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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-01-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Shogun Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : 31 Days Label : Krescendo ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Vocalist Alan Marsh was fired from the british ║ │
│║ band Tokio Blade by his record label due to ║ │
│║ artistic discrepancies. Together with ex- ║ │
│║ Chinatown guitarist Danny Gwilym formed SHOGUN ║ │
│║ in 1984. Their 1st self titled album has traces ║ │
│║ of the NWOBHM genre although sounding pretty ║ │
│║ commercial. ║ │
│║ To the 2nd, the group decided to update the ║ │
│║ songwriting, changing their style to a more ║ │
│║ Americanized sound but still retaining the ║ │
│║ typical British scent. ║ │
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│║ The album is entitled "31 Days" because that's ║ │
│║ how long they were given to start and finish it. ║ │
│║ Riding the wave of the style that was getting ║ │
│║ great acceptance in UK on such bands as Shy, ║ │
│║ Peroux, Moritz, the disc features prominent ║ │
│║ guitars, sweeping keyboards and persistent ║ │
│║ choruses. ║ │
│║ Do you remember the excellent demos by Push (UK) ║ │
│║ posted here some time ago? Well, "31 Days" is in ║ │
│║ the same league ║ │
│║ This is first class keyboard driven MHR / AOR ║ │
│║ with power guitars, strong vocals and heavenly ║ │
│║ choruses. ║ │
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│║ From the starting candy-floss synths of opener ║ │
│║ "Cloak And Dagger" you know this will be a ║ │
│║ keyboard oriented, extremely commercial plate. ║ │
│║ "Shock To The Heart" is anthemic and catchy, ║ │
│║ while the cliched but wonderful "Voices From The ║ │
│║ Heart" is the album ballad (here remixed by Bob ║ │
│║ Ezrin). ║ │
│║ The rocking "You Are What You Are" (those ║ │
│║ keyboards!) is followed by the climatic midtempo ║ │
│║ "Love Is A Game". "Cold Truth" is another ║ │
│║ melodic belter with great guitar work, "If ║ │
│║ Tomorrow Comes" reminds me their colleagues ║ │
│║ Bronz, "First Time" rocks with attitude and ║ │
│║ closer "Out Of Love Again" is in the best Shy ║ │
│║ tradition. ║ │
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│║ "31 Days" never was released on CD and sadly, ║ │
│║ the original tapes were lost long time ago. ║ │
│║ Obviously taken from vinyl, this bootleg CD ║ │
│║ edition sound quite decent and it's the best ║ │
│║ sounding version you can get.. ║ │
│║ Enjoy this classy, must have, typical '87 ║ │
│║ british Hard AOR gem. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Cloak And Dagger [03:50] │
│ 02 - Shock To The Heart [03:51] │
│ 03 - Voices From The Heart [04:58] │
│ 04 - You Are What You Are [03:35] │
│ 05 - Love Is A Game [03:32] │
│ 06 - Cold Truth [04:12] │
│ 07 - If Tomorrow Comes [04:55] │
│ 08 - Can┤t Live Without Your Love [05:13] │
│ 09 - First Time [04:21] │
│ 10 - Out Of Love Again [04:14] │
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│ Total Length : [42:41 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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