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New albums filled with covers usually don无毛视频檛 draw my interest unless there无毛视频檚 something unique about the material or the group providing the new inspiration absorbed from the original tracks. The latest release from Last Autumn无毛视频檚 Dream gets my approval on both points.
Last Autumn无毛视频檚 Dream is a rock band formed in 2002 by Swedish vocalist and keyboardist Mikael Erlandsson and German guitarist Andy Malecek from Fair Warning fame. Since the band无毛视频檚 debut album in 2003, Last Autumn无毛视频檚 Dream has released a variety of melodic hard rock albums and has experienced several lineup changes.
On 无毛视频淚n Disguise,无毛视频� the band is still fueled by the powerful vocals of Erlandsson and Peter 无毛视频淧ac无毛视频� Soderstrom fluidly replaces Malecek on guitar.
Wanting to pay tribute to the songs that played a role in influencing the group over the years, the tunes selected by Last Autumn无毛视频檚 Dream are delightfully unexpected and very well executed.
The familiar Steve Miller opening guitar riff from 无毛视频淛et Airliner无毛视频� is given new life by Soderstrom and Erlandsson punches out the vocals in rousing fashion. The same winning formula is applied to Loverboy无毛视频檚 无毛视频淲orking for the Weekend,无毛视频� Sweet无毛视频檚 无毛视频淲ig-Wam Bam,无毛视频� Bachman-Turner Overdrive无毛视频檚 无毛视频淗ey You,无毛视频� ABBA无毛视频檚 无毛视频淲hen I Kissed the Teacher无毛视频� and 无毛视频淎ll the Way无毛视频� from Kiss.
The biggest surprise of the album is a glorious cover of Angel无毛视频檚 无毛视频淚无毛视频檒l Bring the Whole World to Your Door.无毛视频� Being a huge Angel fan, I was pretty pumped when I read the track listing. I can still vividly remember seeing the band perform at the Stanley Theater when I was in high school. From the front row, I witnessed one of my more memorable and flamboyant concerts of 1979.
Needless to say, I was not let down by Erlandsson mirroring the spirited vocals of Frank DiMino and Soderstrom capturing the fiery guitar riffs originally laid down by Punky Meadows. If you can flawlessly nail down an Angel tune, you are solid gold in my book.
The set closes with Fair Warning无毛视频檚 无毛视频淟ong Gone.无毛视频� The soaring power ballad finds Erlandsson singing, 无毛视频淚 can feel my heart still holding on.无毛视频� I must confess that my heart is still holding on to the memories created by these tracks. Kudos to Last Autumn无毛视频檚 Dream for a job well done.