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Дебютный альбом английской хард роковой банды. Это очень специфическая группа, в своё время заслужив огромное количество наград и став одной из самых любимых бэндов в Японии, сейчас решительно не подаёт признаков жизни. Я думаю, каждый уважающий себя хард рокер должен был хотя бы пару раз слышать имя этой замечательной команды. Образовался этот коллектив в 1995-м году когда к вокалисту Гари Хьюзу, занимающемуся сольной деятельностью, присоединились два бывших члена группы Dare, гитарист Винни Бернс и ударник Грег Морган. Дебютный альбом был записан с помощью продюсера Майка Стоуна, отметившегося с Journey, Asia и другими. Таким образом, банда воспользовавшись услугами хорошего продюсера записала альбом с прекрасным качеством записи, не слишком правда оригинальным, но зато лишённым каких-либо огрехов. А вот сам музыкальный материал представлял собою достаточно удачную картину – это был такой мощный современный хард рок, замешанный на АОРе, технически напоминающий музыку Talisman, Kingdom Come, Magnum, Dokken и Pink Cream 69, с красивым и харизматичным вокалом, а также весьма позитивными и добрыми мелодиями, иногда даже чересчур разбавленными сахарным привкусом. Тут я должен сразу предупредить всех о том, что группа исполняет специфическую помесь харда, в шутку ещё называемым карамельным, только не путайте с happy (power metal). Однако если бы это была пустышка, то вряд ли она смогла бы меня вообще заинтересовать. Хотя ребятам ещё нужно вовсю трудиться дабы их мелодии были более яркими и запоминающимися, но и здесь есть чем поживиться каждому хардовику. Отлично выглядят такие боевики как напористый и драйвовый «Lamb To The Slaughter», мощный номер «Stay With Me», вещь «After The Love Has Gone» с интересными гитарными партиями, а также парочка баллад типа «Yesterday Lies In Flames» и «Close Your Eyes And Dream». В целом, альбом «X» - вполне нормальное творение как для дебюта, однако ребятам ещё нужно многому учиться дабы перерасти стандарт. |
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And she loves me so much I taste
The paradise in her heart
Like a shooting star
It's all about love
The war we're fighting for
It's all about love
It's all about love
The war to find a cause
It's all about love
She's beautiful, she's a princess
No shoes on her feet
I was haunted by the nightmares
Til she came to set me free
Now we live as one in the kingdom
Where passion reigns
In the midst of making love I feel it
Coarse through her veins
With her touch and her sighs I get
Adrenalised with desire
As I stare in her eyes she makes me
Energise in the fire
Let the flames burn higher
It's all about love
After The Love Has Gone
If we should come too close, we run away
Didn't we want this after all
Climbing so high that we become afraid
What if we can't survive the fall
For as we dance the orchestra plays blind and scoreless
Still the symphony never strays
Even when the moonlight turns your heart to stone
Lying side by side, feels like you're alone
These eyes, wide awake 'til dawn
Watch an endless night
After the love has gone
Are we just faces from a masquerade
Banging our heads against the wall
These are the days we rush to come of age
No turning back, but i recall...
A place of midsummer madness
Played with the senses
On the edge of a timeless page
Once upon a cold night on the wings of a storm
In enchanted light, lovers and dreams were born
Soul rise, life's eternal sun
That grows old and died
After the love has gone
Love is a tapestry life can fray at the corners
But it's colours should never fade
When you're love has gone
Love becomes a fine wine slowly spilt from the grail
It's a bed of nails no one can lie upon
This time live and breathe as one
For it's much too late after the love has gone.
Yesterday Lies In The Flames
What can I do, I get insane without you near
How can I sleep without you here
You touch me in a way that words cannot explain
But how it feels is more than real.
I never knew that it could be this way with you
Making me whole, feeding my soul
And nothing can deface the temples we embrace
Until the dawn, we journey on
I am on fire tonight, yesterday lies n the flames
Burning with emotion we rise
On this pure tonight, yesterday dies in the flames
We watch our destiny rise from the flames
If I can choose this love will never be abused
Always be near, warm and sincere
I'll never let you know the pain of
What it means to be alone, I need you so.
Day after day, none of he energy decays
Nothing to fear, everything' s clear
The frequencies of love, to give receiving of
Becoming one it has begun
I am on fire tonight, yesterday lies n the flames
Burning with emotion we rise
On this pure tonight, yesterday dies in the flames
As a phoenix we rise from the flames
The Torch
One precious moment, one measure of proof
Is all I need to make me run to you
A flash of light beyond a guide sign blue
In those eyes no disguise could hide the truth
You are almost human when you show how you feel
But things you say can cloak what love reveals
I need the woman that your words conceal
For tonight only flesh and blood is real
Lady, turn your light on
Make me know that you are there
I can' t wait any more, we could fly if you dare
So turn your light on, for I am waiting for you
Let the woman inside you pull me through
To carry the torch
Make love 'til daybreak and I can' t keep a way
As no two nights are ever quite the same
For when I think that all my strength is drained
Then I crawl on my knees to you again
As daylight brakes across the morning sky
She saved a dance to greet the dawning light
I realize that as I watch her flow
There are things only I will ever know
One precious moment, one measure of proof
Is all I need to make me run to you
A flash of light beyond a guide sign blue
In those eyes no disguise could hide the truth
You are almost human when you show how you feel
But things you say can cloak what love reveals
I need the woman that your words conceal
For tonight only flesh and blood is real
Lady, turn your light on
Make me know that you are there
I can' t wait any more, we could fly if you dare
So turn your light on, for I am waiting for you
Let the woman inside you pull me through
To carry the torch
Make love 'til daybreak and I can' t keep a way
As no two nights are ever quite the same
For when I think that all my strength is drained
Then I crawl on my knees to you again
As daylight brakes across the morning sky
She saved a dance to greet the dawning light
I realize that as I watch her flow
There are things only I will ever know
Stay With Me
If you look in my eyes, say you don't need paradise
Then I won't wait around for your call
But I don't think you can, for the truth is I'm your man
Baby, lead me your heart and you're mine
All the time
Stay with me, reach for the light, keep us together
Stay with me, give me a call tonight darling
Stay with me, make you and I go on forever
Stay with me, give love another try
Are you thinking of me, is he thin reality
Do I walk through your dreams in the night
Coz for you, can't you see, that no-one
Compares with me
So wake up baby, you know that you're mine
After all this time
There come a day when baby you will know
I'm deep inside you and I touch your soul
So give into something you can't control
After all this time baby, you can't let me go
Stay with me, you're mine
You know that you're mine I'm everything you need
I love you baby you love me baby
And there's no way out
Stay with me, I think you know that you're mine
I could be yours for life, darling stay with me
Search your heart and you'll find me there
Give love another try
Close Your Eyes And Dream
I watch you sleep
You're everything I hoped for
But never dreamed of finding
I can't believe that all I've ever wanted
Is lying here beside me
Hold me now, there's a beacon
And it shines in me like gold
Tonight, for it cannot be
Denied in me so
Hold me now, I can see a new horizon
In my soul
So lose control
Close your eyes and dream
You're safe within my arms tonight
And this love will last a lifetime
Everything we need
In ours under the stars tonight
Every wish is my command
The words that lie behind your eyes
Mean everything to me
So I'll hold you while you
Close your eyes and dream
You're safe with me
I'll chase away the nightmares
I'll shield you 'til the storm
Runs and you will see
I'll always leave a light there
To burn until the dawn comes
Hold me now, there's a beacon
And it shines in me like gold
Tonight, for it cannot be
Denied in me so
Hold me now, I can see a new horizon
In my soul
I won't let go
Close your eyes and dream
You're safe within my arms tonight
And this love will last a lifetime
Everything we need
In ours under the stars tonight
Every wish is my command
The words that lie behind your eyes
Mean everything to me
So I'll hold you while you
Close your eyes and dream
Eyes Of A Child
Prologue:
You and I life's great ravine
On separate sides,
A hundred miles between
But my love, all is not lost
For life is just another bridge to cross
Little girl say Little boys don't
Grow up just change their toys
Trade the innocence, passion for purity
Cast away those silly games
Leaving only stale remain
Then we fool ourselves
Call it maturity
When we fool ourselves
Call it maturity
It's little wonder such a sad refrain
Dulls our spirit of adventure
On the way
Now I'm asking so you have to tell
Are you still my comic angel?
looking through the eyes of a child tonight
Driving me wild tonight can I unwrap you girl?
looking through the eyes of a child tonight
try to decide tonight how can I trap you girl
Trust me I'm a doctor
Got I need a nurse
Take me for a physical
Little boys say Little girls grow
Materialistic curves sell their souls
For wealth, call it security
They invariably find loveless
Money leaves behind
Such a bitter taste
Love is the only way
Where is the laughter we exhibited
Is it lying by the wayside where it fell
When did we became inhibited
Be yourself my comic angel
You can be the captain
I'm all the crew you need
Ready for a mutiny
Show me, you're the teacher
I would like to learn catch a girl
Kiss a girl
Epilogue:
Childhood scenes of you and me
Still reaching out to live our fantasies
Part of you, another side
That you won't ever have to
Hide from me
We can see this world will be
A better place
It's not too late to dream
Can't Slow Down
It could be my imagination
But are you tonight?
You send me wild with admiration
My sensual satellite
Listen just tell me
Now it's gonna be
Darlin I'll be there
Listen shake the vanity
Take the man in me
On a wing and a prayer
But lady come prepared
Don't you know what you desire
Can't let go of what you've found
Don't you know what you
Inspire in me baby
You can't slow down
It could be blind infatuation
But I have seen the light
Perfectly timed the captivation
To fuel my appetite
Listen don't you wanna be
Making love to me
Touch me if you dare
Listen bridge the sanity
Live your fantasies
On a wing and a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Don't you know what you desire
Can't let go of what you've found
Don't you know what you
Inspire in me baby
You can't slow down
Don't you know you walk in the wire
Can't let go, your heartbeat pounds
Don't you know what you
Inspire in me baby
Lamb To The Slaughter
She's getting ready burnin' with desire
She's got a flame in her heart
There's no way that you can put out the fire
You're gonna get it, got you in her sight
She's gonna tear you apart
For no chains could try to hold her tonight
And when you're no quite sure
If she's gonna let her lover survive
She put her pedal to the metal
Screaming that she won't be denied
She'll lead you like a lamb to the slaughter
Kissing her knife she's an animal
Man to the slaughter
Wild in the sheels...man she's a killer
She's getting ready shed's another skin
And by the look of her face
It's a dangerous position you're in
Her aim is steady, in for the attack
And she may purr like a cat
But her glaws will leave some scars on your back
In the jungle night
She's no stranger to the danger zone
And the candlelight
Is no place to face the lion alone
She's the perfect lover
So much better than the others before
But you pay her debt
When you fly without a net
And you fall...you fall...
Soliloquy
Insrumental track
The Loneliest Place In The World
You're my life, my past, my future
No-one can come close to you
Words are hard to summon, but I've never loved a
Woman how I love you so completely true
There books of lives and lovers
Mine begins and ends with you
There between the covers lies a love so many others
Only dream to feel but for us it's real
So shelter me in your caress
Our love outshines the diamond, pales the pearl
Any place without you near
Is the loneliest place in the world
Under you my darling angel
I have built a pedestal
As my soul companion, there's a canyon setting you
And womankind apart deep within my heart
So shelter me in your caress
Our love has weathered storms and still come through
But isn't that the way it is
I'm not trying to hide what I'm feeling inside
I can't live without you, there's nowhere to hide
When the coldest steel is emptiness
Without your love my life would be absurd
For I can see beyond the tears to the loneliest place in the world
You are the girl who means the world to me
You're the most beautiful there's ever been
You have it all my love you're all I see
Oh believe in me
There's no way but you darling
Nothing can keep us apart
Through the years the pen is showing
Every line dries hard and yet
Let the pages crumble, for as long as ink is flowing
I will never let you have one regret.