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│ + Bernie Marsden - Shine + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-29-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.berniemarsden.co.uk ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Bernie Marsden Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Shine Label : Mascot ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Bernie MarsdenÆs æShineÆ explores a wide ranging ║ │
│║ musical horizon including a cleverly updated ║ │
│║ blues, slick AOR, kick ass boogie, riff driven ║ │
│║ and twin guitar rock, a steaming bluesy shuffle ║ │
│║ and a book-ended instrumental. By his own ║ │
│║ admission æShineÆ includes some stockpiled ║ │
│║ material, but itÆs subtly shaped, polished and ║ │
│║ nicely sequenced by his former Alaska band ║ │
│║ member turned producer Rob Kass. ║ │
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│║ Recorded in studio 3 in Abbey Road (where the ║ │
│║ Beatles cut æRevolverÆ), æShineÆ sparkles with ║ │
│║ confident songs, sumptuous guitar tones, potent ║ │
│║ harmonies, magisterial playing and BernieÆs best ║ │
│║ ever lead vocals. ║ │
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│║ Producer Rob Kass strikes the prefect balance ║ │
│║ between the albumÆs song driven focus and the ║ │
│║ possibilities that an array of guests û ║ │
│║ including David Coverdale, Jimmy Copley, Ian ║ │
│║ Paice, Don Airey Cherry Lee Mewis, Joe Bonamassa ║ │
│║ and Mark Feltham û and a big studio offers him. ║ │
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│║ æShineÆ is a coherent album that plays to ║ │
│║ BernieÆs strengths. HeÆs always been a ║ │
│║ consummate guitarist and a prodigious song- ║ │
│║ writer, but a combination of different vocals ║ │
│║ textures injects the steely arrangements with ║ │
│║ style and gusto. ║ │
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│║ Listen for example, to the airy, west coast ║ │
│║ vocal sweep of Danny KirwanÆs æDragonflyÆ û ║ │
│║ included here as an ode to Peter Green û and the ║ │
│║ standout title track. The Cream style vocal ║ │
│║ harmonies are underpinned by Ian PaiceÆs ║ │
│║ pounding stick work and topped by Don AireyÆs ║ │
│║ keyboard riffs and BonamassaÆs scintillating ║ │
│║ solo. All the elements coalesce seamlessly as if ║ │
│║ building to a naturally defining moment on the ║ │
│║ track. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ But this is such a well paced album that the ║ │
│║ final four tracks find their sequential place as ║ │
│║ part of an integral whole, before coming to rest ║ │
│║ on BernieÆs acoustic instrumental outro. ║ │
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│║ æShineÆ opens with a sledgehammer groove of ║ │
│║ LeadbellyÆs æLininÆ TrackÆ which mirrors the ║ │
│║ songÆs lyrical muscularity, while the hot ║ │
│║ picking on æWedding DayÆ has a Sonny Landreth ║ │
│║ feel, as part of an enveloping production. ║ │
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│║ The keyboard led æWalk AwayÆ almost sounds out ║ │
│║ of place with its 80Æs keyboard motif and ║ │
│║ uplifting hook, except itÆs a sister track to ║ │
│║ the eco message and vocal tour de force, æWho Do ║ │
│║ We Think We AreÆ. ║ │
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│║ The kick ass boogie and ZZ Top influenced æKinda ║ │
│║ Wish She WouldÆ is effectively a counterweight ║ │
│║ as BernieÆs slightly distorted vocal gives the ║ │
│║ track an extra bit of edge on a riff driven ║ │
│║ rocker with huge radio potential. ║ │
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│║ The guests all make their mark, as Mark ║ │
│║ FelthamÆs lyrical harp line colours the extended ║ │
│║ groove of æLadyfriendÆ, as it smolders, sparkles ║ │
│║ and envelops you. It sets things up nicely for ║ │
│║ the percussive reworking of æTroubleÆ predicated ║ │
│║ on David Coverdale guttural phrasing. Bernie has ║ │
│║ never been reticent to explore his back ║ │
│║ catalogue and heÆs rarely bettered himself than ║ │
│║ on this blast from the past. ║ │
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│║ Cherry Lee Mewis adds gritty vocal contrast on ║ │
│║ the laid back blues-rocker æBad BloodÆ and just ║ │
│║ when you think the whole album has run its ║ │
│║ course on the hook laden æYou Better RunÆ, ║ │
│║ Bernie launches himself into a dirt tone wah-wah ║ │
│║ inflected Americana shuffle æHoxie RollinÆ ║ │
│║ TimeÆ, which is surely destined to become a live ║ │
│║ favourite. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ æShineÆ is a career high for Bernie Marsden. ║ │
│║ ItÆs an album glued together by his own deeply ║ │
│║ embedded imprint of harmony driven songs with ║ │
│║ significant hooks and burning solos. ItÆs almost ║ │
│║ as if heÆs successfully pursued his own mission ║ │
│║ statement of cutting a definitive solo album. It ║ │
│║ may have taken him 40 odd years but itÆs been ║ │
│║ worth the wait. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Linin' Track [03:25] │
│ 02 - Wedding Day [03:30] │
│ 03 - Walk Away [05:32] │
│ 04 - Kinda Wish She Would [03:53] │
│ 05 - Ladyfriend [05:18] │
│ 06 - Trouble [04:30] │
│ 07 - Who Do We Think We Are? [05:30] │
│ 08 - Bad Blood [04:44] │
│ 09 - Shine [05:41] │
│ 10 - Dragonfly [04:25] │
│ 11 - You Better Run [03:19] │
│ 12 - Hoxie Rollin' Time [04:08] │
│ 13 - NW8 [03:05] │
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│ Total Length : [57:00 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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