbe music is his new thing. Turns out I was wrong. It's actually two blokes, one being Swedish guitarist and producer Peter Friestedt, and the other singer Joseph "please don't call me the son of Star Wars composer, John" Williams, who was once (and again) the vocalist with melodic / West Coast rock legends, Toto.
The two had worked together on the Peter Friestedt album "LA Project II", and when he decided to create a pure AOR album, then who better to turn to than the velvet larynxed Toto man, who seems to have left his personal demons back in the past, where they belong. And this is an absolute peach of an album. To save you reading the rest of this review, I'll tell you now. This, I repeat, THIS, is the best AOR / West Coast rock album you'll hear this year. So just go and buy it, now!
It's a proper album, with just nine songs, and a running time a scooch over half an hour. Which means every moment, every melody, every harmony, has been arranged to perfection. The other musicians have been handpicked from the best Sweden and America has to offer, with the likes of Tommy Denander, John "JR" Robinson, Bill Champlin, Randy Goodrum and Bill Cantos at the top of their game. It's been exec-produced by Joey Carbone who is, fact fans, the second-most successful foreign songwriter ever in Japan, after The Beatles, and is pretty much the king of J-pop. So he knows a good melody when he hears one.
If you remember the "Fahrenheit" and "The Seventh One" albums from Williams' Toto days, you'll know just how good a singer he is. And he's singing as well as ever 25 years on. Songs like 'Say Goodbye'. the big ballad 'Sometimes You Win', 'Where To Touch You' (the duet with Chicago's Bill Champlin) and album highlight 'One More Time' could have easily sat on either of those Toto releases. They're that good. The one misfire is the instrumental 'Going Home', which seems out of place, and should have been dropped for another vocal track. It would have been great to hear these songs live, bit with Joseph Williams back in the Toto ranks for a summer tour, this is probably the only chance you'll get to hear the, Don't miss out on it.
The two had worked together on the Peter Friestedt album "LA Project II", and when he decided to create a pure AOR album, then who better to turn to than the velvet larynxed Toto man, who seems to have left his personal demons back in the past, where they belong. And this is an absolute peach of an album. To save you reading the rest of this review, I'll tell you now. This, I repeat, THIS, is the best AOR / West Coast rock album you'll hear this year. So just go and buy it, now!
It's a proper album, with just nine songs, and a running time a scooch over half an hour. Which means every moment, every melody, every harmony, has been arranged to perfection. The other musicians have been handpicked from the best Sweden and America has to offer, with the likes of Tommy Denander, John "JR" Robinson, Bill Champlin, Randy Goodrum and Bill Cantos at the top of their game. It's been exec-produced by Joey Carbone who is, fact fans, the second-most successful foreign songwriter ever in Japan, after The Beatles, and is pretty much the king of J-pop. So he knows a good melody when he hears one.
If you remember the "Fahrenheit" and "The Seventh One" albums from Williams' Toto days, you'll know just how good a singer he is. And he's singing as well as ever 25 years on. Songs like 'Say Goodbye'. the big ballad 'Sometimes You Win', 'Where To Touch You' (the duet with Chicago's Bill Champlin) and album highlight 'One More Time' could have easily sat on either of those Toto releases. They're that good. The one misfire is the instrumental 'Going Home', which seems out of place, and should have been dropped for another vocal track. It would have been great to hear these songs live, bit with Joseph Williams back in the Toto ranks for a summer tour, this is probably the only chance you'll get to hear the, Don't miss out on it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Joseph Williams is son of movie theme writer John Williams and one time lead singer with Toto. He has made a few solo albums, mainly aimed at the Japanese market, one of which (I Am Alive) was excellent but the others no more than OK. So I approached this album with some trepidation as singers of his era rarely improve as time goes on. However, here is an exception. This album is packed full of delicious melodies which are enhanced by the glitzy production and Peter (Steve Lukather sound alike) Friestedt's guitar playing. This album has a real 80s AOR feel about it and takes me back to the days when real musicians played real music. The opening track 'Swear Your Love' is a real belter but nothing disappoints on this offering. Even the rather twee instrumental at the halfway point makes for some refreshing variety. If you didn't know better you would probably think these were unearthed Toto recordings from the circa 1986. Shame it won't sell but if you like reminiscing to melody packed rock harmonies, you will absolutely love this album. At just under 33 minutes it is a bit on the short side but 'never mind the width, feel the quality'.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Melodic bliss!
14 July 2011
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Former Toto singer Joseph Williams and guitar star Peter Friestedt have combined to produce a classic melodic rock album full of great vocal melodies backed up by quality musicianship. The performances and production are great throughout the entire album and the songwriting and vocal arrangements are particularly impressive. Highlights include the killer melodies of "Say Goodbye", the amazing Toto vibe of "Where To Touch You" which has to be one of the greatest songs ever recorded, the infectious melody of "Swear Your Love", the beautiful ballad "Sometimes You Win", and the closing piano ballad "Letter To God". Peter Friestedt has really got the Lukather sound covered with both his rythm and lead parts and combined with the former voice of Toto you get that classic Toto sound. The only downside is that the album has only nine songs running just over 30 minutes so it's short but sweet. This is highly recommended to fans of Toto and Work Of Art and represents one of the best albums in a strong year for melodic rock.
A collaboration highlight in AOR !
17 Aug 2011
Format:Audio CD
"Williams-Friestedt" is the AOR collaboration between lead singer Joseph Williams, the former voice of "Toto" and songwriter/guitarist Peter Friestedt. The musical direction of this debut is lies somewhere between melodic rock and west-coast AOR, being more subtle than melodic rock though thicker than west-coast.
For the biggest part, "Williams-Friestedt" features mid-to-slow tempos with the rhythm section kept as much in the background as possible never claiming the lead. For that matter as the band-name of the collaboration indirectly states, this album is a vocals-guitar affair as the two musicians evenly share the spotlight on "Williams Friestedt". You can expect extensive guitar melodies and harmonious soloing in Friestedt's trademark style with rhythm guitar parts kept to a minimum. Williams, on the other hand, puts on one of his best performances being more intense than expected which makes for an even more memorable songs. In fact, whatever musical attack is to be found on "Williams-Friestedt" is actually driven by the singer. One has to also address the subtle piano presence that grants the album a "Toto"-like vibe.
Songs like "One more night", "where to touch you" and "Say goodbye" could have easily served as "Toto" tracks featuring the trademark rhythms, melodies and choruses that one expects to hear from the American AOR band though omitting the progressive twist often found in the arrangements of "Toto". Overall "Williams Friestedt" is a substantial AOR album featuring largely what a fan would expect to hear from the two musicians.
For the biggest part, "Williams-Friestedt" features mid-to-slow tempos with the rhythm section kept as much in the background as possible never claiming the lead. For that matter as the band-name of the collaboration indirectly states, this album is a vocals-guitar affair as the two musicians evenly share the spotlight on "Williams Friestedt". You can expect extensive guitar melodies and harmonious soloing in Friestedt's trademark style with rhythm guitar parts kept to a minimum. Williams, on the other hand, puts on one of his best performances being more intense than expected which makes for an even more memorable songs. In fact, whatever musical attack is to be found on "Williams-Friestedt" is actually driven by the singer. One has to also address the subtle piano presence that grants the album a "Toto"-like vibe.
Songs like "One more night", "where to touch you" and "Say goodbye" could have easily served as "Toto" tracks featuring the trademark rhythms, melodies and choruses that one expects to hear from the American AOR band though omitting the progressive twist often found in the arrangements of "Toto". Overall "Williams Friestedt" is a substantial AOR album featuring largely what a fan would expect to hear from the two musicians.
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