Decade of Brazen Abbot

Decade of Brazen Abbot Artist: Brazen Abbot
Label: Frontiers
Category: Music


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Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8024391021224
ASIN: B00066VMK0


Release Date: 2005-02-08

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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Mr. Earthman
  3. One Life to Live
  4. Slip Away
  5. Guilty as Sin, Pt. 1
  6. Guilty as Sin, Pt. 2
  7. Supernatural
  8. Keyboard Solo
  9. Can't Let You Go
  10. I'll Be Tree
  11. I Surrender
  12. Drum Solo
  13. Road to Hell
  14. Loce Is on Our Side [*]

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not too shabby .......2005-01-30

The Good
"Mr. Earthman" starts things off with a combination of keyboards and guitar, and then Joe Lynn Turner kicks in with some passionate vocals. Brazen Abbot brings up the tempo up a bit on "One Life to Live". Rhythmic chugga-chugga guitars and soft keyboard tones dominate. Kotzev lays down a mean solo on this one. "Guilty As Sin Part 1" is a mid-tempo power ballad of sorts, while "Guilty As Sin Part 2" is a ferocious guitar heavy instrumental.
Joe Lynn Turner is at his melodic rock best on "Supernatural". His vocals are smooth and tuneful. The choruses are delivered in a great two-part vocal harmony.

This far into the album you'll hear that Joe tries to fit in a `hey' or a `huh' anywhere he can. It doesn't surprise me that Joe Lynn Turner was responsible for some of the most memorable power anthems of the 1980s. "Can't Let You Go" is right on par with them, with its understated verse section and its passionate, over-the-top chorus. Kotzev busts out his chops on the Rainbow classic "I Surrender", and will have you stating the same. As a special bonus Brazen Abbot includes an acoustic studio version of "Love Is on Our Side".

If you're someone that prefers your live performances to be visual, Brazen Abbot also released a DVD of these performances, also titled A Decade of Brazen Abbot. The DVD was shot documentary style. It combines the three live performances and interview segments with Nikolo and the rest of Brazen Abbot, past and present. You get the lowdown on their very beginnings, their many adventures together, and what their up to now. Also included are rare television performances and acoustic jam sessions that the gang has done over the past decade.

The Bad
You need to save the keyboard and drum solos for the show. Does anybody really sit there and listen to them on disc? Also, the keyboards tended dominate the mix. I don't know if it's meant that way or it was just overlooked in mixing process.

The Verdict
Not too shabby for a band that's virtually unknown in the U.S. I can only imagine the high that they got from performing 10 years worth of their hits in front of three sold-out shows in their homeland. I would have preferred a greatest hits package containing the studio versions myself.

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