Artist.......: Hands On Approach
Album........: 10 Anos Casino Figueira (Acustico)
Label........: Farol Musica
Genre........: Acoustic
Catnr........: FAR72709
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-03-2007
str.date.....: Sep-25-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.handsonapproach.pt
track title time
cd
01. Do You Believe It 04:43
02. It's Groovin' 03:27
03. A Step Forward 04:41
04. My Wonder Moon 04:32
05. Silent Speech 03:51
06. Tπo Perto, Tπo longe 05:13
07. The Endless Road 03:40
08. Given You The Way 03:12
09. Let's Be In Love 05:26
10. If You Give Up 04:43
11. A Chance 04:44
12. Som Da Rua 10:23
13. Let's Be In Love (Bonus Track) 04:22
14. To Your Side (Bonus Track) 04:11
dvd
01. Concerto Integral 58:49
02. My Wonder Moon (Videoclip) 04:03
03. The Endless Road (Videoclip) 03:37
04. Given You The Way (Drums View) 03:06
Runtime 136:43 min
Size 196,2 MB
Release Notes:
In early 1996 the band's singer, Rui David, was
playing acoustic guitar and singing on a beach in
the Algarve (south of Portugal) when a Dj from a
national radio station heard him. He enjoyed the
songs and invited Rui to play them live on his late
night program. After that, and for the next 3
years, the band did the usual circuit of live
performances, music festivals and making demos.In
1999 Universal/PolyGram signed up the band.
The band's debut album, called "Blown", was
released in March, 1999 and sold just below
platinum.The first single to be taken from the
album was "My Wonder Moon", and it remained in
first place of the Portuguese airplay charts for
almost two months. After 5 years, this song is
still on the top 20 airplay. The second single,
"Silent Speech", which had a considerable airplay
as well, is the opening track of the album. The
band was 1999's revelation in the Portuguese music
scene and toured intensively, playing 90 concerts
in the first 8 months after the release of the
album. A Brazilian edition of "Blown" was released,
with an extra cd recorded live.
November of 2000 saw the release of their second
album, "Moving Spirits", which gathered substantial
airplay (first single was "The Endless Road") and
took the band to the road for another series of
well recognized performances around the country.
This time, another musician joined them, (well
established composer/keyboard player, Hugo
Novo).Both records were recorded and produced by
Darren Allison, who has also worked with Skunk
Anansie, Spiritualized and The Divine Comedy.
After 4 years of recording and touring, the band
felt prepared for bigger challenges, and the need
for a change as urging. That brought some
discussions with the label, leading them to leave
Universal for an independent label, Metrosonic
Records. With the company's full support and
commitment to the band's goal of becoming an
international act, Hands on Approach started
working, in October 2002, on their third album
which took them 5 months of hiding on the luxurious
surroundings of Sπo Pedro do Sul, where the label's
own studio is situated.
The album "Groovin' on Monster's eye-balls" is
released in September 2005 and the first single to
come out is "A chance", a song that conquered the
hearts of many new fans by appearing on the
soundtrack of an audience-leader TV show series
called "Morangos com Aτucar", which has already
gone Platinum. After the release of the album, the
band was confident that they done a good job, but
the massive hit that turned their second single,
"If you give up" the most played song of the year
in Portuguese radio, was beyond their dreams. The
song remained in the top 20 for an amazing 6 months
and as confirmed Hands on Approach as an
established and one of the most prolific acts in
the Portuguese music scene. This year the band was
on the road for 3 months and as just finished
record an acustic DVD that marks their 10th
aniversary.
This release features the acoustic cd of the
concert and also the audio from the dvd also
recorded.
Check this out in www.myspace.com/hoaportugal and
visit the bands website www.handsonapproach.pt.
Enjoy it and remember... if u like it, buy it !