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│ + Pride Of Lions - Live In Belgium (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-23-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 14 cd2: 5 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.aprideoflions.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Pride Of Lions Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Live In Belgium (Jap. Ed.) Label : Frontiers ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Belgium's Lokerse Feesten is no widely known ║ │
│║ festival. 'Digging' a little in the WWW, I found ║ │
│║ out it's a pocket-friendly event as you can see ║ │
│║ lots of irrelevant (speaking about sound) bands ║ │
│║ at low cost. This 'cute' happening has hosted - ║ │
│║ in the Melodic/Hard Rock 'path' - acts like ║ │
│║ Europe, Bob Catley, Vaughn and Gotthard in the ║ │
│║ past (just thinking of my town's 'popular' Hard ║ │
│║ & Heavy festsà). August 2005 was the year for ║ │
│║ Jim Peterik's Pride Of Lions to taste the ║ │
│║ hospitality of Belgium's melodic rockers. ║ │
│║ Who's Jim Peterik?, was it that I heardà Hmmm, ║ │
│║ remember 80's U.S. Rock 'arena' monsters ║ │
│║ Survivor? Memorize Eye Of The Tiger and Burning ║ │
│║ Heart - the ultimate Survivor 'landmarks' - and ║ │
│║ you'll recognize Peterik as the main songwriter ║ │
│║ (along with Frankie Sullivan, if I can recall ║ │
│║ well). Don't think anyone of that age will read ║ │
│║ this 'online' review, yet it is to be told that ║ │
│║ Peterik entered the world of Music in the mid- ║ │
│║ to-late 60's with Ides Of March. ║ │
│║ Peterik's luck - apart from the money he got ║ │
│║ with Survivor till 1994 - carried on into the ║ │
│║ 21st century. Toby Hitchcock is no fatal ║ │
│║ loverboy (thanks!) but is a helluva singer (more ║ │
│║ thanks). Bearing in mind he's no more than 30 ║ │
│║ years old, his warm, clear and passionate voice ║ │
│║ was - show mercy, Jim - the main reason to ║ │
│║ 'warmly' applaud on both Pride Of Lions ║ │
│║ (Frontiers, 2003) and The Destiny Stone ║ │
│║ (Frontiers, 2004) albums of Pride Of Lions (so ║ │
│║ far). Still, the 'ghost' of Survivor over ║ │
│║ Peterik's songwriting still does something to ║ │
│║ fans of the specific vibe. ║ │
│║ On to the disc(s): Pride Of Lions' performance ║ │
│║ in this Lokerse fest starts off with - maybe - ║ │
│║ their most outstanding tune. It's Criminal - ║ │
│║ even if played a little bit slower - is the ║ │
│║ ideal kick-off teaser. Both Peterik and ║ │
│║ Hitchcock appear onstage in fine mood and the ║ │
│║ celebrating begins. Most tracks come from the ║ │
│║ same titled debut, while three Survivor songs ║ │
│║ and Vehicle - from Peterik's Ides Of March days ║ │
│║ (remember?) - burn the golden sky in the dead of ║ │
│║ a moonlit August night. Latest album's pointer ║ │
│║ Parallel Lines is obviously missing, as well as ║ │
│║ Survivor's Burning Heart - 'd love to hear Toby ║ │
│║ in this one - but, anyway, the set list is ║ │
│║ surely fine. ║ │
│║ To the band: Peterik may seem too retro to some. ║ │
│║ He may even seem boring. Opinions. I saw him ║ │
│║ enjoying 100% the whole show while traveling for ║ │
│║ the first time in Europe for a Pride Of Lions ║ │
│║ gig. Catwalking, fine-tuning with the crowd, ║ │
│║ cheer leading for the whole band, Jim seems to ║ │
│║ be in his second youth (reaching his 60s, I ║ │
│║ assume); especially when singing the Vehicle ║ │
│║ classicà As for Toby, his voice - a fine mix of ║ │
│║ Survivor's Jimi Jamison and Styx's Dennis De ║ │
│║ Young - rode the sky in perfect 'I-guarantee' ║ │
│║ mood and no negative standpoint can I deal with ║ │
│║ in him. Watch him during Eye Of The Tiger; what ║ │
│║ a fresh 'addition' to the classic is he. ║ │
│║ Finally, check Black Ribbons (Voices Of The ║ │
│║ World) - a farewell to the victims of the ║ │
│║ 'terrorist' train attacks in Madrid, Spain two ║ │
│║ years ago. Goldenà ║ │
│║ As for the cons: i) I'd rather not want Peterik ║ │
│║ to wear a tiger-bar shirt, we know his past and ║ │
│║ this surely cheers us up, ii) the rest of the ║ │
│║ band is too low of profile. Pardon me, we - ║ │
│║ again know - the main duo, still some buzz could ║ │
│║ they make to 'enlighten' the background of the ║ │
│║ stage, iii) wish the rhythm guitars would be a ║ │
│║ little bit more on front in the final mix. Yeah, ║ │
│║ yeah, it's AOR music but - anyway - not pop ║ │
│║ (stop laughing!). ║ │
│║ The bonus audio tunes - in CD #2 - vary from ║ │
│║ ballads to more vivid tunes. So Deadly is ║ │
│║ somehow a weird creation for the Peterik ║ │
│║ standards, while Reckless Love is ideal for some ║ │
│║ night drive and Surrender To The Night's passion ║ │
│║ is a teaser. Bonus features include a TV Show ║ │
│║ performance plus the music video for Sound Of ║ │
│║ Home. Nothing special, but I don't want to ║ │
│║ 'influence' your choice. ║ │
│║ Is this going to be a CD/DVD combo or will they ║ │
│║ be released separately? If yes, try the DVD for ║ │
│║ sure - the audio extras come in second notice. ║ │
│║ Pride Of Lions proves to be more Survivor than ║ │
│║ the 2006 'reunited' ones themselves. All this, ║ │
│║ if you tend to stick to the typical Survivor ║ │
│║ sound of the 80's. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - CD1 [ ] │
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│ 01 - It┤s Criminal [06:25] │
│ 02 - Gone [04:50] │
│ 03 - Sound Of Home [04:56] │
│ 04 - Man Behind The Mask [05:10] │
│ 05 - The Search Is Over [05:00] │
│ 06 - Music And Me [05:51] │
│ 07 - Vehicle [06:57] │
│ 08 - The Courage To Love Somebody [04:36] │
│ 09 - Black Ribbons (Voices Of The World) [04:42] │
│ 10 - Unbreakable [05:41] │
│ 11 - What Kind Of Fool [05:51] │
│ 12 - I Can┤t Hold Back [04:48] │
│ 13 - The Gift Of Song [06:41] │
│ 14 - Eye Of Tiger [08:09] │
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│ - CD2 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Dark Angel [05:25] │
│ 02 - Black Ribbons (Voices Of The Wolrd) [04:36] │
│ 03 - Feels Like Another Planet [04:21] │
│ 04 - Gone (Live Version) [04:46] │
│ 05 - I Can┤t Hold Back (Live Version) [04:43] │
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│ Total Length : [103:2] min │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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