┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Graham Bonnet Band - The Book + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Dec-04-2016 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2016 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 11 cd2: 16 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.grahambonnetband.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Graham Bonnet Band Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : The Book Label : Frontiers ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ As they say, age is just a number. I'm sure ║ │ │║ that's how Graham Bonnet may see it. At 68 years ║ │ │║ young, the legendary vocalist is going strong ║ │ │║ with a new band and a new album, The Book on the ║ │ │║ Frontiers Music. Now my recollection of Mr ║ │ │║ Bonnet dates me. I'm more familiar with his ║ │ │║ early work with Alcatrazz (No Parole for Rock n ║ │ │║ Roll (1983), Disturbing the Peace (1985), and ║ │ │║ Dangerous Games (1986)), Michael Schenker Group ║ │ │║ (Assault Attack (1982)), and Rainbow's Down to ║ │ │║ Earth (1979), which produced the hit single ║ │ │║ Since You've Been Gone. Honestly, I preferred ║ │ │║ the Dio years of Rainbow, and was never quite ║ │ │║ the fan of Bonnet or the Bonnet era sound of ║ │ │║ Rainbow for that matter. Needless to say, I ║ │ │║ haven't really followed his career. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Nevertheless, The Book comes as a pleasant ║ │ │║ surprise. First, it's a two CD set with the ║ │ │║ first CD all new material, and the second re- ║ │ │║ recordings of some iconic Bonnet songs. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ As for the former and the new songs, what is ║ │ │║ quite self-evident is that Bonnet is still an ║ │ │║ exceptional songwriter and a strong vocalist. ║ │ │║ The music is typical of classic melodic hard ║ │ │║ rock, more Eighties style with a hint of a metal ║ │ │║ edge and then packaged in an AOR wrapper. The ║ │ │║ songs are lively with plenty of melody and ║ │ │║ groove, and loaded with catchy riffs, soaring ║ │ │║ leads, and mighty vocal arrangements. Which is ║ │ │║ Graham Bonnet's signature stamp upon most ║ │ │║ everything he does. Excellent examples come ║ │ │║ within Strangest Day, Rider, Earth's Child, and ║ │ │║ the simply marvelous Welcome To My Home. While ║ │ │║ most of those vocals come with energetic rock ║ │ │║ songs, Bonnet delivers smoother vocals on the ║ │ │║ anthem-like ballad. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Moving on to the second set, the re-recordings ║ │ │║ are the most popular selections from the albums ║ │ │║ mentioned above. Now, it's been a long, long ║ │ │║ time since I've listened to any of those albums. ║ │ │║ Yet it's not difficult to remember the sound of ║ │ │║ All Night Long, Assault Attack, Desert Song or, ║ │ │║ of course, Since You Been Gone. It's like deja ║ │ │║ vu all over again. Bonnet and company make the ║ │ │║ classics feel fresh and vibrant for the new ║ │ │║ century. If you liked any of these tunes in the ║ │ │║ past, you will definitely enjoy the present day, ║ │ │║ throwback Thursday, editions. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ All in all, if you're Graham Bonnet fan or ║ │ │║ simply need a re-introduction to the voice and ║ │ │║ his music, The Book is a fine performance and a ║ │ │║ solid platter of classic melodic hard rock. ║ │ │║ Recommended. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Graham Bonnet - Vocals ║ │ │║ Jimmy Waldo - Keyboards ║ │ │║ Mark Zonder - Drums ║ │ │║ Conrado Pesinato - Guitars ║ │ │║ Beth-Ami Heavenstone - Bass ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ - CD1 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - Into The Night [04:29] │ │ 02 - Welcome To My Home [04:47] │ │ 03 - Earth┤s Child (I Am Your Son) [04:08] │ │ 04 - Rider [03:44] │ │ 05 - Dead Man Walking [05:44] │ │ 06 - Strangest Day [04:23] │ │ 07 - The Dance [03:49] │ │ 08 - Where Were You? [04:00] │ │ 09 - The Book [05:09] │ │ 10 - Everybody Wants To Go There [03:46] │ │ 11 - California Air [03:53] │ │ - [ ] │ │ - CD2 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - Eye Of The World [06:34] │ │ 02 - All Night Long [03:49] │ │ 03 - Lost In Hollywood [04:55] │ │ 04 - Since You┤re Been Gone [03:30] │ │ 05 - Night Games [03:40] │ │ 06 - S.O.S. [03:04] │ │ 07 - Assault Attack [04:16] │ │ 08 - Dancer [04:41] │ │ 09 - Desert Song [05:52] │ │ 10 - Island In The Sun [03:53] │ │ 11 - Hiroshime Mon Amour [04:00] │ │ 12 - God Blessed Video [03:26] │ │ 13 - Will You Be Home Tonight [05:12] │ │ 14 - Witchwood [02:47] │ │ 15 - Stand In Line [04:09] │ │ 16 - Here Comes The Night (Down Without A Fight [04:09] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [115:4] min │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘