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Zinatra - 1990 The Great Escape
 ZINATRA - THE GREAT ESCAPE (1990, MERCURY/PHONOGRAM) Joss Mennen - vocals Gino Rerimassie - guitars Robby Valentine - keyboards Ron Lieberton - bass Ed Rockx - drums Background A superb slice of Dutch melodic rock, which is about as classy an effort coming out this side of the Zeider Zee. For all AORsters who have a certain liking for keyboard laced rock, the mere mention of the name Robby Valentine is enough to send shivers down the spine. It does for me! Combined with the production talent of Wisselord regular Edwin Musper and some songwriting assistance from Canadian rocker Paul Laine, sees Zinatra 'upping the ante' on this album and moving into the big league. The Songs Quite literally there are some amazing songs onboard here, where Rerimassie's full frontal guitar is tempered by the synth blanket laid down by Valentine, while Mennen's voice though a little out of control at times powers in over the top. A regular playlist of Zinatra songs would include the Paul Laine penned and keyboard dominant 'Take It To The Top', 'Two Sides Of Love' and 'Only Your Heart' while the delicately arranged 'There She Was' climaxes with a memorable chorus. Valentine decides to have a bash at singing on 'Love Never Dies' and you can immediately hear his Freddy Mercury vocal leanings on this power ballad. The pace quickens to Pretty Maids type speed on 'Unknown Skies', where the old ticker really needs to keep in time to the beat of the double bass drums! 'Too Blind To See' is another great melodic rock workout, then there's the rollicking 'Candyman' despite the dubious song title, which is pretty good too! Big vocal chants on the choruses stand out on 'Jekyll And Hyde' while the album closer 'The Roaring Silence' is astounding for the fact that the song bears no resemblance to it's title and wimpers out without raising a breath or a heartbeat, even when they decide to heavy it up at the end.. In Summary However, for all you melodic rockers you can't go past the majority of this effort, and it quite rightly deserves a place in your CD collection. Both Mennen and Valentine went on to respective solo careers, the former plying a solid HM type road while the latter produced some fantastic AOR. Track Listing: 01 The Great Escape 02 Take It To The Top 03 Two Sides Of Love 04 There She Was 05 Love Never Dies 06 Unknown Skies 07 Too Blind To See 08 Candyman 09 Hold On 10 Only Your Heart 11 Jekyll And Hyde 12 The Roaring Silence Related Articles: N/A Copying of material without permission is not permitted. Posted by gdazegod
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