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░ ██ ██ Artist: Gentlemans Pistols ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: At Her Majesty's Pleasure █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2011 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2011-05-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Hard Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Rise Above Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ GentlemanÆs Pistols formed in 2003 as a three █
█ piece with initial influences being the classic █
█ glam bands, Slade and especially The Sweet and █
█ heavy 70Æs bands such as Deep Purple and Captain █
█ Beyond. In 2006, the band released their first 7ö, █
█ Just A Fraction b/w Heavy Petting on the Leeds █
█ based Art Goes Pop imprint. Soon after, Rise Above █
█ records released another 7ö for the band with the █
█ tracks, The Lady b/w Creamy Lid which was followed █
█ a year later with self-titled debut album. The █
█ album was well received by the music press with █
█ Classic Rock giving it 8/10 and Metal Hammer █
█ scoring it 9/10, saying ôPut simply, there should █
█ be more bands like GentlemanÆs Pistols around.ö █
█ █
█ █
█ At Her MajestyÆs Pleasure was produced by █
█ singer/guitarist James Atkinson and represents a █
█ labor of love, not to mention copious late nights, █
█ equipment malfunctions and frayed nerves. Despite █
█ developing a broadened musical palette including █
█ the use of strings and supplementary percussion, █
█ the recording nonetheless aimed to capture the █
█ band as they are in the raw, with little in the █
█ way of editing used. Indeed, what you hear on the █
█ record is how it was played, warts and all, with █
█ much of what is on the record captured within a █
█ couple of takes. █
█ █
█ █
█ ôIt wasnÆt easy,ö admits Atkinson. ôThe studio was █
█ so cold that the guitars kept falling out of tune █
█ between takes and most of the album was recorded █
█ while the band were wearing gloves and coats!ö █
█ ôThe writing process for At Her Majesty's Pleasure █
█ began as soon as we had finished recording the █
█ first album,ö explains James. By the time original █
█ drummer Adam Clarke decided to leave the band, we █
█ had demos of at least five tracks from the album █
█ and when guitarist Chris Rogers left (recently █
█ replaced by Bill Steer, ex-Napalm Death, Carcass █
█ etc), all of the songs were finished musically and █
█ only a few lyrics needed writing to complete the █
█ album.ö █
█ █
█ █
█ The album was recorded at JamesÆ own Mutiny █
█ studios in Bradford, where the band practices. █
█ They had completed demos of the LP by the end of █
█ 2009 and were looking forward to getting the real █
█ thing laid down in the New Year. Come February █
█ however, they were all ready to go into the █
█ studio. Unfortunately, it seemed to be the coldest █
█ it had been in a long time. ôDue to the studio █
█ being in an old mill building, warmth wasn't a █
█ luxury we were entitled to,ö laughs James. █
█ Undeterred by this, the band soldiered on. █
█ Despite quite a few issues with keeping the █
█ guitars in tune due to the temperature changes █
█ between rooms, most of the basic tracks were laid █
█ down relatively easily and by the end of Feb, they █
█ decided to take a little break before tackling the █
█ vocals and overdubs. █
█ █
█ ôFast forward a couple of months and there we were █
█ again,ö continues James. ôBut now the temperature █
█ seemed tropical compared to the cold winter █
█ recording session we had in February. Here we █
█ tracked the lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals █
█ and percussion. Adding overdubs like this was █
█ something we wouldnÆt have thought of doing on the █
█ first LP as everything except the vocals were █
█ tracked live, but we had tried it on the new demos █
█ and we liked the scope it gave us for trying out █
█ new things and especially how the percussion █
█ sounded on certain tracks. A week later I was sat █
█ there with the tracked, finished product and all I █
█ had to do was mix it.ö █
█ █
█ ôThis took a little longer than first imagined,ö █
█ admits James. ôI was fully expecting a Brian █
█ Wilson style meltdown at one point but luckily █
█ managed to get it finished and remain happy with █
█ the outcome.ö The end result is collection of █
█ storming and strutting rock that should have █
█ little problem in putting GentlemanÆs Pistols at █
█ the forefront of UK rock n roll. █
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▒ ▒
░ 1. Living in Sin Again 4:11 ░
░ 2. Comfortably Crazy 3:37 ░
░ 3. Midnight Crawler 5:26 ░
░ 4. Some Girls Don't Know What's Good for 3:37 ░
░ Them ░
░ 5. Your Majesty 4:20 ░
░ 6. Into the Haze 5:09 ░
░ 7. I Wouldn't Let You 2:51 ░
░ 8. The Ravisher 2:57 ░
░ 9. Sherman Tank 2:28 ░
░ 10. Peeping Tom 4:04 ░
░ 11. Feed Me to the Lions 3:03 ░
░ 12. Lethal Woman 5:55 ░
░ 47:38 ░
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