Return to Zero

Return to Zero

Editorial Reviews
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Based upon their past credits, one anticipates a segmented division of labor from the three principals in Hamilton Pool. The Voice would be Fairport Convention founder Iain Mathews. The Technician would be multi-instrumentalist Mark Hellman, who's produced albums for Mathews, Carole King, and Sara Hickman, among others. And the Writer would be Michael Francasso, whose When I Lived in the Wild established his name among upstart Americana singer-songwriters. But any notions that Return to Zero is an assembly line collaboration are quickly dashed; these guys built this chassis using the Japanese team method. Lead vocal duties are shared just about equally, and while Francasso brings fewer songs to the mix than his two, he assumes frontman duties on two noteworthy covers--the Rolling Stones' "Back Street Girl" and Bob Neuwrith's majestically bleak "Eye on the Road." --Steven Stolder

Tracks:

Hercules: Introduction
Hercules: The Gospel Truth
Hercules: One Last Hope
Hercules: I Won't Say
Hercules: Zero To Hero
Hercules: A Star Is Born
Hercules: Go The Distance
Aladdin And the King Of Thieves: Party In Agrabah
Pocahontas: Just Around The River Bend
The Return Of Jafar: You're Only Second Rate
The Return Of Jafar: Forget About Love
The Return Of Jafar: I'm Looking Out For Me
The Return Of Jafar: Nothing In The World
Toy Story: You've Got A Friend In Me
101 Dalmations: Cruella De Vil
Pocahontas: Colors Of The Wind
Oliver And Company: Once Upon A Time In New York City
Oliver And Company: Why Should I Worry?
The Nightmare Before Christmas: What's This?
James And The Giant Peach: Good News
Mulan: Orchestral Suite
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: The Bells Of Notre Dame
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Someday
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: God Help The Outcasts
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Court Of Miracles
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: A Guy Like You
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed.......2003-11-25

I was not terribly impressed with this CD. Fortunately, I decided to get it from the library to see if it was good before deciding whether or not to buy it.

Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

Where to start?! Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have had a track record for recording some of the most stupendous movie music ever. Magical Musicals is just another example of how audaciously bold, yet beautiful Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have taken the original scores, molded them into the same pieces, yet at the same time, creating life of their own in each and every note. If you are looking for ANY soundtrack containing Disney music, this should be the first CD you listen to. There are others out there, and yes, they may sound beautiful and enchanting, but you won't find such a unique and compelling score anywhere else other than this CD. Check it out!!

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This Group Rocks
Gotta LOVE any continuation of that BOSTON sound!!
A BIG BRADLEY DELP FAN 2-7-2000

Lost
Return to Zero
Manufacturer: Renaissance
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Return to Zero

ASIN: B00000K2BR
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

When You Love Someone
Turn This Love Around
Someday
Violent Days
Change for Change
One in a Million
Given You up for Dead
Don't Wait
Talk to Me
Don't Lead Me On

Album Description

NEH Records brings you another great Melodic Rock import. The songs on the RTZ “Lost “ CD are from various sessions RTZ as a follow up to the debut album.

Customer Reviews:

This Group Rocks.......2003-02-20

I heard about this band a couple years ago and went everywhere to find the cds. I found the 1991 release of "Return to Zero" and "Lost". Both are amazing, ecspecially "Return to Zero". I know Boston just came out with a new cd, "Corporate America"... but I feel that RTZ should reunite and continue writing, everyone deserves to hear the talent on these CD's. If you're into the sounds of Boston you'll dig Return to Zero.

Gotta LOVE any continuation of that BOSTON sound!!.......2001-11-30

This is a FANTASTIC 'lost'2nd c.d. by a great band!!Hearing the soaring (and very melodious) guitar solos on each of these tunes makes you wonder if Mr. Tom Scholz even PLAYS any lead guitar on those first two Boston l.p.'s!!In case you're wondering-BARRY GOUDREAU is the guitarist of RTZ-and does he SMOKE!!Not to mention the incredibly smooooth lead vocals(as usual)of BRAD DELP-also of Boston fame.This one REALLY grows on you!Nobody writes great edgy pop/rock like this any more.GET THIS-you'll dig it!!And while yer at it-try to find the debut c.d. as well!!

A BIG BRADLEY DELP FAN 2-7-2000.......2000-02-08

I'VE ONLY HEARD THIS ONCE. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN OF BRADLEY DELP, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS WITH BOSTON. THIS IS NOT SOME OF HIS BEST MUSIC. BUT IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO HIS 1991 DEBUT ALBUM, THEN YOU'LL SEE HIS BEST IN ACTION. BUT THIS IS A GOOD ALBUM. PICK IT UP! I WOULD OF GIVEN HIM A 5 STARS BUT ITS JUST NOT THERE.

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Return to Darkness

Manufacturer: Zero Degrees Freedom
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA8SWK
Release Date: 2003-06-03

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Return to Zero
Alleged Gunmen
Manufacturer: Kapow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2GS72
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

Finger on the Trigger
Getdown Gunmen
Don't Stop (Til You Drop)
In Days of Bandit
Audio Invasion
Downtown Babylon
Preferably Dead
Broken Spur [Instrumental]
Hanging on the Corner
Saloon Times
Quit Reaching for Your Handgun
RTZ
Showdown at Sundown
Save the Last Gundance

Album Description

The Long Beach, CA quartet's Kapow Records debut album Return to Zero has a ghostly warmth that seems impossibly compelling. The Alleged Gunmen's chiming and chanting reverb-drenched sound echoes the hybrid roots of The Clash's Sandinista. There are traces of western Americana, early rock'n'roll, dub, postpunk, R&B and country scattered throughout the 14-song album. Return to Zero provides the perfect soundtrack for starting anew in the aftermath. Standard Jewel Case.

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Rubber Soul of the Nineties
A Hidden Jewel
A great melding of styles with exceptional talent

Return to Zero
Hamilton Pool
Manufacturer: Watermelon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000FDY
Release Date: 1995-03-07

Tracks:

Apple Pie
Imperfect Angel
Shadowbox
One That Got Away
The Taker
Jewel I Never Found
Back Street Girl
Secondhand Love
Eye On The Road
On The Inside
London Girl
Evening Sun
Destiny Is Following You

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Based upon their past credits, one anticipates a segmented division of labor from the three principals in Hamilton Pool. The Voice would be Fairport Convention founder Iain Mathews. The Technician would be multi-instrumentalist Mark Hellman, who's produced albums for Mathews, Carole King, and Sara Hickman, among others. And the Writer would be Michael Francasso, whose When I Lived in the Wild established his name among upstart Americana singer-songwriters. But any notions that Return to Zero is an assembly line collaboration are quickly dashed; these guys built this chassis using the Japanese team method. Lead vocal duties are shared just about equally, and while Francasso brings fewer songs to the mix than his two, he assumes frontman duties on two noteworthy covers--the Rolling Stones' "Back Street Girl" and Bob Neuwrith's majestically bleak "Eye on the Road." --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Rubber Soul of the Nineties.......2004-04-06

This album is simply breathtaking: soulful and heartfelt renditions of original and other songmaterial combined with superb singing and playing performance as well as brilliant production. Even Jagger/Richards' "Back Street Girl" comes to new life, the adding of a dobro works beautiful here. Each song is a jewel in its own right, the whole album being more than the sum of its parts. Call it a song cycle, if you will, I'd call it the "Rubber Soul of the Nineties". Too bad that group has been so short lived.

A Hidden Jewel.......2003-06-05

With all the artists generating attention from Austin, I'm still surprised that more hasn't been made of Hamilton Pool. This is one of the finest works ever to come out of that area. Hamilton Pool's engaging folk-rock is reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, but in its own inimitable style. This album could've easily generated five big hits had the marketing stars been aligned. Everyone I've played this album for loves it. This is a real hidden jewel.

A great melding of styles with exceptional talent.......1998-08-25

I found this album of music to be exceptional. The talent and melding of styles were very well represented. I'd like to hear more from this group.

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Return To Zero
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Return to Zero
Alleged Gunmen
Manufacturer: Kapow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007SL1VW
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

Finger on the Trigger
Getdown Gunmen
Don't Stop (Til You Drop)
In Days of Bandit
Audio Invasion
Downtown Babylon
Preferably Dead
Broken Spur [Instrumental]
Hanging on the Corner
Saloon Times
Quit Reaching for Your Handgun
RTZ
Showdown at Sundown
Save the Last Gundance

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great melodic aor. buy it now
Outstanding album from an under-appreciated band
Goudreau scores at last with a solid rock recording
A Must Purchase For Boston Fans !
Thanks Brad, we'll miss you.....

Return to Zero
RTZ
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Lost
Corporate America

ASIN: B000008KAO
Release Date: 1991-07-23

Tracks:

Face the Music
There's Another Side
All You've Got
This Is My Life
Rain Down on Me
Every Door Is Open
Devil to Pay
Until Your Love Comes Back Around
Livin' for the Rock 'N' Roll
Hard Time (In the Big House)
Return to Zero

Customer Reviews:

great melodic aor. buy it now.......2007-07-13

if you are into melodic rock sang by a great vocalist, you'll enjoy "face the Music","Rain down on Me", "Hard Time in The Big House", and the hit ballad " Until your Love Comes Back Around". great stuff by the late Brad Delp. He will be missed.

Outstanding album from an under-appreciated band.......2007-06-19

I'm a long-time Boston fan but I only discovered RTZ recently, even though I heard about the band when Boston's "Walk On" came out and learned that Brad Delp wasn't performing the vocals on that CD because of his commitment to RTZ.

I've purchased all the RTZ albums and enjoy them all. This album is packed with outstanding songs. Delp sings passionately with his uniquely beautiful sound and also demonstrates his capacity to sing in a variety of styles. Goudreau is outstanding on lead guitar as well.

One aspect of RTZ that I really enjoy vis-a-vis Boston is that many of RTZ's tracks are much more personally expressive and emotive. This is true of all the RTZ albums, including "Delp and Goudreau", not just Return to Zero.

Face the Music, All You've Got and Rain Down on Me are beautiful but rock at the same time. Every Door is Open and Until Your Love Comes Back Around are outstanding ballads. Devil to Pay and Livin' for the Rock 'N' Roll are much more bluesy and truly demonstrate Delp's master of multiple vocal styles and Goudreau's outstanding depth as a guitarist.

Goudreau scores at last with a solid rock recording.......2007-05-07

Another project from Barry Goudreau, the eponymous Return to Zero is easily the best recording from any Boston alumni. Nothing in the music is even slightly innovative, but most of the songs are reliably crafted, feature strong performances, and are backed up with solid production (a sore point on Orion the Hunter and Barry Goudreau). On hand for RTZ was Boston vocalist Brad Delp, as well as keyboardist Brain Maes, formerly a touring member of Orion the Hunter, graduate of the Berklee College School of Music, and composer of RTZ's most popular song, "When Your Love Comes Back Around," an infectious ballad that could fit quite comfortably on any Journey album and that peaked at #16 on the Billboard US Hit chart. Together with Goudreau, Maes also cowrote the album's first single, Face the Music. The album features another nine songs, seven cowritten by Goudreau and Delp. RTZ toured the US in 1991 and 1992 playing versions of Boston's "Long Time" and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" and appeared on ABC television's live music program, "In Concert." Serious fans of Boston or RTZ might like to have a look around the internet; bootlegs for a few of RTZ's `91-`92 shows are in circulation.

During the band's recording sessions for the first album there was enough material left over for a second album, which Goudreau hoped to release following the `91-`92 tour. But when label Giant Records lost interest, the band lost its contract and quickly folded. After such a solid debut, the band's unreavling must have been a great disappointment to Goudreau and Delp, who for so long struggled under the shadow of Scholz. Goudreau shopped around for a label to market and distribute the second album, titled Lost, but by the time the material was released in 1998 all the band members had moved on to other projects.

Buy this album not for the Boston connection, but because it's well crafted, middle of the road melodic rock.

A Must Purchase For Boston Fans !.......2007-03-18

The late Brad Delp and RTZ bandmates totally excelled on every song of "Return To Zero". Delp's vocals resonate perfectly on many songs including "There's ANother Side", "All You've Got" "Everydoor Is Open" and "Until Your Love Comes Back Around". Delp's paramount vocal performance is on the poignant song "Rain Down On Me". I love all the RTZ CD's but this is the one that sounds like Tom Scholz played on it. He did'nt but the engineering and production is very good akin to Tom's impeccable, perfectionist style.

Thanks Brad, we'll miss you............2007-03-10

I've always had a weak spot for Boston and this disc from RTZ. Polished and slick, true, but that was the name of the game back then. I had the chance to see RTZ on this tour at The Ritz outside of Detroit and met the band prior to the show. The one thing I always share about that meeting is what a GREAT guy Brad Delp was. I was expecting a big ego after the monster success of Boston, but that was not the case. Having met quite a few "rock stars" over the years I'll always keep Brad near the top of the list. He was incredibly friendly and eager to chat with all. A clsssy guy who will be missed by many. Buy this RTZ disc while you can before they're horded by the opportunists seeking to cash in.

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Return To Zero
RTZ
Manufacturer: Giant
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LWPVYC

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