Equilibrium

About the Artist
Fergie Frederiksen’s career started on the fast track when he replaced Tommy Shaw in the band MS FUNK in 1975. Shaw suggested Fergie as his replacement when he went on to join STYX. Shortly after, Fergie met Patrick Leonard and together they formed TRILLION and were signed by Epic Records. Patrick Leonard later went on to work as MADONNA’s musical director and he also wrote many of her greatest hits. In 1981 Fergie became the new vocalist in LeROUX, a band signed to RCA. Fergie played a huge part in making the all time classic record ”So Fired Up”. Next Fergie started ABANDON SHAME with his old friend Ricky Phillips, drummer Pat Torpey , Tim Pierce (MR. BIG, RICK SPRINGFIELD), and guitarist Scott Sheets of PAT BENATAR fame. Ricky Phillips gave a video to his friend Jeff Porcaro and almost immediately, Fergie was asked to join TOTO to replace singer Bobby Kimball and recorded ”Isolation” with them. After some well deserved time off, Fergie and Ricky Phillips decided to finally to do a album together, which was to become the Frederiksen-Phillips album. Fergie then signed with MTM and Ricky Phillips was called in to oversee the production of ”Equilibrium”.

Product Description
NEH Records brings you another great Melodic Rock import. A sure classic, Equilibrium features songwriters Martin Page (writer for HEART, BAD ENGLISH, STARSHIP), Richard Page (MR. MISTER), Jim Peterik (SURVIVOR), Bobby Caldwell (writer for CHICAGO and TOTO) and Steve Kipner (CHICAGO, THINK OUT LOUD) and a star studded line up of musicians including Steve Porcaro (TOTO), Neal Schon (JOURNEY, BAD ENGLISH), Tim Pierce (RICK SPRINGFIELD), Rocket Ritchotte (CHER, STAN BUSH), Guy Allison (DOOBIE BROTHERS, AIR SUPPLY), Ron Wikso (STORM, FOREIGNER), Kelly Hansen (UNRULY CHILD, HURRICANE), Jason Scheff (CHICAGO) and Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN). Great songs and great players make this a superb debut solo album for one of rock’s premier vocalists.

Equilibrium,Fergie Frederiksen,Renaissance,Pop,Popular Music,Rock

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Average customer rating: 666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!! Soul Sacrifice Their absolute best Slow and Heavy Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!

Forest of Equilibrium Cathedral Manufacturer: Earache Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Ethereal Mirror Endtyme The Garden of Unearthly Delights Supernatural Birth Machine The Carnival Bizarre ASIN: B000005831 Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

1. PICTURE OF BEAUTY & INNOCENCE (INTRO) COMISERATING THE CELEBRATION
2. EBONY TEARS
3. SERPENT EVE
4. SOUL SACRIFICE
5. A FUNERAL REQUEST
6. EQUILIBRIUM
7. REACHING HAPPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN

Customer Reviews:

666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!!.......2005-10-08

FOREST OF EQUILBRIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1991!!!!!!!!!BUT NO TIME..It's TIMELESS!!
EARACHE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the most BEAUTIFUL artwork ever is on this album! AN ALBUM COVER THAT MATCHE's it's MUSIC..100%%%!!

If you played a MILLION copies of this all at once..THE EARTH WOULD EXPLODE!!!!! IT's LIKE TEN MILLION BOULDER'S..ALL FALLING ON YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEAVEEEEEEYYYYYY..CANT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THIS HELL!!!!!

This is one of the best DOOM album's..it's also near DOOM DEATH..it's just not as DEATH like as WINTER and disEMBOWELMENT!!!! CATHEDRAL's first EP..was more DOOM DEATH..but this is close!!

This is just one of the ALBUM's that I will always BLAST!!! A TOTAL MASTERPEICE..and also one of the very few album's that SCARE's me!!! the feeling on this is so ERIE that you get shiver's when this hit's the CREEPEY part's..the ENDING of this album come's to mind!!!!!

EVERY FUKKING SONG..IS A MASTERPEICE!!!!!! I BLEED FOR THIS ALBUM!!!! THIS OF COURSE INFLUENCED TON's just like CANDLEMASS,SABBATH,KING CRIMSON and WITCHFINDER GENERAL before them!!

I HAVE NO MORE WORD's..MAYBE THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE..IN ANY FORM OF MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOOM PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

''ALL LOVE IS BROKEN SOMBRE IN DEVOTION, THE HEARSE OF SELFISHNESS HAS DROVE IT ALL AWAY''-REACHING HAPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN lyrcis by DORIAN!

Soul Sacrifice.......2005-08-07

When Lee Dorian announced the formation of Cathedral, no one quite knew what the hell to expect. Dorian had been part of the first legendary line up of Napalm Death, so a Doom Metal band seemed like the polar opposite. Add to that a guitarist from one of the UK's leading Thrash bands of the time, and it seemed like a very odd proposition. Would this be the first ever high-speed Doom band?

The first few notes of "Comiserating The Celebration" showed what was in store. Cathedral was slow, heavy and well, doom-laden. The rhythm guitar came straight from the Tony Iommi school of riffs. Discordant guitar lines played counter to the rhythm, seemingly out of tune, but fitting perfectly. Dorian's psychotic screech was gone, replaced by a deep, soulful moan. Like a mammoth struggling for it's life in a prehistoric tar pit, the whole effect is one of sinking, a hopeless inescapable fate.

And basically, that was the tone for the entire album. The band explores the plummeting depths of despair repeatedly. There is not an element of cheer anywhere on the album. "Soul Sacrifice" picks up the pace a little, and apart from a final flourish, hardly raises the tempo beyond a slow march. "Equilibrium" also rumbles like a rolling shockwave of an earthquake across a continent.

Lee Dorian's vocals were something of a revelation. Until the release of this album, Doom vocalists basically emulated Ozzy Osbourne's high-pitched tenor. Some like Trouble's Eric Wagner favoured the tripped out, stoned Ozzy, while others like Candlemass' Messiah Marcolin went with full operatic pomposity. Paradise Lost predates `Forest Of Equilibrium', with Nich Holmes employing a similar vocal technique, but there was a large Death Metal component to Paradise Lost's sound. Cathedral was pure Doom. Dorian sounds like he's on the ultimate downer trip, all life and energy sapped from his body, his voice the croak of a man who has seen his own demise and has accepted it resignedly. The lyrics are tales of mysticism and natural majick, but Dorian would inspire dread no matter what the subject matter.

Guitarist Adam Lehan was also treading new ground. He'd formerly been a member of UK Apple Core nutters Acid Reign. It might have been tempting to play old Acid Reign riffs at half pace, but there is nothing here which even hints at Thrash. The odd ropey riff is excusable in Thrash, because playing at high speed mean it's gone again fairly quickly. However, playing at the leaden pace of Cathedral Lehan and fellow guitarist Gary Jennings had to deliberately place every note, or it would hang there rotting like a corpse in a gibbet.

`Forest Of Equilibrium' helped relaunch Doom Metal into the general Metal conscious. It attracted notice because of the band members' previous gigs, but kept the interest because of it's own musical merit. It was also Cathedral's only pure Doom release. From `The Ethereal Mirror' and beyond, a large Stoner Rock component was added to the sound. `Forest Of Equilibrium' stands alone as a dread monolith in Cathedral's career.

Their absolute best.......2005-03-12

This is Cathedral's punishing and crushing debut effort and it's still, in my opinion, the best thing they've ever put out. I just bought this today used. I had it before, but had to pair down my CD collection when I moved to Japan a few years ago. So today was the first time I've heard it in about 3 years, but when I put it on, it sounded even better than I remember.

The only other Cathedral album that I've really liked since this one is ENDTYME. ETHEREAL MIRROR had its' moments, most of their other stuff was pretty mediocre, although I confess to not hearing anything after ENDTYME. I think one of the things I really like about this one is Lee Dorian's vocal style, which was doubled to great effect. Some of the most eerie, depressing and drunken doom vocals I've ever heard. Sadly, that eerieness was never captured quite as well on subsequent releases. Lee tried to sing after that, and well, he can't. Some of Lee's vocals on later Cathedral stuff is actually pretty embarrassing at times, sounds like he's trying too hard.

I would rate this one of my top ten Doom releases of all time. Too bad they never reached this high again. Go and grab a copy.

Slow and Heavy.......2005-01-29

Metal is a bipolar genre, on one end of the spectrum, musicians like Jason Becker, Racer X and Yngwie Malmsteen play lightning fast guitar, sometimes at tempos exceeding 200. Then at the other side of the spectrum, bands like Cathedral crank out music that moves at snail speed. But this ain't no normal slug, this is a 200 Ton slug made out of pure metal.

The songs are long. They are played very slow. And they are mighty heavy. There is enough distortion on this album to destroy most small amplifiers. That said, I like it. I like it alot. The album starts on a good note with an ambient melody, then segues into ultra-heavy, honest to Satan, sludge metal. The vocals are few and far between, but I doubt that you will notice as you will be nodding along with the distorted yet strangely melodic guitar. Then, they start sloing. Cathedral seems to be able to take it up a notch and unleash perfectly acceptable metal solos right out of the slow moving riff. Each song, lasts for about ten minutes, giving you plenty of time to get into it.

If slow heavy music is your thing, then you really can't go wrong with Cathedral. If it is not your thing, well, then grab a joint, you it will be.

Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!.......2004-01-26

Just from reading the titles like "Commiserationg the Celebration", "Ebony Tears", "Funeral Request" or "Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain" you can understand that these guys aren't the happiest lot around. But I promise, your expectations for oppressingly slow, heavy and gloomy music will be superceded by what you'll hear.

Lee Dorrian, an ex-singer for grind-core legends Napalm Death, has made a U-turn and delved into the opposite end of musical extremes. To say that this album is slow won't tell you just how painfully sluggish and crushingly heavy these riffs are. Of 58 minutes, perhaps only in 2 or 3 minute-time the tempo rises above 80 bpm. The ending part of "Ethereal Architect", while pretty mid-tempo will seem to you like a Slayer-esque break in.

The music is based on Black Sabbath inspired down-tuned dual guitar work. Solos are sparse and chaotic. Lee Dorrian shines throughout the album. His singing is mixed of 2 tracks, 1 is a tortured, low, moaning growl, and the second is painful moaning tone. These over-dubbed vocals work extremely well to create an atmosphere of cold inevitable depression. It seems that Lee's voice is coming from a grave, breaking it's way through shovel-loads of earth that are being thrown from above. The other highlight of this record is the drummer's work. It takes much of skill to be a doom-metal drummer, because you need to be inventive to fill in the gaps between the sparse rhythm beats. Mike Smail's performance is exemplary in this department. Too bad he is buried somewhat deep in the mix, and the cymbals are barely audible. And there's more to this album - the flute! It only appears in 2 tracks, but it plays in such a haunting screaming manner that it gives you chills.

This is an excellent album, that firmly steps on an unknown before ground, and stays there alone. Unless you are naturally depressed, buy this album. (If you are, then stay away from it, you might not survive, and I'm not joking).

Average customer rating: Definition of Power Tired and lazy, too much beer... Be wary of this CD another good cd from crowbar prey the lid off your coffin N.O.L.A.!

Equilibrium Crowbar Manufacturer: Spitfire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Odd Fellows Rest Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form Obedience Thru Suffering Lifesblood for the Downtrodden Broken Glass ASIN: B00004RI68 Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

1. I Feel The Burning Sun
2. Equilibrium
3. Glass Full Of Liquid Pain
4. Command Of Myself
5. Down Into The Rotting Earth
6. To Touch The Hand Of God
7. Uncovering
8. Buried Once Again
9. Things You Can't Understand
10. Euphoria Minus One
11. Dream Weaver
12. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

Definition of Power.......2005-05-08

"Equilibrium" is yet another great Album by Crowbar. Actually the first Crowbar Album i ever heard, and i've been hooked from then on. This Album seems to be one of their slowest, and some songs aren't as powerful and/or memorable as other songs. Kirk Windstein's vocals, as always, are truly brutal and fit this type of music perfectly. All in all, i tend to think this is still one of Crowbar's best.

The most outstanding songs on this Album would be "I Feel The Burning Sun", "Down Into The Rotting Earth", "Uncovering", "Buried Once Again", "Things You Can't Understand" and "Euphoria Minus One". Those songs are the most brutally heavy, and easily listenable on this CD. "Buried Once Again" has an awesome feel to it. It's both extremely heavy, and almost groovy. And after around 2 minutes, goes into a truly headbanging riff that you wish would never end. The song "Equilibrium" also does this at around the 2:05 minute mark, going into a massive-sounding brutally heavy riff with Kirk Windstein screaming "Power Leading Me". And that's exactly what this Album is. It's about Power. It's the definition of Power.

"Down Into The Rotting Earth" reminds me alot of Crowbar's song, "To Build A Mountain", off their Album "Sonic Excess In It's Purest Form". They both have almost has the same kind of song structure, as it starts off extremely heavy with Kirk Windstein giving his all vocally, then at around the 2:25 minute mark it slows down into a slow-and-sludgey riff that eventually fades away towards the end of the song. "To Touch The Hand Of God", the next song, is a Piano track that i really don't think fits on this CD. Unlike other acoustic songs by Crowbar, this is one song i tend to always skip. But the Album picks up again with the headbanging, heavy song "Uncovering" that will no doubt have every fan throwing the \m/ sign into the air.

The cover song of "Dream Weaver", i've read is one of Kirk Windstein's favourite songs ever. And it's really not that bad of a cover song. They cover it, with Kirk giving his trademark gruff/growls/screaming..whatever you want to call it, but it's very distinct anyway..and the heavy riffing is there too. It's a very slow, sludgey type of (cover) song, that i think is an alright ending to this great Album. Although it's not the "true" ending..because if you fast forward after the cover of "Dream Weaver", you get a hidden track titled "In a Gadda Da Vida" which is another cover song, done originally by a band called Iron Butterfly, i think..it goes for only 1:09 minutes, sounding obviously recorded when they were drunk or something, they do the song with no instruments, just their voices.

Overall, there is enough consistency on this Album to keep any Crowbar fan, who hasn't yet picked this up, happy. I think it's one of their best, and it's very highly recommended to all newcomers as well. Also check out "Sonic Excess In It's Purest Form" and "Lifesblood For The Downtrodden", which shouldn't be missed either.

Tired and lazy, too much beer..........2003-07-03

Crowbar is niether at thier slowest or fastest here. Piddling somewhere in the middle. Great songs, great riffs... Kinda loose and sloppy with the lyrics, definately not the greatest Crowbar album. Will not stand on it's own in your collection like the others. Including a cover of Dream Weaver kinda, to tell the truth, cheeseballed this outta my stack. Campy, loosely knit, and just not a great Crowbar album. Follow up is 100X better.

Be wary of this CD.......2001-03-12

This CD is good, and shows a lot of promise from Crowbar, but in my opinion the melodies dont move. There is no feeling of aggression or adrenaline as you get in a song like Pantera's "Revolution is my name" when the guitar riffs stop and the power cords start. So...Definitely an angry album, filled with obvious personal experiences from the band, but also boring.

another good cd from crowbar.......2000-07-08

equilibruim, the sixth full length from the sludge/doomcore band crowbar is another good example of southern metal. from the opening track i fell the burning sun to the cover of dream weaver the cd is pretty flawless. some tracks sound alike but some are different for crowbar like to touch the hand of god and dream weaver. sammy doesn't do any solos like on odd fellows rest but has some good riffs, good bridges and breakdowns. this isn't really anything new for crowbar but another good cd. fav tracks: i fell the burning sun, buried once again, command of myself, and equilibrium.

prey the lid off your coffin N.O.L.A.!.......2000-06-07

Leveraging their mighty weight against the grain of trendy modern metal landscape New Orlean's sons Crowbar return to set a new balance in aggression and domination. Twelve years and six full length releases into a career that has helped define the NOLA scene Crowbar continue redefining toxic grind. Their gritty, doom inspired sludge weilds an overwhelming power, fully matching the thick buyau air from which it was conceived. Crowbar are truly southern swill, laiden with enough inner thunder to match a hurricane and the girth of the mighty Mississippi river which the storm crosses. The dark, humming distortion of the guitars that has been a Crowbar signature is met with new recording and production techniques, building upon the harmonic experimentation of Odd Fellows Rest. The richer textures add additional dimension and depth and further build upon the doomy Crowbar myth. The lyrics continue to be deep and introspecive, a personal purgery of angst by frontman Kirk Windstein. The delivery however, is somewhat more billowing and haunting with the inclusion of harmonic effects and vocal layering. The addition of Sammy Satan Pierre-Duet to the current line-up lends a feverish Acid Bath-esque element to the already titanic sound. Throughout Equiliberium, Crowbar experiment with tempos and vocal structures to break up the monotonaty of the drawl. Each slab served up has its own musical personality ranging from uptempo crust to near gothic grinds. There are some serious corrosive forces at work in the new ellements of Crowbar's sound, stripping away the expectation of a stero-typical doom-metal offering. Crowbar equate heavy with the weight of the primordial ooze and metal with casket nails, so be prepared to have the lid pryed off your coffin by the southern grit and swampy sludge spewed forth by one of metal's heaviest quartets.

Average customer rating: Quite a different sound Finally.. Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration Mindblowing pagan metal...

Spirit Eluveitie Manufacturer: Fear Dark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Tales Along This Road Above the Weeping World Heathenreel Ensiferum Troll ASIN: B000EZ52RC

Product Description

01. Spirit 02. Uis Elveti 03. Your Gaulish War 04. ...Of Fire, Wind & Wisdom 05. Aidû 06. The Song Of Life 07. Tegernakô 08. Siraxta 09. The Dance Of Victory 10. The Endless Knot 11. AnDro Total Running Time: 50.50

Customer Reviews:

Quite a different sound.......2007-07-07

I'll admit, I admire the folk music, but I can't say that I'm the biggest fan. I listen to more of the general rock music, ranging from the classics to the more aggressive modern metal/screamo combinations. But THIS, this is practically a class in itself. The mixing of folk and metal sounded very bizarre when I heard of the concept, but when I actually heard the music, I quickly became a fan.

Just the imagination and originality of it is phenonmenal. Not only that, there has to be a lot of talent required, considering that the artists need to be skilled not only with the folk instruments, but also with the modern ones as well.

Finally.........2006-11-21

Spirit, the debut full lenght from Eluveitie, can be hard to describe. The album, in my opinion, suffers few, if any, flaws. The flutes, the whistles, the pipes, the accordions, the hurdygurdies, the whatever-other-obscure-folk-instruments are all perfect. Good folk metal is something hard to truely achieve (most of the good ones are mainly viking/scandiavian metal bands, i.e. Odinir, Korpiklaani, Finntroll even). But enough for Scandinavian Folk...we needed some good celtic metal. I'm sorry, but Cruachan and Skyclad (and many others) have all failed to make an amazing celtic folk metal album, one of the standards of Spirit. This album manages to be original and complex in a genre of music (I mean metal here, not just folk metal) that leaves little room for something different. A mind blowing work and a must have. Spirit is one of the best metal albums, ever.

Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration.......2006-08-06

Spirit is an intense musical alliance of the old and new. Eluveitie started as a project to reconstruct a helvetian(continental) celtic dialect. Resurrecting the sounds of rituals and celebration to bind up in union with the violent intensity of metal, Eluveitie has emerged as the champion of the field!

With enough instruments to make the Chieftains envy, this album is the standard for originality. The instruments are well balanced, the guitars don't claim any superiority but leave enough room for your ears to capture the sounds of flutes, pipes, horn, whistles, fiddles, mandola, hurdygurdy, gaita, and accordian.

Six of the eleven songs are sung in english.
The list is as follows:
-Spirit
-Uis Elveti (This track was on Ven)
-Your Gaulish War
-Of Fire, Wind, and Wisdom
-Aidu
-The Song of Life
-Tegernako
-Siraxta
-The Dance of Victory
-The Endless Knot
-An Dro (instrumental)

This is the second album from Eluveitie, the first was Ven.
I personally like the album Ven over Spirit but I know most would disagree with me. I know all who have heard Eluveitie would agree with me that you should buy these albums while you can.

Mindblowing pagan metal..........2006-06-22

This is quite some mindblowing stuff concidering that 'Spirit' is actually Eluveitie's debut album... The quality of their EP of 2004 was OK, the songs were good, and now with 'Spirit' they are perfected... Violins, accordions, fluits, whistles, bagpipes (or whatever) give their very recognizable and distinct sound to the rough metal Eluveitie makes... Eluveitie means 'I am an Helvetian', a continental Celt... Some songs are sung in Celtic, others in English... All are about Celtic culture and wars...
I love Chrigels voice! His clean vocals and his screams are both awesome...
You've got to hear this band playing live! It's a party every time I see them...

This is one great band and this is definately one of the best releases I know of...

Average customer rating: Sipiagin shines again!

Equilibrium Alex Sipiagin Sextet Manufacturer: Criss Cross ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Returning Mirrors Steppin' Zone Bastion of Sanity Prints ASIN: B0002VGRK4 Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Mood 2
2. Equilibrium
3. Evidence
4. Sonhando Com O Meu Primeiro Amor
5. Free 1
6. High
7. Good Morning
8. Blues For Kids
9. Free 2

Customer Reviews:

Sipiagin shines again!.......2006-06-15

Talk about cutting loose! Alex Sipiagin and crew pull out all the stops on this one. The cast on this album is similar to his first Criss Cross release, with the addition of Dave Binney (a great alto saxophinist) and replacing Tain Watts on drums is Gene Jackson.

This recording has a little bit of everything. From bop to free to latin. In my opinion Sonhando Com o Meu Primiero Amor is the best cut, but don't miss Good Morning. Every tune on this album is a gem, and not to be missed. The whole group is in focus with one another. Chris Potter constantly impresses me, Dave Kikoski is always first rate (especially on Fender Rhodes here), and Alex Sipiagin is emerging as one of the premier trumpet voices of his generation.

If you like any of Alex Sipiagin's other recordings Check this out!

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The Song of Luke: An Oratorio by Cyprian Consiglio Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00081U74K Release Date: 2005-04-26

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Equilibrium: Imaginary landscapes Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cage, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rouse, Christopher | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004LMBX Release Date: 2000-02-22

Average customer rating: A Great Classic made even better 4 STARS FOR THE RECORDING, 6 FOR JUST THINKING OF IT (hopefully an honest review from a huge fan...) Simply amazing! The 80's classic redone Improving a classic!!!

Nineteen Eighty Seven (2005 Re-Recording!!!) Whitecross ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: In the Kingdom High Gear Atomic Arena Hammer & Nail Triumphant Return ASIN: B000BSHCD4

Product Description

In 1987 Whitecross took the Christian Metal Scene by storm, delivering what would soon become one of the most talked about and highly collectible recordings in the Christian metal market. Scott Wenzel and Rex Carroll created a duo like few before them, breaking ground in the Christian metal scene that opened up the door for a flurry of bands. Often compared to the secular mainstream band RATT, Scotts vocals were new and fresh in Christian music, and Rexs blazing guitar work put Whitecross on the map for good. Whitecross continued through out the 80s and 90s making music and releasing some 12 recordings with drummer Mike Feighan, as well as many other musicians. Now Rex, Scott and Mike would like to take you back to a time when Metal still reigned. Whitecross Nineteen Eighty Seven is a completely new recording of the original Self-Titled Whitecross, but bigger, louder and better than ever. 1. Who Will You Follow 2. Enough Is Enough 3. He Is The Rock 4. Lookin' For A Reason 5. No Way I'm Goin' Down 6. Seein' Is Believin' 7. All I Need 8. Nagasake 9. Signs Of The End 10. Love on the Line (Previously Unreleased on CD) 11. Reanimate (New Rex Carroll Guitar Solo/Song)

Customer Reviews:

A Great Classic made even better.......2007-01-12

I am a bit skeptical about re-recordings and remixes in general, so I am usually hesitant to buy them, especially when I love the original recording as much as I loved this one way back then. This disc is amazing! It keeps all of the great parts of the original recording, but gives them a much fuller sound and includes "Love on the Line" which was previously only available on the Heavy Righteous Metal compilation. The two best songs on here are Signs of the End, and No Way I'm Going Down. The ballad "You're Mine" has been left out, but it was the weakest song on the original recording anyway. Check out the great Demos and solos on the end of this thing. The only negative on this is that it is obvious that Scott has lost a little on his vocals in the higher range, but in the end it doesn't affect the quality of the songs at all.....A great addition to your collection!!! BUY IT!!!

4 STARS FOR THE RECORDING, 6 FOR JUST THINKING OF IT (hopefully an honest review from a huge fan...).......2006-03-15

In preparation for the arrival for my copy of Whitecross' "Nineteen Eighty Seven" cd, I dusted off my copy of their 1987 self titled debut cd. The moment the opening chords for "Who Will You Follow" rang out, I found my mind flooded with memories. Whitecross was the first metal group I heard with a strong christian message. A friend of mine let me hear his copy of the four song e.p. "Love On The Line" and it stuck in my head for seemingly years. Being more a fan of music than lyrics, it was quite unusual that Scott Wenzil's voice had almost equal power as Rex Carroll's incredible guitar playing in attracting me to their songs. The opening chords to "Love On The Line" caught my ear and Scott's screaming of the lyrics "caught in the middle, your heart's been burned, your only love has walked away, the page is turned" had me hooked. This same friend and I saw Whitecross live in festivals, churches and community halls about 8 times (maybe more) between 1987 and 1993. Whitecross is the only group that I've traveled literally hundreds of miles to see in concert. Therefore my review may not be without bias.

First off, let me say that somehow, Rex's guitar sound on this new cd is almost exactly the same as the original cd. I'm not sure if it's that the riffs are that distinctive or Rex remembering his settings (maybe some combination of the two). Allowing for a possibly bigger budget and better recording gear, the guitar is louder and meatier but over all it's amazingly similar. A big thank you to Rex for "keeping it real". Thanks to Mike Feighan, something that HAS changed is the quality of the drumming. It's much better than on the original recording. A direct comparison between the 2 disks will allow you to hear that the drumming is smoother, more dynamic and has more imaginative fills on the newer cd. Another change is Scott's vocals. For about the last 10 years, Scott has been singing in a lower register. Compare his vocals on "Signs Of The End" on both disks and you'll hear just how hard it is for him to sing in the higher octaves. However, he's pretty much hitting the notes the same as he did on the original recording, the trademark raspiness is still present and his vocals have a bit more grit. A huge thanks to Scott for even trying to get back up in that vocal stratosphere.

A high percentage of the songs are played practically note for note so if you're familiar with the original recordings, there's no need for a complete song by song review. In spite of this not really being a "band" recording (Rex plays bass on many of the songs), the energy hasn't been lost and that serves this project well. Rex occasionally plays notes in place of a dive-bomb that was on the original disk but my goodness, even for a master guitar player like Rex, it's darn near impossible to play every song exactly as it was originally recorded. The vocals are slightly different in areas such harmonies and the occasional vocal doubling on the original recordings aren't duplicated on the newer cd but it's readily apparent that Scott's intent was to sing them the way they were meant to be sang. So literally, what you're getting is a re-imaging of the original cd minus the ballad "You're Mine", the welcome addition of "Love On The Line", the instrumental "Reanimate" (excellent!) and a few outtakes. The only song that doesn't quite hold up to the original is "Nagasake". The backwards vocals (which actually said "trust in the Lord") at the beginning of the original are missing which is no big deal. The first 2/3 of the solo is great but Rex's guitar playing is uncharacteristically stiff during the classical descending runs (reminiscent of the licks Steve Vai played in the movie Crossroads during the guitar duel). To my ears, the original sounded sort of like Rex just played this incredible classical oriented guitar solo "off the cuff". There's seemingly conflicting emotions of the wide eyed joy exuded by a young boy picking up the guitar for the first time and thinking "wow, I can actually play this stuff?" while simultaneously oozing with the confidence only an artist with years of wood shedding and being other worldly talented can exhibit. That sense of discovery seems to be missing from the newer version. Also, I love "You're Mine". I would have loved for them to have included an updated version of that song as well. But all in all, this new cd is very much appreciated. While the music style may or may not be outdated (I love what they do so much it's hard for me to tell), I get the feeling these guys could be at the forefront of a 1980's metal revival. It doesn't say what year this occurred but in the liner notes, Rex mentioned that he used the song "Reanimate" to enter a Rock contest in New York AND LOST!!!! To who? Eddie Van Halen? Jimi Hendrix? Besides those two, what more could you possibly want in a "rock" guitarist? Being heavier than anything in their catalog, "Reanimate" could be sign that Whitecross is moving into a new heavier direction which certainly would save Scott's voice.

While it's unusual, I don't find to be a huge surprise that they decided to rerecord the entire self titled debut cd because this is something at which they have a bit of a history. In 1988, Whitecross contributed a song on a various artist compilations called "The Axemen". That song was called "Shakedown" which was rerecorded and appears on the "Triumphant Return" cd (their best in my opinion). "No Second Chances" which appears on the cd "In The Kingdom" was rerecorded and included on the Whitecross compilation cd "One More Encore". This is a group that knows they have treasures lying in their catalog.

As a side note, the title track of the 4 song e.p. "Love On The Line" actually did appear on cd however it wasn't a Whitecross cd. They contributed the song to another various artist compilation called "Testify" (send me an email at hdetter at gmail.com and I'll burn a copy for you). Two of the remaining three songs "No Way I'm Going Down" and "Enough Is Enough" appear on the self titled debut however "I Believe" can't be found on cd anywhere. This song was a departure from the trademark Whitecross sound in that it's blues-rock oriented and Rex handled the lead vocal chores (Scott's unmistakable background harmonies are excellent).

Anyway, "enough is enough" on the Whitecross history. Here's hoping that this leads to a cd with new music.

Simply amazing!.......2006-02-16

Usallu when a band decides to "re-record" an album disaster strikes! Not with this release! It surpasses the original. The original "Pure Metal" release has been out of print for quite some time. I bought it brand new on cassette in 1987. That cassette is long gone. So instead of paying high-dollar for an original CD I decided to wait on this and it was worth the wait!

VERY true to the originals, no updated sound here. Rex's guitars shred almost nore-for note to the originals. Scott's vocals are a bit deeper now. The drums and bass sound much better with today's production technology.

Kicks off with "Who Will You Follow", contains "Eough Is ENough", "No Way I'm Going Down" and more. Only the ballad was left off, which slips my mind at the moment. Contains 2 "new" tracks. "Love On The Line" was never released on CD. "Re:Animate" is a new instrumental/solo from Rex. It is the only thing that sounds remotely "modern" but it still shreds.

You can hear good MP3 samples at the Whitecross website (google it).

Also, lots of cool pics from the 80's and new liner notes from Rex.

If you are a fan of Christian Metal, give this one a try. Old School at its best! also, Saint is still out there too!!

The 80's classic redone.......2006-02-13

In the 80's, hair metal ruled. While bands like Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Poison, and Cinderella were rocking the world, groups like Shout, Barren Cross, Holy Soldier, and Bloodgood kept the church rocking too. There were the "posers" too; bands that had the look but not the sound. Then, in 1987, a band named Whitecross released their first recording. They were definitely not posers, but had the chops to back it all up.

Folks immediately took notice because of their unique sound. Scott Wenzel's vocals brought comparisons to bands like Ratt and AC/DC. Rex Carroll launched into it with scorching guitar riffs and fearless solos. The band went on to win a Dove Award and release 12 recordings in some incarnation or another before disbanding completely.

Now, nineteen years later, the band has reformed. Rather than release a CD of new music, they took the unorthodox route of completely rerecording their debut CD. Bringing back Mike Feighan (easily their strongest drummer and the one who played on more releases than any other in their revolving door backing band), they hit it with a more aggressive sound than before. So how does it hold up?

To me, the strongest Whitecross recordings were their later ones after Rex left and other guitarists came in to give Whitecross the gut-level rock sound it deserved. Scott took things in a new direction and really made the band something to notice even as it was on its way out. If they were going to remake a CD, it kind of seems more natural to choose perhaps some greatest hits and go from there. Still, the wealth of material on the debut album gives them a lot to work with.

One thing to say about Rex Carroll, he's consistent. He sounds exactly the same as he did 20 years ago. As a matter of fact, he sounds the same on every single record he plays on. Rather than try anything too daring, he stays with the same signature sound and solos he's always played. This time though, the rhythm guitar parts that are the backbone of the songs have some crunch to them. He plays riffs in every song like it's the last time he'll ever get to play (unfortunately sometimes cluttering the song with too much noise-especially when Scott's singing). It's probably impossible to see his fingers move in some parts. "Nagasake" is as strong now as it was then.

Scott's vocals are a little more subdued now, but I think that's to be expected. Nobody can keep singing in the stratosphere forever! What he loses in range he makes up for in passion. This is more of the vocal style he used in the later Whitecross recordings like Unveiled and Equilibrium.

The strongest songs on the CD are "Who Will You Follow", "Enough is Enough", and "All I Need". In addition to the songs from the original recording, they include "Love on the Line", which was never released on CD before. This fist-pumping version rocks (think an angry Led Zepplin) and actually sounds better than the original. There's also a new guitar instrumental by Rex called "Reanimate". If you like his instrumentals from other releases, you'll probably like this one. Some catchy hooks, but mostly just the same stuff as always from Rex. It kind of gets repetitive after a while.

All in all, this is a good release and it's nice to see the band get to revisit their debut and clean it up a little. Fans of the hair band years will love this nostalgia trip. It's definitely worth picking up just to hear an updated sound from the band. Hopefully next time they'll choose to take songs from other releases and do this again instead of working their way back through their discography. Or better yet, give us all new material!

Stryper returned last year with a new CD. Whitecross brings us this new release. Holy Soldier's even working on a new set. Just goes to show: hair bands can still rock.

Improving a classic!!!.......2005-12-13

I'll begin by noting that I don't consider myself a Whitecross fan; I do, however, enjoy great Christian hard rock and metal. Like so many other folks, I first discovered Whitecross back in 1987 when their debut release generated quite a buzz in the CCM community. They were the answer to my prayers; I was tired of listening to Christian music that tried unsuccessfully to appeal to fans of hard rock. Aside from the obvious Stryper, Saint, Messiah Prophet, and even Bloodgood, there was little on shelves back in 1987 that really sounded like the music I heard on secular rock radio stations. When I first heard "Who Will You Follow," I thought I was listening to a re-tooled and converted version of Ratt. I was stunned to learn that Whitecross was its own entity, and that they had an entire album full of tunes that could easily fit with many successful secular artists at the time. Over the next few years I found that I liked each successive Whitecross release less than the one before. I'm not sure if their debut was so good that it was impossible to top or if I was growing as a music fan. Though I never became a Whitecross fan, their debut release retained a special place in my heart. So, once I learned that Rex and Scott were planning to re-record their classic, I was both ecstatic and fearful. I was happy that their early music would get another shot at appearing on a CD, but I was worried that they would taint my memory of the original recording. I had fears the band would make the same mistake that Ozzy made when he recently had the bass and drums on his first two classic albums re-recorded. Fortunately, I was to be pleasantly surprised. In my humble opinion, I feel that Whitecross improved their debut. I'm sure that purists would argue the first release is the better of the two versions, but I don't think so. The new version of "Whitecross-1987" has all the chops and riffs of the first recording, but it is also a bit more thunderous. "Enough Is Enough" (despite its silly "enough, nuff" chorus) is solid, and the guitar work comes through much more powerfully than the original. Likewise, "Signs of the Times" offers a take on the original that is true to the 1st version but much more aggressive. Best of all, the inclusion of "Love on the Line"--an often overlooked Whitecross song--rounds out the CD with a classic sound that doesn't compromise its power for a slower tempo. The song is reminiscent of AC/DC's earth-shaking "For Those About to Rock." Even the lone new track, "Re-Animate," fits on the disc rather nicely. Though the track is an instrumental Rex Carroll piece, it sounds as if it could have easily appeared on the original debut release nearly 20 years ago. All said, "Whitecross 1987" is a worthy rendering of the original recording. In fact, I feel comfortable saying that it is better than the original. Listening to the CD makes fans realize how good Whitecross's debut was, but it also reminds us that some things just get better with age...

Average customer rating:

Awakening Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000UJLXW Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Started by God
2. Circle Song
3. Awakening
4. My Heart Is Ready
5. Shine on Me
6. He Comes
7. Glorioso
8. Is the One I Love Everywhere?
9. Blessed Are
10. Luna Gialla (The Yellow Moon)
11. Samdhya
12. Sirens
13. Blessed Be the Night
14. Circles
15. Put Love First

Average customer rating:

Equilibrium Manufacturer: Alfa Matrix ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Batman Begins ASIN: B0000CGP2I Release Date: 2003-09-01

Tracks:

1. The Falling Time
2. Resolution (SERO.OVERDOSE mix)
3. Discontent (NAMNAMBULU mix)
4. Break Away (SEIZE mix)
5. Letting Go (DELOBBO SLIKA mix - extended)
6. Hate You (HAUJOBB mix)
7. Hypertension (LETHARGY mix)
8. Letting Go (Paranoid Dreamer mix by PACIFIC MILE)
9. Break Away (DISKONNEKTED mix)
10. Sunrise (Club mix)
11. Resolution (TAU FACTOR mix feat. Jennifer Parkin)
12. Last Call (feat. Carsten Pedersen of TAU FACTOR)
13. Resolution (LIGHTS OF EUPHORIA mix)

Average customer rating: William Albright - brilliant and worthy of our attention

In Memoriam: William Albright Albright , Reed , and Udow Manufacturer: Equilibrium Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000066F6V Release Date: 2002-05-28

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William Albright - brilliant and worthy of our attention.......2004-12-07

I first must say I have not heard this album - but I have heard his music in concert and have rarely heard contemporary classical music so clearly stated and yet so experimental as Albright's. His work was interesting and challenging, yet completely successful on an emotional level. If you are among the few lovers of music who are open-minded enough to not merely try but enjoy serious modern music, you will do well to listen to this man's work. Sadly, his music is not as contemporary as I could wish, since he died in 1998. I've enjoyed a lot of avant garde, but have never been so moved as I was hearing his.

Meditation Music:

1. Familiar Favorites
2. Family Portrait [CD-single] [Import]
3. Feel Good Time [CD-single] [Import]
4. Genie in a Bottle [CD-single] [Import]
5. Gone Clubbin' [CD-single] [Import]
6. Great Ballad Singers
7. Greatest Hits 1994-2004 [Import]
8. I Knew I Loved You [CD-single]
9. I Learned From The Best [CD-single]
10. I Turn to You [CD-single]

Meditation Music

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Meditation Music

Greatest Numbers

Mendelssohn: Symphonie No. 2 "Lobesang"

Mozart: Missae Breves

Music: Anything Goes!

Resistances [Limited Edition]

Quantum Transposition

Plays the Hits of Lionel Richie

Seeds of Change

Silent Thunder

Tai Chi Music - Dr. Paul Lam

Mourning of a Star [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Los Planetas [CD-single] [Limited Edition] [Import]

Mano a Mano

U Betta Know It

C.M.B.