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│ + White Lion - The Definitive Rock Collection + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-20-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........cd1: 15 cd2: 15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.whitelion2.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : White Lion Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Definitive Rock CollectionLabel : Atlantic ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Formed in 1983 by singer Mike Tramp and ║ │
│║ guitarist Vito Bratta; White Lion was a band ║ │
│║ that would rule the Melodic Hard Rock scene of ║ │
│║ the eighties. Together with drummer Greg ║ │
│║ D'Angelo and bassist James Lomenzo they would ║ │
│║ become darlings of the MTV sector with a number ║ │
│║ of their videos and while often associated with ║ │
│║ the "Hair Metal" focus that was prevalent at the ║ │
│║ time, would offer fans deeper musical content ║ │
│║ than many of their contemporaries. Theirs was ║ │
│║ the perfect formula for success with the pinup ║ │
│║ looking front man in Tramp and the guitar god in ║ │
│║ Bratta and this often found the pair being ║ │
│║ compared to the likes of Van Halen members Dave ║ │
│║ Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen. The offering of ║ │
│║ more socially relevant songs as opposed to what ║ │
│║ many of their contemporaries would be doing ║ │
│║ allowed the band to stand out a little more from ║ │
│║ the general pack. Yes they had some rousing ║ │
│║ anthems for love like "Tell Me" or "Love Don't ║ │
│║ Come Easy", but there was also "Little Fighter" ║ │
│║ which referenced a Greenpeace ship and "When The ║ │
│║ Children Cry", their ballad that tugged at the ║ │
│║ heartstrings. With White Lion you got deeper ║ │
│║ stuff than that which focused on drinking and ║ │
│║ partying hard. Growing up in Brooklyn at a ║ │
│║ certain time allowed me to remember quite ║ │
│║ clearly how exciting this band was on stage and ║ │
│║ how well they were received by the audience. You ║ │
│║ felt as though you were a part of something ║ │
│║ special with White Lion and while I grew into ║ │
│║ much heavier stuff I always held them in special ║ │
│║ regard in my musical heart. This compilation or ║ │
│║ The Definitive Rock Collection as it is labeled ║ │
│║ is exactly that û a fully loaded deck of musical ║ │
│║ cards that brings the absolute best of this band ║ │
│║ right back to your attention. While they were ║ │
│║ together they recorded four albums, ,Fight To ║ │
│║ Survive, Pride, Big Game and Main Attraction. ║ │
│║ They also delivered a Greatest Hits package at ║ │
│║ the end of their career. Being one of the older ║ │
│║ fans of the group I was pleased to find "FTS" ║ │
│║ represented but was sad that several numbers ║ │
│║ were still overlooked. The long out of print ║ │
│║ release is worth searching for based on tunes ║ │
│║ like "Cherokee", "All the Fallen Men" and the ║ │
│║ original version of "Broken Heart". Pride would ║ │
│║ be their mainstream introduction to the larger ║ │
│║ public and from this release every major tune is ║ │
│║ included with most being in studio format and ║ │
│║ the remainder from an unreleased live concert ║ │
│║ from The Ritz circa 1988. I liked the inclusion ║ │
│║ of this concert as opposed to "newly discovered ║ │
│║ tracks" which some compilations of this type ║ │
│║ often toss into the mix. The show gives the ║ │
│║ listener a great idea of how the band was live ║ │
│║ during the still budding years of their ║ │
│║ popularity as it comes from the Pride tour. ║ │
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│║ Sadly, the bands breakup would come with levels ║ │
│║ of animosity and as a result there was no real ║ │
│║ farewell tour, reunion album or acoustic show on ║ │
│║ MTV Unplugged. Tramp would continue on with ║ │
│║ "Tramp's White Lion" and be the only original ║ │
│║ member present and everyone knows that is not ║ │
│║ the same at the end of the day. Bratta would ║ │
│║ fade from the public eye while Lomenzo and ║ │
│║ D'Angelo carried on in other bands going ║ │
│║ forward. The diehard fan might appreciate the ║ │
│║ fact that an "Anthology" was released by ║ │
│║ Deadline Records a couple of years ago and ║ │
│║ features missing edits and pre-release versions ║ │
│║ of many of these tracks from Tramp's own ║ │
│║ archives. This however is the true Anthology ║ │
│║ since the songs here are the official versions. ║ │
│║ Despite my possessing a little bit of the fan ║ │
│║ boy mentality about these guys this collection ║ │
│║ from Rhino Records really delivers on all ║ │
│║ levels. Featuring almost every track of note ║ │
│║ from the four albums and the bonus concert to ║ │
│║ boot just adds to the overall treat of the ║ │
│║ piece. The bands back catalog has never been ║ │
│║ remastered so this also gives you cleaner and ║ │
│║ more sonically representative versions of the ║ │
│║ songs you loved way back when. It's time to ║ │
│║ shout it out loud and clear for one of the ║ │
│║ eighties most important contributions to Melodic ║ │
│║ Hard Rock one more time. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - cd1 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Fight To Survive [05:16] │
│ 02 - El Salvador [04:51] │
│ 03 - Wait [04:02] │
│ 04 - Tell Me [04:30] │
│ 05 - When The Children Cry [04:24] │
│ 06 - Lonely Nights [04:13] │
│ 07 - Don't Give Up [03:16] │
│ 08 - Sweet Little Loving [04:03] │
│ 09 - Little Fighter [04:24] │
│ 10 - Radar Love [05:58] │
│ 11 - Goin' Home Tonight [04:48] │
│ 12 - Let's Get Crazy [04:52] │
│ 13 - Don't Say It's Over [04:06] │
│ 14 - Cry For Freedom [06:12] │
│ 15 - Love Don't Come Easy [04:09] │
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│ - cd2 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Broken Heart [04:09] │
│ 02 - Lights And Thunder (Edit) [04:58] │
│ 03 - Farewell To You [04:21] │
│ 04 - Hungry (Live) [04:58] │
│ 05 - Don┤t Give Up (Live) [03:33] │
│ 06 - Lonely Nights (Live) [04:20] │
│ 07 - Sweet Little Loving (Live) [04:12] │
│ 08 - Broken Heart (Live) [04:34] │
│ 09 - Fight To Survive (Live) [05:25] │
│ 10 - Tell Me (Live) [05:01] │
│ 11 - All Join Our Hands (Live) [04:03] │
│ 12 - Wait (Live) [03:55] │
│ 13 - Lady Of The Walley (Live) [07:38] │
│ 14 - The Road To Valhalla (Live) [03:08] │
│ 15 - All You Need Is Rock N Roll (Live) [05:43] │
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│ Total Length : [139:0] min │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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