Gary Hughes [Import]

Gary Hughes [Import]

Track Listings

1. This Thing Of Beauty

2. Seducer

3. I Won't Break Your Heart

4. Blonde Angel '93

5. Suspendered Animation

6. It Must Be Love

7. Till The Rivers Run Dry

8. Criminal

9. We Walk With Angels

10. Now Or Never

11. Renegade

12. Look At The Rain (Bonus Track)

13. In Your Eyes

14. Don't Ever Say Goodbye

15. Colours Of My Life

16. Give My Love A Try

17. Divided We Fall

18. Night The Love Died

19. First Light (Instrumental)

20. Wrecking Machine

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese release combines the heavy metal guitarist's (Ten) 1992 solo album, 'Gary Hughes' with his 1997 solo album, 'Precious Stones'. Includes 4 bonus tracks, 'Look At The Ram', 'The Miracle Is You', 'Be My Fantasy Tonight' and 'All Fall Down'. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case.

Tracks:

Excalibur
Dragon Island Cathedral
At the End of Day
Reason Why
Shapeshifter
King for a Day
Avalon
Sinner
In Flames
Lies

Album Description

A rock opera inspired by the legend of King Arthur, written by & featuring Gary Hughes (Ten) along with appearances from Damian Wilson, Lana Lane, Danny Vaughn, Irene Jansen, Bob Catley, & Sean Harris. Digipak. Frontiers. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

perfect ten.......2006-08-31

Ten songs. Ten songs with lyrics that actually make sense and that, most incredibly for this age of popular music, contain perfect scansion, as well as elegant rhyme schemes.

Ten wonderful vocal melodies, each of them complex yet catchy. Ten perfect vocal performances.

Ten perfect instrumental performances to support them. Ten perfectly mixed and produced tracks, tracks which, by the way, are of such great variety -- from pure modern power metal to old fashioned eighties pop power ballads and everything in between -- that you will listen to this one all the way through every time. Ten tracks you cannot skip, because each of them would be the highlight on virtually any other album in this genre.

This album, on a scale of one to ten: ten.

Okay, that punch line was a little weak. (And for those who might not realize, "Ten" is the name of this band, even though here they are calling themselves Gary Hughes and using guest vocalists -- great ones at that.) But seriously, this has got to be the best arena rock album since Steve Perry left Journey two decades ago. Not a single weak moment anywhere.

best symphonic rock opera of decade.......2005-11-17

I am not going to duplicate this review by writing same thing for Part 2, so listen up! If you like symphonic rock - and of course, I mean here only the best of the genre - then run and buy this CD. Could be kinda hard to do that outside of Europe but I think Amazon still has it in stock.

First of all, compared to a lot of prog/sympho/hard rock albums this one has very very decent lyrics... this is not up to Mary Stewart standards but what did you expect?

Secondly, quality of melodies is extremely high - it is obvious that Gary Hughes put a lot of effort into it. Kinda makes you wonder why his Ten albums suffer from monotony and noticeable lack of musical diversity... who knows? Perhaps he simply was inspired in this case, eh?

Best numbers: At The End Of The Day, Shapeshifter (with stunning voice of Irene Jansen), King For A Day, Lies (Part 1); Kill The King, I Still Love You, Demon Down, Once And Future King (Part 2).

Also there is a bonus track which I have but its name is missing so I have no idea... it is also really good! Perhaps it just didn't gel with the other numbers so it is missing on both standard issues (Europe and Japan).

Hughes managed to gather an amazing ensemble of performers for this undertaking and it paid off. He himself sings King Arthur's part, then we have here DC Cooper of Royal Hunt fame, Lana Lane, Bob Catley from Magnum, Sean Harris from Diamond Head, Arjen Lukassen on keyboards (of course), Dougie White, and bunch of other well-known professionals.

Overall athmosphere is just right and, once again, truly one of the best albums of the decade!

I Love This Album!!!.......2004-01-27

Yes, I love this album. I've had it about three weeks now and I listen to it at least once a day. Even my teenage daughter sorta likes it. Shes says it's not as weird as the other music I have and sometimes force her to listen to in the car. The music actually varies from song to song with most of the songs falling in the melodic progressive rock category.

Once and Future King is a Rock Opera, loosely based upon T.H.White's classic King Arthur novel of the same name. This rock opera is the creation of Gary Hughes, the lead vocalist of the British AOR group TEN. O.F.K.,however, is strictly Hughes' baby, consisting of two separate and separately sold CDs, Part 1 and Part 2. I have Part 2 as well and it is also good but I prefer Part 1.

After composing this masterpiece, Hughes, who has been a guest vocalist on at least one Arjen Anthony Lucassen's* own rock opera's, borrowed a page from the master and enlisted Arjen and several other very talented guest musicians for his own rock opera.

*For those not familiar with Lucassen, he is the creator and genius behind numerous concept albums including Ambeon, Ayreon and Star One. Additionally, he has been a valued guest musician on numerous projects in addition to this album, having worked with Lana Lane, Erik Norlander, Rocket Scientists, Within Temptation and Glass Hammer.

Characters

Gary Hughes.............King Arthur
Lana Lane...............Queen Guinevere
Danny Vaughn............Lancelot
Bob Catley..............Merlin
Irene Jansen............Morgana
Sean Harris.............Sir Galahad
Damien Wilson, sings "Excalibur" (The Prologue)

Highlights:

"Excalibur",
Upon a pagan land in darkness came,
A black and heartless spawn of seed,
A cruel and wretched plague,
For the mists of time a king lay slain,

Basically an intro, starting out with a piano and bell solo with background thunder and choir reminiscent of a sound track, leading into a very accessible medium fast paced, melodic prog rock number with very catchy chorus. Excellent singing by Damien Wilson.

"Shapeshifter",
The perfect spell you could not resist,
I cast it well, beguiled and bewitched,
The evening fell and knocked like before,
But this time Hell had come to your door,

This is a great, great song in a mainstream rock vein, reminiscent of Garbage a bluesy number with just excellent vampy, singing by Irene Jansen and great backing vocals by the cast. Who is this chick? Well, I checked and she is the sister of Floor Jansen (After Forever). No wonder she's so good, Floor's arguably the best singer in the Galaxy.

Irene is apparently with a band called Karma. I will be checking them out!

"King for a Day"
True Gods, they sleep,
Locked in their mountain of dreams,
They wait for the call, for the hunger,
Thry must be freed,

This is slow rock song, almost a ballad, almost a waltz, a truly wonderful composition, beautifully sung by Bob Catley of Magnum. My respect for Gary Hughes is growing and growing.

"In Flames"
The time has come,
There's no other way now,
This Crime is done,
It tore what remained of our reason,

Another marvelous song, a medium paced, somewhat anthemic, ordered, marching style, rock number, with Bob Catley again lending his superlative style on the vocals. Great percussion and guitar.

Conclusion, there's only one conclusion. The music is wonderful and easy to listen to, the musicians are top notch and the singers are emotional and captivating so, buy, buy, buy, buy. And this one's not that hard to find for a change, so buy, buy, buy, buy!!!

Simply incredible!.......2003-09-19

The first word that comes to mind when thinking about this album is -- WOW! What an incredible project Gary Hughes has put together. Gary Hughes, lead singer of AOR/melodic European rock band Ten, has a lot of projects; he's a busy guy. And this just might be his best project ever. The album chronicles the famous British legend of King Arthur. It is labeled as a "rock opera" but don't let that label dissuade you. I have to admit, I was a little wary of what this album would be like (rock opera?), but I took a chance. And I'm glad I did! Hughes has assembled a stellar cast of AOR/melodic rock musicians such as Lana Lane, Bob Catley, Danny Vaughn, and my favorite singer on the CD: Damian Wilson. Each "plays" a different character, which is to say each sings lead on a different song or two. The songwriting is impressive; a nice mix of heavy and medium tempo songs. The songs flow together nicely. I think of it as more of a concept album more than a rock opera. And the songs speak beyond the King Arther concept as on "The Reason Why" which contains the lyric "show me the reason why we enslave one another". A good question for more than just King Arthur to ponder. Favorite tracks include "Excalibur", "The Reason Why", and "King for a Day". Awesome stuff. All I can say is that I cannot wait for Part 2!

A truly excellent melodic rock epic!.......2003-09-15

Gary Hughes's Once and Future King joins Missa Mercuria as one of the absolute best of the new breed of rock operas. This superb release is based on the Legend of King Arthur and is split up into two parts. Part I features the following players: Gary Hughes (Ten) as Arthur, Lana Lane as Guinevere, Danny Vaughn (Tyketto) as Lancelot, Bob Catley (Magnum) as Merlin, Irene Jansen as Morgana, and Sean Harris (Diamond Head) as Galahad. Ayreon's Arjen Luccassen and Damian Wilson contribute to the disc as well.
This is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time. Gary Hughes really outdid himself here, assembling a cast of some of the best singers the AOR/Melodic rock genre has to offer and combining their talents with a great story, great musicianship, and a vision that is evident throughout the album. The various singers really embrace their characters and put their best efforts into making the listener connect with them. My favorite performance of this rock opera is Danny Vaughn as Lancelot, though I imagine that may change when I hear DC Cooper's contribution to Part II. The prog fan in me can't help but wish there were a couple of instrumental songs on the album, but that is only a minor drawback. Once and Future King is a perfect example of all that is great about AOR/melodic rock. While it can get a bit heavy at times, this probably shouldn't be considered a metal opera like Ayreon or Star One, though it will certainly appeal to fans of those two projects. If you are into melodic rock and metal, I highly recommend checking this one out.

Average customer rating:

An excellent follow-up to Part I

Once and Future King, Pt. 2
Gary Hughes
Manufacturer: Frontiers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Once and Future King, Pt. 1
The Once and Future King

ASIN: B0000AB71E
Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

Kill the King - D.C. Cooper
There by the Grace of the Gods (Go I) - Gary Hughes
I Still Love You (I Still Do) - Gary Hughes
Oceans of Tears (I've Shed for You) - Lana Lane
Rise from the Shadows
Believe Enough to Fight - Bob Catley, Sabine Edelsbacher
Hard Way - Doogie White
Pagan Dream - Sabine Edelsbacher
Demon Down - Doogie White
Deius [Instrumental] - Gary Hughes
Without You - Sean Harris
Once and Future King] - Harry Hess

Album Description

Part two of a rock opera inspired by the legend of King Arthur, written by & featuring Gary Hughes (Ten) along with appearances from DC Cooper, Lana Lane, Irene Jansen, Bob Catley, Dougie White, Sabine Edelsbacher, Harry Hess, & Sean Harris. 12 tracks packaged in digipak format. Frontiers. 2003.

Album Details

Gary also Welcomed the Input on Keyboards on Mr. Ayreon Himself, Arjen Lucassen, who Played on the Intro of the Song "Excalibur" (Off of the First Volume). Musicians Involved on the Album Include all Gary Hughes' Ten Bandmates Including the Newest Band Member Chris Francis on Lead Guitars, John Helliwell on Guitars, Greg Morgan on Drums, Steve Mckenna on Bass and Paul Hodson on Keyboards, with Additional Keyboards by Graham Woodcock (The Quest). Cover Artwork for Both Records have Been Designed by None Other Than Chris Achilleos (Creator of Whitesnake's "lovehunter" Artwork). The Stunning Final Result is Guaranteed to Set in Stone the Talents of Gary Hughes as a Songwriter and Producer and Shows the Class and the Immense Quality of British Hard Rock School, Heir of the Tradition of Such Giants as Whitesnake, Rainbow, Ufo and Thin Lizzy!

Customer Reviews:

An excellent follow-up to Part I.......2003-11-08

Part II of Gary Hughes's all-star melodic rock opera based on Arthurian legend lives up to the high standard set by Part I, and is an excellent example of all that is good about the melodic rock genre. Most of the main players from the first volume return, including Gary Hughes as King Arthur, Lana Lane as Guinevere, and Bob Catley as Merlin. Also appearing on this volume are DC Cooper as King Aelle, Doogie White as Mordred, and Edenbridge siren Sabine Edelsbacher as Nimue. Hughes and Catley are the standout vocalists on this disc. DC Cooper's performance was a bit disappointing, as the part written for him did not allow him to use his amazing vocal range. All in all, Once and Future King Part II is an excellent disc, just like Part I was. It's got a great story, great instrumentals, and some absolutely fantastic vocal performances. It is also packaged quite well; the CD comes in a digipack with cover and booklet artwork by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. I heartily recommend this CD to anyone who is into melodic rock and metal. Those who enjoyed other rock/metal operas like Ayreon, Star One, or Missa Mercuria should find Once and Future King to be a nice addition to their collections.

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Precious Ones
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In Your Eyes
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
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Give My Love A Try
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This Time
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1998 solo album by the leader of heavy metal act Ten. Melodic rock mixed with Bad English-like piano ballads & Whitesnake-ish blues rockers. 12 tracks total, including 'In Your Eyes', 'Heart Of A Woman' & 'Don't Ever Say Goodbye'. 1998 Frontiers Records release.

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This Thing Of Beauty
Seducer
I Won't Break Your Heart
Blonde Angel '93
Suspendered Animation
It Must Be Love
Till The Rivers Run Dry
Criminal
We Walk With Angels
Now Or Never
Renegade
Look At The Rain (Bonus Track)
In Your Eyes
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
Colours Of My Life
Give My Love A Try
Divided We Fall
Night The Love Died
First Light (Instrumental)
Wrecking Machine
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This Time
Heart Of A Woman
Precious Ones
Miracles Is You
Be My Fantasy Tonight
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Album Description

Japanese release combines the heavy metal guitarist's (Ten) 1992 solo album, 'Gary Hughes' with his 1997 solo album, 'Precious Stones'. Includes 4 bonus tracks, 'Look At The Ram', 'The Miracle Is You', 'Be My Fantasy Tonight' and 'All Fall Down'. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case.

Album Details

Japanese Two on One Reissue. Features Four Bonus Tracks.

Average customer rating:

A truly excellent melodic rock epic!

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Release Date: 2003-08-04

Tracks:

Excalibur
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At The End Of Day
Reason Why
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King For A Day
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Sinner
In Flames
Lies

Album Description

Japanese edition of 2003 album has earliest release & features 10 tracks. Marquee.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

A truly excellent melodic rock epic!.......2005-12-20

Average customer rating:

Excellent follow-up to part 1

Once and Future King, Pt. 2
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ASIN: B0000BHLAJ
Release Date: 2003-09-29

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Kill the King - D.C. Cooper
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I Still Love You (I Still Do) - Gary Hughes
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Rise from the Shadows
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Once and Future King] - Harry Hess

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Excellent follow-up to part 1.......2005-12-20

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Dracula AD 1972-Michael Vickers
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Collection of 25 digitally remastered original recordings from some of Hammer Films' finest horror movie themes. This second volume features music from motion pictures that starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Contains music from 'Plague Of The Zombies', 'Slave Girls', 'To The Devil A Daughter', 'The Abominable Snowman', 'Dracula AD 72', 'One Million Years BC', 'Hound Of The Baskervilles' and many others. 1999 release.

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Digitally Remastered. Includes: 'mummy's Shroud'& 'dracula Has Risen from the Grave'.

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