{"id":1944,"date":"2012-08-24T23:44:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T23:44:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-08-24T23:44:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T23:44:25","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=1944","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Maids: It Comes Alive (Maid in Switzerland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frontiers\/BAM<\/p>\n<p>PRETTY MAIDS has a pretty unique outlook, they can capitalize on both their success of the eighties, and in present times. Arguably their finest releases all came in the heyday of heavy metal around the mid-eighties, but 2010\u00b4s \u201cPandemonium\u201d offered a plethora of prospect titles for future best of albums. 21 massive tracks, and an impressive effort of original members vocalist Ronnie Atkins and guitarist Ken Hammer. The rest of the band has spent less time in the band but are important additions nevertheless; drummer Alan Tschicaja (ROYAL HUNT, MISSING TIDE), keyboard player Morten Sandager (MERCENARY) and bass player Rene Shades of MIKE TRAMP fame. On with the show\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The atmospheric stormy weather intro progresses into \u201cPandemonium\u201d, which may surprise a few since it is the roughest track of the album with the same name. Luckily they blister through the two best tracks off that album, \u201cINVU\u201d and the massive \u201cLittle Drops of Heaven\u201d during the show. I miss out of \u201cCielo Drive\u201d though, another favorite. But who\u00b4s to complain, the audience in Pratteln certainly does not! And just think about it, Danish feel-good in the shape of \u201cIt Comes at Night\u201d,k Queen of Dreams\u201d, \u201cYellow Rain\u201d (bleedin\u00b4 suspicious title that), \u201cLove Games\u201d, \u201cFuture World\u201d\u2026 But the bliss doesn\u00b4t end there, they do \u201cRock the House\u201d and \u201cBack to Back\u201d too! The latter being the almost only song ever to get six out of five in my book. On the less flattering side there are \u201cScream\u201d and \u201cRodeo\u201d, songs that seem out on bail here\u2026 But don\u00b4t give up, you can have this one on DVD\u2026or you can catch them live at Zaragon Rock Club in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping in December. They sure do leave an impression every time. This one comes highly recommended. <\/p>\n<p>Track List<br \/>\nCD1<br \/>\nPandemonium<br \/>\nINVU<br \/>\nHell on High Heels<br \/>\nWake Up to the Real World<br \/>\nDestination Paradise<br \/>\nAnother Shot<br \/>\nScream<br \/>\nWalk Away<br \/>\nIt Comes at Night<br \/>\nQueen of Dreams<br \/>\nSavage Heart<br \/>\nClay <\/p>\n<p>CD2<br \/>\nYellow Rain<br \/>\nRock the House<br \/>\nBack to Back<br \/>\nRodeo<br \/>\nLove Games<br \/>\nFuture World<br \/>\nLittle Drops of Heaven<br \/>\nPlease Don\u00b4t Leave Me<br \/>\nRed Hot and Heavy<\/p>\n<p>www.frontiers.it www.myspace.com\/pmaids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontiers\/BAM PRETTY MAIDS has a pretty unique outlook, they can capitalize on both their success of the eighties, and in present times. Arguably their finest releases all came in the heyday of heavy metal around the mid-eighties, but 2010\u00b4s \u201cPandemonium\u201d offered a plethora of prospect titles for future best of albums. 21 massive tracks, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}