GMG Records\/Rock\u00b4n\u00b4Growl Promotion<\/p>\n
ROB MANCINI sure sounds familiar, but he has been on a ten year hiatus from recording. German-Italian musician and producer Rob has only been active on the Irish club circuit, plus as a session musician. Something compelled him to return, probably memories of past glories with bands like CRUSH and HOTWIRE, sharing the stage with bands like DARE and VICTORY. Today the music is described as late eighties and early nineties, like BON JOVI meets NICKELBACK. A cover of Kate Bush and mastering by Harry Hess, will that do the trick?<\/p>\n
First up the sound is very ok, quite clean and suits the music. Rob has presence in his voice and he seems to handle pretty much all instruments himself. An intro seems compulsory before the clich\u00e9 like title track offers its light rock. But luckily the single cut \u201cEdge of a Broken Heart\u201d (nope, no cover), which is offered in two ok versions, makes you realize that the eighties was a fine period for music. \u201cStranger in Paradise\u201d, \u201cEverytime You Cry\u201d and \u201cToo Late to Die\u201d follows suite. The movie hit song character is very pleasant and sure feel convincing. But the confusion in \u201cTime Stops for No One But You\u201d makes me visualize an unwilling conjunction of a piano and SOUNDGARDEN\u00b4s classic \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d. The rest is closer to comfort than that, always radio friendly, but never really hitting the magic it button. Still Rob\u00b4s return is not poor in anyway, it\u00b4s more like solid. The circus may well hit town again soon. <\/p>\n
Track List
\nCarnival of Fools
\nRock and Roll Circus
\nEdge of a Broken Heart
\nEverytime You Cry
\nRunning Up that Hill
\nLay Down the Law
\nWeak as I Am
\nStranger in Paradise
\nToo Late to Die
\nThe Reaper
\nUnited We Stand
\nTime Stops for No One But You
\nEdge of a Broken Heart (Radio Edit)<\/p>\n
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