Mad Association\/MusicBuyMail\/Sound Pollution<\/p>\n
French surprise band strikes from nowhere featuring some true talents in the vocals department. Prior to 2013 I had never heard of SHANNON. The band formed in 1998 with Patrice Louis on guitars and Thierry Dagnicourt on keyboards. They soon found Olivier Del Valle (ex.JANNYLEE) on vocals, bassist Claude Thill (ex. DER KAISER) and drummer Maxence Pilo (ex. HEAVENLY) and convinced them of joining. <\/p>\n
The band album debuted in 2003 with their own brand of classic US melodic rock and Europeanized NWOBHM style. Prior to this album they changed brhythm section and in came Philippe Sassard (SQUARE) and Jean-Marc Anzil. On vocals, both background and in duets they have surprised most by adding Harry Hess of HAREM SCAREM, Tony Mills of SHY and TNT fame plus Paul Sabu. Some members of as divers bands as PRAYING MANTIS and SIDEBURN also helped out. How can this possibly sound?
\nThe first eight tracks plus \u201cDon\u00b4t Need You Anymore\u201d could have seen me marking an unknown French band with 5\/5. The absolute moments of this album are the power-esque balladry of \u201dCan\u00b4t Stop the Rain\u201d, the massive refrain of \u201cDust to Dust\u201d and the aforementioned \u201cDon\u00b4t Need You Anymore\u201d which is as great an eighties chorus heavy keyboard-laden song can be. Around those pillars are eight tracks any band would proudly publish, the rather stagnant mid-pace ballad-sih track \u201cIn Your Eyes\u201d and the completely out of place cover of BRONSKI BEAT\u00b4s (??!!) \u201cSmalltown Boy\u201d. The latter leaves me in the wrong mood after a great album. This album is very nice, the cover is just a case of truly bad judgment!<\/p>\n
Track List
\nRide to Live
\nForever Now
\nHalfway to Heaven
\nCan\u00b4t Stop the Rain
\nDon\u00b4t Get Me Wrong
\nDust to Dust
\nDeath on the Run
\nLet\u00b4s Make Rock
\nKick It Down
\nI Don\u00b4t Need You Anymore
\nIn Your Eyes
\nDrive Me Crazy
\nSmalltown Boy (BRONSKI BEAT Cover)<\/p>\n
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