UFO30 History Of Flames (Edge Of The World)We'll start this off with a fucking ripper. George Bellas makes his presence known right out of the gate. His playing is wicked under the verse.
And I love the prechorus. It's a different thing for them as they don't use a backing vocal lead vocal back and forth like..ever.
I like the Covenant style bridge. Gives you a breather without losing it's pace. Bellas has a Yngwie style solo, and then the song resumes with the main riff, along with a fantastic groove by Aynsley Dunbar.
And as nice as the soloing is, especially underneath the chorus as the song is closing out, this song runs on some fantastic rhythm guitar.
When I heard Vinnie Moore joined UFO, I immedeately thought of this song and started drooling.
29 Stranger In Town (The Visitor)I rate The Visitor as my favorite Vinnie Era album. Stranger In Town closes it out in grand fashion.
It riffs and rocks pretty hard with more off the wall lyrics by Phil. But it's the "chorus" that slays. The "Everybody's at the party" part. That gives me goosebumps when I hear it. And Paul Raymond's excellence totally makes that section glow. And to Kadestamp a part, at 1:55-2:16, Paul and Vinnie play this glorious section before the solo.
The solo is great. After a brief setup the money shot comes at 2:30 (with a nice total band widdle down in the seconds before).
This is actually one of my favorite Vinnie solos. And it blends quite smoothly with the return of that great chorus.
And I'd be remiss to mention just how perfect Andy's ride cymbal sounds during the chorus. What a nice blend of sounds.
And then the last 30 seconds of this song..
BTW, without looking, does anyone know WTF a gibbet is? At first I thought it was a Mogg made up word.
I had to look it up.
28 Call My Name/All Over You (Making Contact)Sure Blinded/Diesel is a great combo, but in the back half of the album, I love the back to back of Call My Name and All Over You.
Someone mentioned in the thread that Phil writes a lot of songs about hookers and strippers. Well, he does! And here's two of 'em.
I love Call My Name. It is such a catchy song and gets me head bobbing everytime.
Considering it's a song about a prostitute, I find Neil's "church wedding" intro quite interesting.
Again, Phil paints a vivid story..
"I met you, watching the cars go by."The prechorus is fantastic ending with a double flam that I cannot help but air drum to.
In the second verse, Paul starts tastefully chiming in between lines. He sounds nice here. And speaking of nice, his solo is melodic and beautiful. Perfect, really. It's one of my favorites from him.
The song ends with a wonderful outro by Paul.
And then Call My Name's evil twin comes calling with All Over You. Call My Name speaks of love where All Over You takes a turn for the wicked.
This song sports a thumping bass line in the verse. I assume it's Neil, since he wrote the song, but I'm not really sure. Anyway, Phil weaves another interesting tale.
"Well, you think you're the queen of Texas
Who you foolin' now?"This has another great Chapman solo and I love the switch at 2:14, and then it goes to another level briefly at 2:22.
The final verse crushes it.
"Well I bet your mama doesn't know
What her baby's into now
And you know how much she can cost
When you pay by the hour
And I guess that you can fool yourself
Oh, you do most of the time
But in whose bed do you sleep tonight
Oh, babe, that's the bottom line"30 History Of Flames
29 Stranger In Town
28 Call My Name/All Over You
Michael Schenker30 Bittersweet (Tales Of Rock N Roll)Tales Of Rock n Roll is an interesting album, made up of some catchy quick hitters than seemingly run together. It's filled with great moments, but Bitterweet is the one that I find to be totally addicting.
It starts out with a great driving pace. I happen to love Jari's vocal on this. There's something endearing about it.
Great intro by Michael, and then he hits this tone for the verses, I don't even know how to descibe it. But it's wild.
I love the solid drumming from Jeff Martin.
The passage at :52 has such a nice feel.That same passage is repeated at 2:35 after a short but sweet solo, but that time, Michael is totally working his magic underneath.
29 Cry For The Nations (Michael Schenker Group)Cry For The Nations is a song that has always made me feel good. I fell in love with it on the One Night At Budokan album.
Cozy Powell helps to fill the song out, as I have always found the original studio version somewhat thin, a complaint I have about the entire first album.
There's nothing remarkable about the verse or the chorus, but it is just enjoyable. And the 1:15 solo is fantastic. I am always happy when Michael takes an extra measure or two for his solo.
The Studio outro is nice enough, but the Budokan outro is where it's at. The band, Powell, Glen, and of course Paul Raymond is tight, and that outro is enhanced by that.
30 Bittersweet
29 Cry For The Nations