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artist : The Jan Holberg Project
album : Sense of Time
year : 2011
genre : Rock
label : Nordic Records
cat# : NRCD00042
source : CDDA
encoder : LAME 3.98.4 -V0
quality : VBR/44,1/Joint
size : 55,4 MB
tracklist
01. Sense of Time 02:53
02. Mesmerized 03:21
03. Sorry 03:21
04. Heart of Summer 03:48
05. Wild Eyes 00:26
06. The Meadow (Instrumental) 03:00
07. Invincible 02:48
08. Vision of Lust 04:06
09. Come Rain Come Shine 03:57
10. Mother Nature (Instrumental) 03:28
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Don't feel bad if you don't recognize the name JAN
HOLBERG, up until I heard about this release I had
never heard of him either and couldn't even find
one person who had. Maybe if you're of Finnish
origin you may know of him as he is actually one
of Finland's most in demand session bass
guitarists. As happens to a lot of the great
session musos across the globe, eventually the bug
bit and Jan decided that it was time record a
proper album of his own. He set about gathering
some of the best studio musicians he knew and
started to record a handful of West Coast AOR
inspired tunes and after one thing led to another
Jan actually landed none other than the AOR master
Joe Lynn Turner to lend his amazing vocal talents
to the whole album, well minus the two
instrumental tracks of course.
Obviously this will mean that that an album that
may have otherwise been totally ignored will
actually garner much interest from the AOR crowd,
and seeing as though JLT is one of my personal
favorite vocalists of all time, he is the reason
that I was looking forward to this release so
much. The songwriting on the album is actually
very classy and treads waters between standard
AOR, West Coast rock, funk rock, pop/rock and
makes a few other step across the journey. The
bass playing of Holberg is as expected very good,
but in an interesting twist is never too prominent
as to get in the way of a great, catchy song.
While the overall style of this album may well be
something a little different for Joe Lynn Turner,
you can rest assured that brings his A-game here
and in fact displays some of the best vocal work
he has recorded in half a decade or so.
Opening track SENSE OF TIME is standard fare AOR
tune, but Turner's vocals take it to another level
and it really is a great simplistic intro track
that draws you in and slowly prepares you for what
else will come. It doesn't take long though for
Holberg to take center-stage and second track
MESMERIZED features some pretty awesome funk bass
mixed in with some West Coast rock. SORRY sounds
like a song custom made for Turner's vocals and
cruises along perfectly without ever getting to
over the top. HEART OF SUMMER is a pure West-Coast
AOR tune and reminds me of LITTLE RIVER BAND. WILD
EYES is a twenty second intro track for the next
tune THE MEADOW. Now this is an interesting track
this one, it's an instrumental tune complete with
funk bass and a lead saxophone but to me it sounds
like the kind of music that is played just after
commercial breaks for daytime television chat
shows like OPRAH, MAURY POVICH or ELLENà. Don't
believe me, check it and see! While the song is
clearly a great showcase for the musical abilities
of the members of the project, it won't really do
anything for the AOR conglomerate. INVINCIBLE is
another odd tune because we find Holberg jamming
out on some FLEA like bass lines, mixed with the
typical JLT vocal sound which sort of gives the
impression of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS mixed with
BRAZEN ABBOT, something you have to hear to really
understand what I'm saying I guess. VISION OF LUST
is a late album track that takes things back to
basics and is just simply a good AOR track with a
great Turner vocal. COME RAIN COME SHINE reminds
me a bit of Bobby Kimball era TOTO and is a nice
highlight track to close out the Joe Lynn Turner
contribution before the piano based instrumental
closing track MOTHER NATURE, a piece of music that
I found to actually be quite bland compared to the
rest of the material and a bit of an unfortunate
way to end an otherwise quite good album.
SENSE OF TIME is a pretty good start for Jan
Holberg and is definitely a showcase for some
great musicianship and also some very strong
songwriting. However, I can't help but feel that
it's really Joe Lynn Turner's masterful vocal
contribution that actually makes the album worth
seeking out.
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