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│ + Michael Kiske - Instant Clarity + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.feb-19-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.michaelkiske.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Michael Kiske Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Instant Clarity Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ His solo debut - 1995's Instant Clarity - marked ║ │
│║ Kiske's return to making music, if not his ║ │
│║ return to heavy metal. After the ill-received ║ │
│║ and incredibly schizophrenic Chameleon album, ║ │
│║ Michael Kiske found himself ousted from the ║ │
│║ legendary German power metal outfit Helloween. ║ │
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│║ Instead of the power metal sound he was best ║ │
│║ known for, Kiske, aided by no less than Iron ║ │
│║ Maiden's Adrian Smith and former Helloween ║ │
│║ bandmate (and current Gamma Ray main man) Kai ║ │
│║ Hansen, released an album of melodic rock songs ║ │
│║ that range from AOR to hard rock that verges on ║ │
│║ metal. In truth, much of the material on Instant ║ │
│║ Clarity is not that far removed from the songs ║ │
│║ Kiske wrote for Chameleon, but what was hard to ║ │
│║ swallow from the band that brought us the famed ║ │
│║ Keeper of the Seven Keys albums is a lot easier ║ │
│║ to take coming from Kiske as a solo artist. ║ │
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│║ Given Kiske's somewhat uneven solo output ║ │
│║ (Supared, anyone?) as well as his often ║ │
│║ derogatory statements about heavy metal, I was ║ │
│║ prepared not to like this album. The combination ║ │
│║ of strong melodies and a voice that is ║ │
│║ synonymous with European power metal proved too ║ │
│║ hard to resist. It's not a perfect album by any ║ │
│║ means. When it's bad, it's bad. Thanx a Lot and ║ │
│║ So Sick bring back the worst excesses of ║ │
│║ Chameleon and Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Time's ║ │
│║ Passing By seems incredibly out of place here), ║ │
│║ but when it works it works well. The Calling, ║ │
│║ New Horizons, and the ballad Always are very ║ │
│║ strong songs, and while the 10-minute Do I ║ │
│║ Remember a Life wasn't quite the metal epic I ║ │
│║ was hoping for, there's no denying it's emotion ║ │
│║ and power (or Kiske's ability as a songwriter). ║ │
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│║ While Instant Clarity should appeal to Helloween ║ │
│║ fans, those expecting a return to the power ║ │
│║ metal glory days of the Keeper albums are going ║ │
│║ to be sorely disappointed. ║ │
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│║ NOTE: The 2006 Frontiers reissue of Instant ║ │
│║ Clarity features 4 bonus tracks. The first - A ║ │
│║ Song Is Just a Moment - was originally only ║ │
│║ available of the Japanese import of Instant ║ │
│║ Clarity. The remaining three tracks - I Don't ║ │
│║ Deserve Love, Sacred Grounds, and Can't Tell - ║ │
│║ are laid back acoustic songs that bear a strong ║ │
│║ resemblance to Extreme, as well as the material ║ │
│║ on Kiske's Place Vendome project. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Be True to Yourself [04:39] │
│ 02 - The Calling [04:08] │
│ 03 - Somebody Somewhere [04:28] │
│ 04 - Burned Out [04:45] │
│ 05 - New Horizons [04:22] │
│ 06 - Hunted [04:25] │
│ 07 - Always [04:30] │
│ 08 - Thanx A Lot! [05:24] │
│ 09 - Time's Passing by [03:45] │
│ 10 - So Sick [04:29] │
│ 11 - Do I Remember A Life [10:38] │
│ 12 - A Song is Just A Moment (Original Japan Bo [04:20] │
│ 13 - I Don't Deserve Love (Bonus Track) [04:39] │
│ 14 - Sacred Grounds (Bonus Track) [04:05] │
│ 15 - Can't Tell (Bonus Track) [03:27] │
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│ Total Length : [72:04 minn │
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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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