Power Plant

Artist: Gamma Ray
Label: Noise
Category: Music

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Format: Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 823107410622
EAN: 0823107410622
ASIN: B00008L3QC

Release Date: 2003-03-18

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The Lucky 7 (+ 1, it was originally 7!): part 1 - Gamma Ray

Tracks:

Anywhere in the Galaxy
Razorblade Sigh
Send Me a Sign
Strangers in the Night
Gardens of the Sinner
Short as Hell
It's a Sin
Heavy Metal Universe
Wings of Destiny
Hand of Fate
Armageddon
While in Dreamland [*]
Rich and Famous [*]
Long Live Rock 'N' Roll [*]

Similar Items:

Somewhere Out in Space
Land of the Free
Heading for Tomorrow
Insanity & Genius
No World Order

Customer Reviews:

High Voltage.......2006-10-28

German power metal gods Gamma Ray closed out the century in style with their 1999 album Power Plant.

Power Plant doesn't quite reach the same level of perfection that was found on Land of the Free, but it is an extremely solid power metal album that is on par with Insanity and Genius or Heading for Tomorrow. This is epic progressive power metal like only Kai Hansen can deliver, full of fist-pumping metal anthems (Heavy Metal Universe being the obvious example). I suppose there are an abundance of metal clichés on this album, but since when is that a bad thing? This is a power metal album after all! There are plenty of great songs on Power Plant, but my absolute favorite is the band's cover of the Pet Shop Boys (of all people) tune It's a Sin. If ever a pop single was crying out to be covered by a metal band, it is that song. Gamma Ray speeds it up and makes it metal as hell. Brilliant! Now if I could just convince Dark Tranquillity to record an album of Cars covers...

I suppose it goes without saying that Gamma Ray would appeal to Helloween fans. Fans of the more recent power metal bands like Sonata Arctica, Freedom Call, Edguy and Hammerfall also owe it to themselves to check out Gamma Ray, and Power Plant is a good album to start with.

The 2003 reissue of Power Plant features digitally remastered sound (though I thought the original version had pretty good sound to begin with), three bonus tracks (A While In Dreamland, a new version of Rich and Famous, and a killer cover of Rainbow's classic Long Live Rock `n Roll), and comes in a nice digipack. It's a great way to improve a classic album.

NOTE: If you can find one, there is a very cool (but very limited) box set that collects all six of the remastered Gamma Ray albums.

Music CD:

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD 36

Listen to the Light ~ Zeno

Rock This! ~ Various Artists

Boogie Nights, Vol. 2 ~ Original Soundtrack

Redzone/Hold It Down ~ Ricky Montanari