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For my Russian friends who learnt to appreciate this really underrated guitar player. This time he plays everything :punk:
Tracklist
1. You Can't Save Me
2. Misunderstood
3. Fear
4. The Shadow
5. Doin' What The Devil Says To Do
6. Till You Put Me Down
7. Sacred Ground
8. Your Lies
9. Livin' In Bliss
10. My Angel
Line-up
Richie Kotzen (all)
Tracklist
1. You Can't Save Me
2. Misunderstood
3. Fear
4. The Shadow
5. Doin' What The Devil Says To Do
6. Till You Put Me Down
7. Sacred Ground
8. Your Lies
9. Livin' In Bliss
10. My Angel
Line-up
Richie Kotzen (all)
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| The amazing and multi-talented Richie Kotzen returns with his latest and most soul bearing release to date, 'Into The Black'. Richie has outdone himself once again. His dynamic voice and melodic riffs get better and better with each record his puts out. The new material finds Richie Kotzen bearing his heart and soul, unleashing his emotions holding nothing back with unbridled passion. That is what you feel right off the bat once you hit play "You Can't Save Me", grabs you in a stranglehold and has your undivided attention. As does tracks like, "Misunderstood" and "Doin' What The Devil Says To Do", you can feel the emotion dripping from your speakers. This is one album that just kicks your ass from beginning to end. I kid you not! Richie Kotzen's music has always been filled with love and passion. What every music fan yearns for in a musician and 'Into The Black' is testimony to his greatness. When freed from any band restrictions, Richie Kotzen is capable of crafting some of the most moving, emotional and brutally honest songs ever. In summary, this is a very different album from his past releases, but at the same time, it's not! This is Richie Kotzen at his best. If you have loved his previous releases, you will love this one, which stands as a really satisfying rock-blues-soul infectious record! It is an excellent album and what I consider Richie's best album to date. 'Into The Black', will move you in ways unimaginable. |
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| KOTZEN, RITCHIE Into The Black © 2006 Frontiers Records (FR CD 315) contemporary hard rock studio album 10 tracks - TT 44:00 release date: December 8, 2006 http://www.richiekotzen.com http://www.frontiers.it AOR & melodic (hard) rock Ritchie Kotzen is in my book one of the most underestimated hard rock guitarists of our time. With Hollywood glam kings Poison he not only recorded their arguably best album ‘Native Tongue’ but also co-wrote a couple of songs on said albulm & was the replacement for Paul Gilbert in Mr.Big during their ‘Get Over It ‘- days. But that's not all folks, since he was first discovered by Shrapnel Records he has also released a string of solo albums, all with varied success as he doesn’t exactely make it easy on his loyal followers. With every release he changes his style and in most cases this change has little or no musical ties to the famous bands he played in. But those days of moving from style to style may be over as this is his most melodic solo effort to date, which doesn't mean that it’s pure melodic rock. The sound is more of the modern bluesy melodic rock variety but the end result is quite impressive. Overall this platter holds the middle ground between more modern, intense & even aggressive songs like opener ‘You Can’t Save Me’ & ‘Sacred Ground’ and the more melodic stuff with great choruses like ‘Misunderstood’ & the simply superb ‘The Shadow’. Only the truly gifted get away with playing all the instruments, laying down some great vocals and manage to write a couple of splendid tunes in the process as well. That alone is a reason to buy this. |
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OOpps, I forgot: cover is signed by Richie himself ;) My cousin is a great fan of him and he lent me this CD.