Jack Green – Humanesque – 8/10
This was a strange one, my brother arrived home with
it from our local record emporium (remember those days), I had never heard of
him, although upon the dawn of the internet I looked him up, it turns out he
played for T-Rex and then the Pretty Things, allegedly he was a member of Rainbow
for all of 3 weeks before Roger Glover decided that he wanted to join the band,
but not before Mr B played a tasteful solo on I call, no answer, is it the best
track on the album, no but it is the best solo, as for the rest of the album I loved
it, like a British Rick Springfield meets Elvis Costello a similar touch, it
was one of the albums I lost when I was burgled in 1983, although I had it on
tape so I could play it on my Walkman as I travelled around the UK watching
bands, I still love the album all these years later I received a digital copy
yesterday and so far have played it 7 times, yes I like it.
Deep Purple – Turning to Crime – 1/10.
I love this band in most incarnations, although since
Mr B left the quality control has been dodgy to say the least, this is
horrible, I don’t mind cover albums but this should have been locked up and the
key thrown away, I look forward to an album with Simon McBride as I think he is
better fit to the band than Steve Morse, a super guitarist ( and all round nice
guy) but I never felt the connection, this is my personal opinion if you like
it, good luck to you, I heard it when it was released and hated it from the
second I played it, I have given myself some distance but it hasn’t improved
any, I still hate it, and I think I would rather gnaw my foot off then have to
endure it again. 49.45 minutes of my life I will never get back and to think
Bob Ezrin produced it, maybe he needs to go back on the drugs, utter shite!
Man Raze – PunkFunkRootRock -7/10.
When this was released back in 2011 I loved it , it disappeared
under the onslaught of new music, but every now and then it would surface, A
member of Def Leppard/Girl, a member of Girl and a Sex Pistol what could go
wrong, not a lot really, it hasn’t lost its charm, it also comes across as
something more than a vanity project, it has had money spent on it, and its
charm shines through on the songs with a bit of energy when its required, I do
admit I prefer this to Def Leppard its more up my street, give it a chance you
will love it! I saw them support Alice Cooper on my birthday for this album and
I thought it went well, well until I thought I was going to get stabbed for
shouting for Hollywood Tease, but that’s another story
The Cult – Under the Midnight Sun – 3/10.
I thought I should do at least one new release and to
be honest I struggled, I never got them, I thought they were a tribute band,
and always thought Astbury was a dick, but I have matured and thought I would
give them another chance, I had seen a few interviews with the band saying it
was a seminal release, and…..well I still don’t get it, they leave me cold,
they can all play and sing, they can write songs but damn it, it leaves me
colder than a corpse that has been in a morgue for a week, don’t worry I don’t care for led Zeppelin for
exactly the same reasons, if you like it good luck to you and all that sails
with you, and it is still better than the afore mentioned Deep Purple (well
more like a Gillan) album that’s already been reviewed earlier.
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