Voodoo Highway [Import]

Voodoo Highway [Import]

Track Listings

1. Last Time

2. Show Me the Way

3. Shin On

4. Whiskey Dust

5. Joe's Blues

6. Soul Stealer

7. Day Funk

8. Silver Horses

9. Love Don't Mean A Thing

10. Voodoo Highway

11. Fire And Rain

12. Heaven's Train

13. In A Dream

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese Version of 1991's Follow-up to 1989's Debut Album, 'badlands'. Includes the Tracks 'the Last Time', 'soul Stealer', 'silver Horses' and Ten More.

Tracks:

Last Time
Show Me the Way
Shin On
Whiskey Dust
Joe's Blues
Soul Stealer
Day Funk
Silver Horses
Love Don't Mean A Thing
Voodoo Highway
Fire And Rain
Heaven's Train
In a Dream

Customer Reviews:

4.3.. Great Blues/Metal Fusion.......2007-05-31

After the semi-success of the Debut, this was Badlands follow up. I personally liked it better than the s/t debut. Excellent riffs abound on 'Silver Horses', '3-Day Funk' and 'Love Dont Mean a Thing'. Great emotional tracks like 'Show Me The Way' and their great version of 'Fire & Rain'. Other great tracks come through on this cd as well.
This is an under appreciated and now out of print cd. Ive loved it fopr years and would seriously recommend if you like Blues/Metal. Jake shreds on the solos and Ray Gillens voice sounds awesome.
If you can still find this somewhere, and had enough interest to read this review, then you will NOT be disappointed. This was great stuff.

FIVE Voodoo Highway Stars for this gem! .......2007-02-18

Cheesy album cover aside (should've just used Jeff Martin's 'gator with dobro in mouth' creation from the CD face instead.......) 'Voodoo Highway' represents the greatest 80's/early 90's hard rock band at their absolute peak. The debut was amazing but VH is much closer to what BADLANDS sounded like live - raw, edgy, dangerous, and taking chances. I remember a lot of people not liking the production all that much at the time but to me VH sounds just about perfect - it's stripped down, no frills, live wire BADLANDS. I can't even tell you how many times I've jammed along to this album on guitar - these songs will stay with me forever. Ah, yes, the songs - once again Jake and Ray (R.I.P.) prove to be the Page and Plant of the late 20th Century and come up with at least a half dozen mindblowing tracks that range from anthemic opener 'The Last Time' to Ray's soulful gospel acapella piece 'In A Dream' (a musical foreshadowing of his own death only a couple of years later....?) and everything in-between. I absolutely love the supercharging 'Soul Stealer' which literally explodes in your face and leads into '3-Day Funk' - talk about supa-doopa-groovin' (Jake always had that great wrist...) and being 'in the pocket'! Losing Eric Singer and gaining Greg's old Surgical Steel/St.Michael band mate Jeff Martin, whose Mitch Mitchell-style drumming fit Badlands to a T, really proved to be a godsend. You can literally tell these 2 guys have an almost kinetic connection as they provide for a loose but tight foundation that allows Jake to do his guitar thing with reckless abandon and Ray to shine (what a voice!) atop this latter day Led Zep rumblin' train. This album's 'Jade's Song' is 'Joe's Blues' (named after Jake's in-studio VH guitar tech, Joe Holmes, who could NOT play the blues at all but ironically enough would end up becoming Ozzy's guitar player a few years later....) where Jake proves his mastery of the acoustic guitar. Speaking of which, BADLANDS' electrified version of James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain' is absolutely stunning and truly does the original justice. Nothing much else to say other than a) BUY this underrated gem if you can find it (for a decent price) and, b) why is this album totally out-of-print (hello, Wounded Bird - aren't you guys doing all sorts of WEAtlantic re-issues?) to begin with?!

Lost Blues-Rock Classic.......2006-11-07

I have recently been reacquainting myself with the incredible, long out-of-print and virtually unknown Badlands albums with the help of the mighty amazon.com....this album is yet more proof that these guys deserved to be huge. A mixture of muscular rock/metal riffs combined with sublime slide and blues playing from the inimitable Jake E Lee, near-perfect hard-rock vocals from Ray Gillen, plus excellent songwriting and originality of style. If Led Zeppelin had been heavier, this is what they would have sounded like. Any guitar fan would love this album; snap it up if you can find it! "Whiskey dust runnin' through my bones...."

Ray Gillen - a tragic loss!!.......2006-01-09

BADLANDS self titled debut CD was one of the finest hard rock releases ever, so I remember being very excited when this follow up came out. VOODOO HIGHWAY did not disappoint! It is filled with powerful guitar riffs and of course Ray Gillen's incredible vocals (RIP). Songs such as SILVER HORSES, WHISKEY DUST, HEAVEN'S TRAIN and SOUL STEALER are heavy blues based songs that will blow your doors off. IN A DREAM is a beautiful slow paced song that really shows off Gillen's vocal capabilities. The other songs are somewhere in between, all of them loaded with blues and funk! A great listen from beginning to end!

I highly recommend this CD, along with their self titled debut BADLANDS and DUSK (their third and final CD). After BADLANDS broke up, Ray Gillen joined a band called SUN RED SUN. They have a 3 CD box set "SUNSET" available that is another MUST HAVE! It's a little hard to find, but definitely worth the search!

A True Blues Hard Rock Masterpiece..!.......2005-12-02

Ozzy meets James Brown in this groove heavey, masterfully arranged croonfest! Discusting guitar tones, soaring vocals and brilliantly executed FUNK riffage combine to tear the pants off while simultaniously holding the heart and mind captive in seductive harmony....if you love ZEP and Hendrix or just enjoy a sweet melody, some acoustic blues or a James Taylor cover, this is the BEST of its kind!
Producer, Jake E. Lee is easily in the top handfull of guitarists to venture into such coveted territory...his sonic approach is dry and at times saturates, achieving that illusive mystique missing from too much rock music!
The drumming is on fire, bass is rude, GUITAR IS KILLIN!!

THIS MUSIC IS NON-STOP BAD-ASS!!!

Average customer rating:

Blindside Blues Band [Japan Import]
Blindside Blues Band
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000LIM950

Product Description

1993, FEMS Records Japan. APCY-8149. Superior import edition from Japan, out of print for many years. Highly acclaimed hard rock release, featuring an all star lineup including Michael Onesko on vocals/guitar, Jeff Martin on drums, Greg Chaisson on bass (ex Badlands), and Scott Johnson on guitars. 10 Tracks.

Average customer rating:

Love's Addiction

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002NYEO8

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Voodoo Highway
Badlands
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000E1LZ
Release Date: 1996-11-21

Average customer rating:

Badlands; Voodoo Highway [Japan Import]

Manufacturer: EASTWEST
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0007W78RO

Product Description

Extremely rare original Japanese import

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Voodoo Highway [Japan Import]
Badlands
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NYRHK4

Product Description

1991, Warner-Pioneer records Japan. Superior import edition from Japan. Out of print since 1992.

Average customer rating:

Voodoo Highway

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000A1ZXYM
Release Date: 1999-04-06

Average customer rating:

This Record Rocks!!
But the voice of Ray Gillen deserves 5 stars
Even better than the first!!
Find this disc and BUY IT!!!
A great follow-up from a band that's sorely missed.

Voodoo Highway
Badlands
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music

Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000007TVZ
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Last Time
Show Me the Way
Shin On
Whiskey Dust
Joe's Blues
Soul Stealer
Day Funk
Silver Horses
Love Don't Mean A Thing
Voodoo Highway
Fire And Rain
Heaven's Train
In a Dream

Album Details

Japanese Version of 1991's Follow-up to 1989's Debut Album, 'badlands'. Includes the Tracks 'the Last Time', 'soul Stealer', 'silver Horses' and Ten More.

Customer Reviews:

This Record Rocks!!.......2006-07-21

"Voodoo Highway" the sophomore release from Badlands is a first-rate follow-up to the band's self-titled debut. This record rocks hard like its predecessor, but it also showcases a more versatile and mature collection of songs than the first. Tracks range from up-tempo hard rockers in "Heaven's Train", to the A Capella almost southern hymn "In A Dream".

The band clearly had more creative control since Lee was producing this time around and as such "Voodoo Highway" has a rawer, less slick sound to it. More like a classic 70's album than a screechy Heavy Metal record. Jake E. Lee experiments with some different guitar tones as well as Dobro, slide, Hammond B3 organ, and piano.

Ray Gillen's vocals are masterful in their warm, powerful, and passionate soulfulness that made him the best blues singer since Paul Rodgers and he could do "Robert Plant" far better than the Zeppelin legend himself. His range and emotion on the cover version of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" will make you never want to listen to the original ever again.

Jeff Martin (ex RacerX vocalist) replaced Eric Singer (KISS) on drums and it is a much welcomed addition. His playing brings a looser, groovier feel to the band than Singer's stiffer 1234 style and Greg Chaisson's Bass locks in with Martin to make a fantastic rhythm section.

Highlights include:
"Show Me The Way"
"3 Day Funk"
"Love Don't Mean A Thing"
"Fire and Rain" (Yes, a brilliant cover the James Taylor classic)
"In A Dream" (This was sung by Bo Bice on American Idol recently)

"Voodoo Highway" is bluesy, melodic, hard rock at its finest and the Lee/Gillen song machine is in top form.

Buy It!!

But the voice of Ray Gillen deserves 5 stars.......2003-12-17

Badlands was a kind of super group and the original line up included ex Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E Lee, Kiss drummer Eric Singer, bass player Greg Chaisson, and vocalist Ray Gillen who had been in Black Sabbath for a short period. "Voodoo highway" (1991) is the bands second release and it is a bit stronger than the debut. The music is original heavy metal with a fair amount of blues. According to me, Ray Gillen was one of the better singers in this genre and he had a voice that easily could match the like of Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale or Paul Rodgers. It is Gillen's voice that saves this album from ending up in a totally mess of rattling guitars and a heavy metal mayhem. Badlands faced internal problems and both Singer and Gillen quit the band, and later on the record company chose to drop the band.

Too bad, Gillen got aids and passed away way in December 1993 at the age of 32. For those who wants to hear more from the talented Ray Gillen, I can recommend the second Phenomena album "Dream runner" on which Gillen handles the vocals on a couple of songs.

Even better than the first!!.......2003-03-01

How could they top the debut? Amazingly they did and that's no small feat. This record is even more raw,down and dirty and that's even with the incredible version of James Taylor's "Fire and rain". The meshing of Ray Gillen's voice and Jake E. Lee's guitar is never better and sounds oh so good!! Greg Chaisson is truly an underrated bassist and Jeff Martin's playing is looser than Eric Singer. (I really liked Martin's playing here). Highlites include "Show me the way, "Soul Stealer(what a jam)", "Whiskey dust", "3 day funk", "Silver Horses", of couse "Fire and Rain", and "Love don't mean a thing". This record just pumps incredible blues based rock into your face and melts your brain! This is my favorite Badlands(just ordered Dusk, don't have it yet) and if you buy it, you'll agree!! Thank god I got to see them in Aug 1991 in Baltimore, amazing nite!!I couldn't believe a band could capture that Page/Plant vibe like Gillen/JLee and write exceptionally good songs, no filler! I recommend this treasure to anyone who likes true rock! I miss them badly, where the hell has Jake been? Anyways this is a true testament to a really great, underrated blues rock band. The best!!RIP Ray.Buy this now!! Shine on......

Find this disc and BUY IT!!!.......2002-05-27

Whiskey Dust,rock and roll...You will never hear another band be so true to themselves as you will here...From the stuttering vocals of "Soul Stealer" to the helicopter chopping guitar of "Shine On",you will want to hear more....Crank it up with"3 Day Funk",and you'll find you're in rock and roll heaven...Listen as Ray and Jake mimic each other on "Love Don't Mean A Thing"...All this tied up with a gentle lilting song that could have been created..."In A Dream"...But hey,where else could you hear the sound of a shot glass hit the floor?....

A great follow-up from a band that's sorely missed........2002-02-19

What can I say, I love this CD as much now as I did when I first bought it way back when it first came out. It would definitely rank somewhere in the top 20 of my all-time favorite Albums. Jake delivers up even more soulful and bluesy guitar playing on this CD than he did on the Debut effort. Match that with Ray Gillen's soulful voice and you've got a match made in heaven. This CD has one of the only 2 remakes (Fire And Rain) that I've ever liked. The other is Funeral For A Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding by Dream theater. If you're into blues rock at all, you're gonna love this one.

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