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Pretty Maids
« Spooked »
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1 | Resurrection 01:13
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| 2 | Freakshow 03:54
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| 3 | Dead Or Alive 04:35
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| 4 | Die With Your Dreams 05:09
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| 5 | Fly Me Out 04:34
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| 6 | Live Until It Hurts 04:35
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| 7 | Spooked 05:05
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| 8 | Twisted 04:10
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| 9 | If It Can't Be Love 05:56
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| 10 | Never Too Late 04:26
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| 11 | Your Mind Is Where the Money Is 05:06
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| 12 | Hard Luck Woman (Kiss cover) 03:27
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| 13 | The One That should Not Be 04:00
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| | Total playing time 56:07 |
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Ronnie Atkins - vocals
Ken Hammer - guitars
Alan Owen - keyboards
Kenn Jackson - bass
Michael Fast - drums |
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| Freakshow
It's killing me
Distinctively they're calling the game
They force me down, we're dragged around
All numbers and names
Leave us in confusion
Like pigs on the run
Chasing an illusion
We're daughters and sons
Who long to be needed?
We need to be loved
We wanna live
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Просто великолепный альбом! Эмоциональный, быстрый, искрометный, полный энергетики. Наверное, это один из лучших, если не лучший альбом этого уважаемого Датского коллектива. "Хорошенькие Служаночки" выдали нам 15 совершенно безбашенных и потрясных песен. Альбом заражает таким хорошим настроением, что потом не отпускает очень долго.
Качество записи отменное, игра всех музыкантов на высоте, профессионализма им не занимать. Но отдельное слово хочется сказать о Ронни Аткинсе, бесменном лидере и идейном вдохновителе этого прекрасного, но, к сожалению, не столь известного коллектива. 20 лет назад он был одним из самых лучших вокалистов Европы, таким он и остался. Его потрясающий, хрипловатый, харизматичный голос вызывает бурю положительных эмоций, так и хочется подпевать и пуститься в угар. Иногда кажется что он вытягивает просто неберущиеся высоты. Его чистый вокал "включается" именно тогда когда нужно, ровно как и хоровые запевки, их мало, но они там где им и положено быть. В общем, с вокальной точки зрения - этот альбом знаковый.
На "Spooked" есть как и скоростные боевики, так и среднетемповые драйвовые композиции. Если говорить о стиле, то ... Haверное это будет Hard'and'Heavy Power, как бы странно это не звучало. Но все именно так. Этот альбом насквозь пропитан энергией середины 80-х, все ритмы, гитарная работа, да и в чем то лирика отдают дань уважения этому, ушедшему от нас времени. Недостатков у альбома почти нет, кроме одного - его некоторая затянутость. Но всего пара проходняков на 15 треков - это ничто. Великолепная, скоростная "Dead Or Alive", с очень интересным соло, весьма "сексуальная" "Die With Your Dreams", попсовенькая, но от этого ничуть не плохая "Live Until It Hurts", почти трешевая "Fly Me Out", немного отдющая альтернативой заглавная "Spooked"... Можно продолжить список., но зачем?
Это альбом обязателен для приобретения и прослушивания всем любителям ХардЭнХеви и почитателям НАСТОЯЩЕГО, не слащавого Power метала. |
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У-у-ух!!! Такой была моя реакция (не химическая) на сие творение заслуженных мастеров пауэр-металла Pretty Maids! Альбом содержит в себе все, чем славилась и славится эта команда! Не стану подробно описывать его - кто знаком с творчеством РМ поймет, а кто вообще не знает, что такое РМ и можно ли намазывать их на хлеб.. Что ж я могу только посочувствовать. Вобщем, этот CD просто обязан побывать в каждом CD-шнике (как минимум!) каждого фэна РМ и всех любителей качественного пауэр-металла. |
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Альбом "Spooked" рецензируемой группы оставил противоречивые впечатления. С одной стороны — явное заимствование чужих идей и отсутвие собственных, с другой — на лицо грамотнейшая их переработка и эмоциональное исполнение. Собственно, лишь отсутствие какого-то отличительного стиля, изюминки делает группе дурную службу и лишает их потенциального места в первых рядах метал-групп.
Пожалуй, отсутствие отличительных черт и запомнилось в альбоме больше всего, ведь обидно, когда есть и приятное гитарное исполнение, и вокалист нестандартен, и явное «переживание» группой исполняемых песен — и всё сводится на нет их блеклостью.
Из композиций сильно зацепили "Freakshow" (напомнившая "Running Wild"), "Die with your dreams" (очень душевная песня с весьма неглупой лирикой, что, кстати, характерно для группы), "Fly me out" (интересные эксперименты вокалиста и приятное соло) и "Live until it hurts" (почему-то ABBA напомнило =) ). Остальное — скучно или невзрачно. Не знаю, может, в будущем группа заиграет что-то более близкое к хард-року — он у них явно лучше получается — но пока это только «семь», увы. |
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We wanna live
It's a freakshow out here
They're tramps and thieves
Unfaithfully they're feeding the flames
Beyond their lies majestic smiles
Beneath the remains
Solitary youth
We're sisters and brothers
Hurt by the truth
Have faith in each other
We won't be divided
We'll all stand united
We wanna live
It's a freakshow out here
We wanna live
It's a freakshow out here
Look at your leaders
Sow bad blood between us
They promise you heaven
And sent you to hell
Under the surface
They're all crooks and murderers
And all of their might I despise
Can't believe my eyes
We wanna live
It's a freakshow out here
We wanna live
It's a freakshow out here
Dead or alive
They shout in the streets of Rangoon
A young revolution in bloom
Uprising among the chinese
For justice and freedom of speech
Stand up in line, speak out your mind
Fight for your right to believe
Leave your misery, die with dignity
Cry for justice when you long for it, want it
Dead or alive
Gonna hold your fire high
Stand up for your reasons
Dead or alive
It's a game of do or die
In your fight for freedom
Oppress you with muscle and might
They fear the rebellion in sight
With evil tyrannic regimes
They rule but they can't kill your dreams
Scream it out loud, they're deaf to the crowd
Ignores your demands to be free
Free and break your bonds, never bow to no one
Cry for justice when you long for it, want it
Dead or alive
Gonna hold your fire high
Stand up for your reasons
Dead or alive
It's a game of do or die
In your fight for freedom
All for the cause is worth the price
Another human sacrifice
Another spill of blood on the bricks
Beyond their minds as cold as ice
Behind their little white washed lies
Love don't exist
Dead or alive
Gonna hold your fire high
Stand up for your reasons
Dead or alive
It's a game of do or die
In your fight for freedom
Die with your dreams
Once a child of illusions
Once a king but you've lost your crown
When the walls came tumbling down
Now you walk in the shadows
Down the boulevard of broken dreams
Losing track, floating with the stream
I know the feeling
Like a stranger in a strange land
'Cause you can't see there is love
You can't feel it enough
Your heart is your prison
When there's no light to be seen
When you die with your dreams
And lose your religion
You've been looking for an answer
You've been searching for the key to life
You've been crying in the dead of night
See you drown in the darkness
In the world so freezing cold
It's like a nail hammered through your soul
Sometimes it seems
That you've been born under a bad sign
'Cause you can't see there is love
You can't feel it enough
Your heart is your prison
When there's no light to be seen
When you die with your dreams
And lose your religion
Down in the dust
Where there's no one to trust
When there's nothing to hold on to
Stare yourself blind
In the mirrors of time
For the great divine
You can't choose, can't break the chains
There's nothing to loose and nothing to gain
It's your life, your fate has been sealed
Your alone with your lack of believe
'Cause you can't see there is love
You can't feel it enough
Your heart is your prison
When there's no light to be seen
When you die with your dreams
And lose your religion
Fly me out
On through history we've come all the way
Through wars and destructions
Represent the image of decay
Betrayal and corruptions
I don't wanna be a part of this no more
Fly me out
Fly with me
I don't believe in kings or presidents
In legends and heroes
Humans caused the death of innocence
We fall back to zero
I stare into the blind world and sigh
Fly me out
To find a new tomorrow
Fly with me
Get on your wings and follow
Shout at the sky and pray to the gods
To keep the flame alive
Sweet mother earth
You look hysterical
Condition critical
We need the magic of a miracle
It is a hostile age we're living in
Ungodly sin
I can fell the pain that lies behind your eyes
Fly me out
To find a new tomorrow
Fly with me
Get on your wings and follow
Shout at the sky and pray to the gods
To keep the flame alive
Kneel down, all you heathens
Disbelievers and await his return
Pray for his forgiveness
For we live and never learn
Fly me out
To find a new tomorrow
Fly with me
Get on your wings and follow
Shout at the sky and pray to the gods
To keep the flame alive
Live until it hurts
I wanna taste it
Feel it in my bones
Gonna reach for the sky
I got wings I can fly on my own
I'll go the distance
You'll never see me crawl
'Cause I'm over the hill
And I'm in for the thrill of it all
And you know
Easy come and easy go
I can feel the fire glow
In my body and soul
Live until it hurts
Wanna feel it, fight for all it's worth
Take on the world because it's mine all mine
I ain't gonna sit and waste my time
Live until it hurts
Spread my wings and fly like a bird
It's better to burn out than to fade away
Stand up until my dying day
I'm gonna live it up
Take it as it comes
Have a piece of the pie
Feel like a wild on the run
I'm gonna walk on
Never gonna rest
I'll go for the lot and you know
I'll stand up to the test
Wanna win
Gonna put the wheels in spin
And enjoy the state I'm in
Fell the magic, raise some hell
Live until it hurts
Wanna feel it, fight for all it's worth
Take on the world because it's mine all mine
I ain't gonna sit and waste my time
Live until it hurts
Spread my wings and fly like a bird
It's better to burn out than to fade away
Stand up until my dying day
I'm running with the devil
I'll be kicking up some dust
Push it to the limit
'Cause my motive is my lust
I'm lit up like a rocket
Ready for take off tonight
Nothing's gonna stand in my way
I'll come on strong and live for today
'Cause nobody knows what tomorrow will show
Got a hold on life and I can't let go
Live until it hurts
Wanna feel it, fight for all it's worth
Take on the world because it's mine all mine
Ain't gonna sit and waste my time
Live until it hurts
Spread my wings and fly like a bird
It's better to burn out than to fade away
Stand up until my dying day
Spooked
You dragged me through your system
Your blasphemic religion
Denounced me as a public enemy
Disgraced me for the jury
Lit an outrageous fury
Created all the clouds that covers me
Now you made me
Turned me into what I am
You profaned me
As a child of the damned
You got me spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
Really spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
You brought me to the slaughter
You drank the holy water
Washed your hands and sanctified yourself
Tortured and crucified me
You nailed me to the cross
You burned my eyes and caused me living hell
You deceived me
Now you beg me to forgive
You mischieved me
Disbelieved my right to live
You got me spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
Really spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
Vicious pictures stuck inside my head
Right until you lie dead, right before me
"Forgive and be forgiven" Jesus said
But how do I forget all that easy?
You hurt my mind, you stained my soul
For deeds I haven't done
You killed my pride and blocked my goals
Now see what I've become
I'm coming out to get ya
My personal vendetta
Is gonna free me from your stranglehold
I'm back in violent rage
To revenge my crippled soul
Unchain my anger, let my hate unfold
Right behind you
For the rest of your life
You got me spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
Really spooked
Don't give what you can't take back
Twisted
People think I'm crazy
In a schizophrenic state of mind
Mother Mary save me
From my darkest hour to come alive
In decline
Beyond this tortured mind
I feel intoxicated
Desolated
Images of evil
Scenes of suffering inside my head
I'm falling into pieces
I'll close my eyes before I bleed to death
In my dreams
It all becomes surreal
Inside my world of fiction
Contradictions
Twisted - that's what I am
Ride the road to ruin, I'm losing stand
Don't know what I'm doing
It's slipping through my hands
Oh Lord, won't you help me?
Help me now before it gets too late
I'm burning down the candle
Can't you hold on back the hands of fate?
Through my wretched visions
Mental exhibition
Blind confusion
Disillusions
Twisted - that's what I am
Ride the road to ruin, I'm losing stand
Don't know what I'm doing
It's slipping through my hands
Screaming out to no one's ears
I suffocate inside my fear
I'm out of control
'Cause when the lights are getting dim
That's when my soul begs me to sin
Lord, take me home
Twisted - that's what I am
Ride the road to ruin, I'm losing stand
Don't know what I'm doing
It's slipping through my hands
If it can't be love
No cure for the broken hearted
No hope for the lonely one
Now, baby, ever since we parted
I played a game that can't be won
But I still believe in love
'Cause I know it do exist
Have you ever tried to need someone?
Have you ever tried to feel a love like this?
I know I had my misdemeanours
Here I am to count the cost
You say there's a world between us
That I'm one that you just can't trust
Let me make it up to you
Just gimme one more try
'Cause I'm drowning in this loneliness
And my spirit slowly dies
If it can't be love
If you won't let me into heaven again
I want you to stay by my side
What does it take to be forgiven, my friend?
So where did I go wrong?
I gave too little and expected too much
I wanna die in your arms
I can't get by without the feel of your touch
One million little love affairs, babe
Still the thorn stuck in your side
I promise you, I really swear, girl
That part of me is a part of my life
Can I ever break the walls?
The fortress around your heart
'Cause there is no meaning to it all
When love is torn apart
If it can't be love
If you won't let me into heaven again
I want you to stay by my side
What does it take to be forgiven, my friend?
So where did I go wrong?
I gave too little and expected too much
I wanna die in your arms
I can't get by without the feel of your touch
And every poisoned word that has been said
The reason to regret
Love is stronger
Love is stronger than death
Let's talk it over
Let the good times begin
Let's just get closer, baby
Skin on skin 'till the end
If it can't be love
If you won't let me into heaven again
I want you to stay by my side
What does it take to be forgiven, my friend?
So where did I go wrong?
I gave too little and expected too much
I wanna die in your arms
I can't get by without the feel of your touch
Never too late
Your fading picture
Filling up my senses
You pulled the trigger
Shot through my defences
You left me bleeding
Lying on a bed of nails
There's something we should talk about
Can't let it slip away
Emotionally I'm lost without
Your sweet embrace
I want you, won't settle for second best
Girl, it's true, there's never been no one else
And never will
How could anything right go so wrong?
How could anything good turn so bad?
Girl, you're everything I really want
All I have and all I ever had
I need your loving
Keep it coming to me
Just like the river
That runs into the blue sea
I'm gonna please
I'm begging on my hands and knees
'Cause something deep within has died
My heart is in a mess
The loneliness is hard to hide
Without your caress
You're all I need to fill in the pages
In my book of dreams it's never too late for love
It's never too late for love
How could anything right go so wrong?
How could anything good turn so bad?
Girl, you're everything I really want
All I have and all I ever had
And into the misty eyes of memory
Do you remember how it used to be?
Do you recall all the good times, baby?
The days are dark, the nights are long
If you're not here with me
Love leads the way, the road goes on
The best is yet to come
How could anything right go so wrong?
How could anything good turn so bad?
Girl, you're everything I really want
All I have and all I ever had
Your mind is where the money is
Look at yourself, life in extreme
You're a symbol of wealth and luxury
Fashionable clothes, champagne on ice
Well, it's your definition of paradise
You'd sell your soul for glamour
And trade your heart for gold
You've got eccentric manners
You're in control
On top of the hill
What you don't know
Is that you're mentally ill
'Cause your mind is where the money is
And it never changes
You go blind when you feel the bliss
Of the ghost that haunts your mind
You're blind
Valuable friends, prestigious might
They'll be gone with the wind when money's tight
In the eyes of the man on the street
It all seems so absurd, your selfish greed
Material gods mislead us
The rich will tax the poor
We bite the hands that feed us
And ask for more
It's tearing you up
You want it all
You can't get enough
'Cause your mind is where the money is
And it never changes
You go blind when you feel the bliss
Of the ghost that haunts your mind
You're blind
Can you feel it?
When it tears your soul into pieces
One day the score will be equal again
And the rich will descend from his throne
You can't buy your way into heaven, my friend
You see fate has its price on its own
Now you've been blinded
You just can't hide it
You can't hide it
'Cause your mind is where the money is
And it never changes
You go blind when you feel the bliss
Of the ghost that haunts your mind
You're blind
Hard luck woman
(Stanley)
If never I met you
I'd never have seen you cry
If not for a first hello
We'd never have to say goodbye
If never I held you
My feelings would never show
It's time I start walking
But there's so much you'll never know
I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags, I really love you, I can't forget about you
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man
Before I go let me kiss you
And wipe the tears from your eyes
I don't wanna hurt you, girl
You know I could never lie
Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water
Too proud to be a queen
Rags, I really love you, I can't forget about you
You'll be a hard luck woman
Baby, till you find your man
The one that should not be
My friendly host
I am the ghost that breathe inside of you
I pull the strings
Make you do things you're not supposed to do
I am disgust in desguise
Unleash the fire
Set my spirit free
Feel my desire
My atrocity
Feel me
Within you there's some of me
I'm the one that should not be
In ancient times I lost my wings
And from the sky I fell
Condemned my blackened soul
To dwell among the dust of hell
I am the master of lies
Unleash the fire
Set my spirit free
Feel my desire
My atrocity
Flames rising higher
Tell me what you see
Feel me
Within you there's some of me
I'm the one that should not be
The curse of my name is the course to your pain
Can you feel it?
I'm in command, I'm the blood on your hands
I've deceived you
Unleash the fire
Set my spirit free
Feel my desire
My atrocity
Flames rising higher
Tell me what you see
Feel me
Within you there's some of me
I'm the one that should not be