Park Gor'kogo [Import]

Park Gor'kogo [Import]

Track Listings

1. Bang

2. Try to Find Me

3. Hit Me With the News

4. Sometimes at Night

5. Peace in Our Time

6. My Generation

7. Within Your Eyes

8. Child of the Wind

9. Fortress

10. Danger

11. Action [*]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Russian rockers exploded onto the global scene after the fall of the former Soviet Union and, especially, the 1989's Moscow Music & Peace festival. The group's debut record on Mercury Records; includes the hit 'Bang', plus 'Try to Find Me', a cover

Tracks:

Bang
Try To Find Me
Hit Me With The News
Sometimes At Night
Peace In Our Time
My Generation
Within Your Eyes
Child Of The Wind
Fortress
Danger
Action

Album Details

Russian rockers exploded onto the global scene after the fall of the former Soviet Union and, especially, the 1989's Moscow Music & Peace festival. The group's debut record on Mercury Records; includes the hit 'Bang', plus 'Try to Find Me', a cover

Customer Reviews:

Hey, there's metal behind the Iron Curtain!.......2007-07-31

I remember when I first saw the video for "Bang" and heard that Gorky Park was from the dreaded Soviet Union. The idea that a hard rock band would emerge from the USSR, the evil enemy of countless action movies, was just too cool to be true. Besides, didn't they "hate our freedom", or was that a different Bush's arch nemesis? Well, it was Y&T that proclaimed "rock & roll's gonna change the world", and you have to give Gorky Park credit for trying to overcome our differences with the power of arena rock!

Still, when you take away the novelty factor what you're left with is a perfectly decent, though not particularly original hard rock/hair metal album. It's not quite at the Skid Row level, but it's about as good as most of what the L.A. bands were issuing at the time. Then again, if these guys had come from L.A, nobody would know their name. The album follows the basic formula, mixing rock anthems (Bang, Child of the Wind) with made for MTV ballads (Sometimes at Night). The band's very rocking version of the Who's "My Generation" is probably the album's best moment.

If you look at it objectively, this is probably a 3-3.5 star album, but I have to give it an extra star for helping to put a face (and sound) to the "Red Menace", and move us a bit further away from the Red Dawn stereotype.

Thank You Gorbachev!.......2006-10-06

The policy known as Glasnost & Perestroika (Openness & Restructuring) was the pathway for the world to meet the group Gorky Park. This is Russian Rock/Metal at it's finest. They even show their roots with a little bit of Russian peppered into 2 tracks (Bang & My Generation), as well as in their cover art.

There are a number of worthy tracks on this CD. "Bang" is a great opening track and it really gets you going. "My Generation" & "Danger" are two other tracks that really rock. "Action" is a detailed song about some of the places the band has toured and about the rock 'n' roll lifestyle that was so prevalent in the 80's and early 90's.

The ballads on here are also solid offerings. "Sometimes At Night" may be there best one lyrically, but "Try to Find Me" and "Fortress" are also good ways of showing their lighter side (which just about every hard rock/metal band felt they had to do at some point).

My favorite track on here is the seemingly underrated "Peace In Our Time" It's solid instrumentally, including a nice guitar solo. The lyrics are good, as they speak of the message of peace, which is still not the case in our world as of this review.

Over all, there's not a bad song on here. It's great that this CD was re-released, but it's still not easy to find. If you can get your hands on it, don't pass it up. It's a must for the hard rock/metal music fan.

It was supposed to be Billy Joel!!!!.......2004-11-26

This band visited my high school back in 1990. They seemed like nice guys but then again nice doesn't mean good. Look at the band Lifer. I met them at their release party and they were cool guys. Problem was the music was terrible. Same thing with Gorky Park. Maybe it was the fact we all thought we were going to see Billy Joel but instead we get.....GORKY PARK?? It's a moment I can reflect back on and laugh when I am awake but when I sleep at night I toss and turn with Bang playing in my nightmares endlessly. I then wake up in a cold sweat. I can understand and respect that every other review on here loves the album but I can honestly say I did not like the album at all. I remember when I received this CD as a gag gift. Within a year I threw it away.

My review.......2004-10-20

Why are you still reading the review? Go to the nearest shop and get that album.
This is their first album. I have all of their albums: Gorky Park, Moscow Calling, Stare, Protivofazza. Well I'm from Ukraine and it's much easier to find CD of Gorky Park here. If you need some of their mp3's just mail me at EETFUKExp@yahoo.com
Unfortunately this great band does not exist from 1998.
Also I recomend you to listen to the Russian band Aria(Àðèÿ) they also have awesome songs, but in Russian.

Great album when it came out - Still great today.......2004-06-20

I was a senior in high school when Gorky Park first broke onto U.S. radio. Having grown up during the Cold War, my friends and I were amazed to hear a Russian band on the radio. While on senior trip, we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas. The piece of memorabilia that most impressed me was a guitar sent over by Gorky Park. It was a beautiful red (what else?) with the Soviet and American flag side by side on the body. This was just one of the first signs of the end of the Cold War. Not just a great album musically, but one that has some historical significance. And for those of you who want more from Gorky Park, they have more albums available for download at allofmp3.

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Park Gor'kogo

Manufacturer: SNC Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000GDBCIA

Product Description

1. Bands 2. Try to find me 3. Hit me with the news 4. Sometimes at night 5. Pleace in our time 6. My generation 7. Within your eyes 8. Child of the wind 9. Fortress 10. Danger 11. Action.

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