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Jorn
« The Duke »
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| 1 | We Brought the Angels Down 04:27
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| | 2 | Blacksong 05:35
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| | 3 | Stormcrow 03:54
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| | 4 | End of Time 04:15
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| | 5 | Duke of Love 04:33
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| | 6 | Burning Chains 03:51
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| | 7 | After the Dying 04:59
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| | 8 | Midnight Madness 04:20
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| | 9 | Are You Ready? (Thin Lizzy cover) 03:05
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| | 10 | Starfire (2005 version) 05:26 |
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Jorn Lande - vocals
Jorn Viggo Lofstad - guitars
Tore Moren - guitars
Morty Black - bass
Willy Bendiksen - drums
Stian Kristoffersen - drums on "Starfire," "Stormcrow" & "After the Dying" |
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| 1. We brought the angels down
Maker of time where did you run to
Inside the wheel I cry for you…you
Sore form the sins that make me burn
Circle of fate will keep turning
Is it far...I've got to know
Fading faster soon my journey will be over
There's a place beyond the sun
We must |
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«The Duke» звучит более прямолинейно, нежели предыдущие диски, напоминая мелодикой "Мастерплан", однако, не без своей изюминки. Звук плотный и тяжёлый, пение Йорна звучит хрипло и грубовато, что даже радует. Альбом открывается мощнейшим боевиком «Stormcrow» с поразительно цепляющими драйвовыми риффами. Следующие песни идут просто на ура: сильный номер «End of Time», среднетемповая композиция «We Brought the Angels», не уступающая ей по своей хитовости «Blacksong», рок-н-ролльная «The Duke», мощные «After the Dying» и «Midnight Madness». Немного разочаровывают некоторые пустоватые рок-н-роллы, но в целом, «The Duke» - крепкий и хороший альбом, занимающий достойное место в дискографии Ланде. |
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Йорн Ланде, совершенно заслуженно, находится в авангарде 2-го эшелона рок-музыки (не думаю, что хоть один его релиз разошелся тиражом в 100 и более тысяч экземпляров). И, при этом, вполне с претензией на верхушку. Заработав себе репутацию луженой глотки в массе рок/метал-проектов, норвежец уже без малого десятилетие вполне успешно ваяет сольную карьеру.
Хронометраж альбома вполне по стандартам матерого рокешника 70-х/80-х: порядка 40 минут (10 песен). Саунд - убойный и плотный. Все песни связаны настолько лихим роковым литьем, что не качать - не может. Йорну категорически повезло с его группой. Возможно, гитары и перегружены компрессорами, но так или иначе - саунд у Йорна весьма характерны и узнаваемый. Не обнаружено ни одной слабой песни. Начиная с отбойной «We Brought the Angels Down» и заканчивая аналогичной «Midnight Madness» - все это отборный, матерый хард с примесью метала, записанный и сыгранный с отменным вкусом и харизмой.
А проблемы с релизами у Йорна все такие же: недоделанность. Это и мешает ему засиять так, как он этого заслуживает. «Starfire» - песня классная, но первый альбом вышел всего за 5 лет до этого (это раз), а с учетом того, что на 2007 год у норвежца запланирован был «бест офф» - «The Gathering», то включение в номерной альбом собственной перепевки - мягко говоря, не умный ход. Ну и «Are You Ready?». Она будет и в «Life in America» - так стоило ли впихивать в альбом кавер, при явном «маловато будет» собственных песен? То ли боится, то ли ленится... Не пойму. Будь тут 10 новых песен, я бы еще понял наличие каверов, в качестве бонуса. Но тут... и это при столь замечательной подборке собственного материала.
Маэстро Йорн – надеюсь, ваш новый альбом будет именно вашим альбомом, и такие неприятные мелочи, как переделки себя и хронические каверы великих вещей с вашим голосом (но можно ведь и без них) - будут отсутствовать или им будет отведено законное, скромное место.
А ведь с таким материалом я готов и «10» поставить. |
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Сольные работы Йорна Ланде, за вычетом дебютного "Starfire", всегда были самодостаточными и полноценными, а не склепанными на скорую руку в перерывах между записями в остальных проектах музыкальными продуктами. Не стал исключением и "The Duke", продолжающий традиции своих предшественников и поднимающий планку еще выше. Йорн вновь радует отменным хард-н-хэви с плотным гитарным звуком, дает рок-н-ролла ("Duke Of Love", "Are You Ready") и, конечно же, отдает должное Whitesnake ("Burning Chains"). Гитарист Лофстад творит чудеса, сам Ланде неподражаем, и поэтому очередной сольник вокального бога снова заслуживает высокой оценки. |
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Why we can't stop running
We brought the angels down
And made them evil
There's no religion without crime...no
Are we the last in time, the darkest flower?
I spread my leaves into the night sky
Warrior of death, who do you turn to
Inside you feel it scream for you... they knew
Haunted by pain it makes you burn
The ghost of your mind will return...ooh
Is it far...I've got to know
Fading faster soon my journey will be over
There's a place beyond the sun
We must find the reason
Why we can't stop running
We brought the angels down
And made them evil
There's no religion without crime...no
Are we the last in time, the darkest flower?
I grow my leaves into the night sky
Take me far...I've got to go
Moving faster as my heart is getting older
There's a place beyond the sun
We must find the reason
Why we can't stop running
We brought the angels down....
We brought the angels down
And made them evil
There's no religion without crime...no
Are we the last in time, the darkest flower?
I grow my leaves into the night sky
Oh...and it's perfect dark...
In my lonely heart... oh yeah
2. Blacksong
I'm gonna fight
even though my life is burning
everything's gonna be all right
even if there's no returning
In silence I'm watching
I feel the world around
So restless staring deeper in the night
Like a far away sun when the fire is low
Like a fading star I'm burning out in the cold
Crying in my blacksong
I'm lonely - Aging fast down the road
Only in my dreams I’m hiding
Till I'm buried naked and old
I'm waiting... watching
I see the world around
Forever reaching deeper for the light
Like a faraway sun when the fire is low
I'm a fading star burning out in the cold
And I'm crying out my blacksong
Distant kingdoms like sparks on the sky
So many visions they come to you and I
The shine of the future gives no hint of peace
For this torn world there can be no release
Hold on...and all that is beautiful dies
Hold on...I'm standing here asking you why
Hold on...I must believe to rise in the blaze
But I'm tired in me running blind in the haze
Hold on...and everything powerful fades
Hold on...all that is young will age
Hold on...touched by evil darker than coil
No salvation for the warrior soul
But I'll keep on fighting...coming home...ooh yeah
Crying in my blacksong
In a faraway sun when the fire is low
Just a glowing star fading out in the cold
Dying with my blacksong
Black... black... turning black
Crying in my blacksong
Crying in my blacksong
3. Stormcrow
I'm coming out at sundown
Casting shadows in this town...
Breathing the night
Holy times are over and I'm a pagan soldier
Looking for love
Stormcrow - I ride the wind
Stormcrow - Into the rain again
I'm a creature of the night you hear me call
Stormcrow
Just a 70's child
I like that rock'n’roll style...so hungry for fame
I'm a beggar and a stealer
Always searching for a healer...ooh
Stormcrow - I ride the wind
Stormcrow - Feeling the pain again
Stormcrow - So black with sin
Like a phantom in the night
I am hiding from the light before I fall
I'll be waiting for the day
When my breath fades away...
It's the price to pay yeah
But I'll give all my power
Racing the hour and live life my way
Stormcrow - I ride the wind
Stormcrow - Into the rain again
Stormcrow - So dark within
Like a devil in the night
I am leaping from the light and I must fall
Stormcrow... Stormcrow
I glide the wind - I'm never giving in
4. End of Time
I have a dream to start over again
In silence bleeding is the heartbroken man
Turning the page as I'm longing for grace
I'm a fading picture of a human in rage
Out in the day I am finding my way
People are dreaming they've got so much to say
Darker than coal in the core of my soul
On fire breathing burning out of control
Tell me who we are coming from the afar
Seek the distant star in a flying car
It's a future world go and get your girl
Reach for the sky till the end of time
Sun's going black; it's the eclipse of my heart
My wounds are open from the life torn apart
Keep up the pace in this digital race
This time machine has got me trapped in the blaze
And the wind must blow as the rivers flow
Will we ever know if the truth will show?
In another world just a boy and girl
Holding on to the end of the line
I hear footsteps in the hall my friend
But no one's there as I look again
Feeling ice cold as I walk the stairs… oh
And suddenly she's there
I see her floating through the air
We all fade to begin again
With silence dreaming every woman and man
Tell me what she did tell me who she was
Show me how she loved here before
Did she run around with the boys in town?
Living fast at the end of the line...no time
I'm like a jet... I like the speed yeah
Coming faster
I'm holding on till the end of time… of time
5. Duke of Love
I've been running with demons
From the day I was born
Burned my soul in the fire
It turned my heart to stone
But I came out of the shadows
And stood my ground through the storm
I stole desire from the devil
And power from the Lord above
I'm the Duke… the Duke of Love
No King can love a woman like the Duke of Love
The Duke can't get enough
Your soul belongs forever to the Duke of Love
I'll suck you dry like a vampire
I'll make you shiver and moan
Oh baby you are the reason
Please let me take you home
I'm the Duke… the Duke of Love
No King can love a woman like the Duke of Love
The Duke can't get enough
Your body burns forever for the Duke of Love
Oh Baby...
Now listen...
I'm a hound for good loving
Like a dog for a bone
And if it's raining in your heart baby
You need love to keep you warm
I'm the Duke… the Duke of Love
No King can love a woman like the Duke of Love
The Duke can't get enough
Your heart will stay forever
With the Duke of Love
No King can love a woman like the Duke of Love
No King can love a woman like the Duke of Love
Get over here baby...I'm the Duke
The Duke of Love...all right
I'm the Duke...the Duke of Love
I'm the Duke
I'm the Duke
I'm the Duke
6. Burning Chains
Driving in the pouring rain
My heart's heavy filled with pain
I think of you and of what went wrong
I wonder how I can carry on...oh baby
Like a coin in a wishing well
Keeping secrets I can never tell
Passing roads that lead to hell
As love is slowly dying
Tell me why you said goodbye
And left me in the storm
I'll never know the reason why you're so cold
Always just a fool in love, blinded by your smile
But in your eyes I saw the lying
I surrender - Surrender to the state of heartache
A love pretender - Only you can set me free
You left your burning chains around my soul
Always just a fool in love
Now I pray to the Lord above
Is there a way to stop the crying
I surrender - Surrender to the state of heartache
A love pretender - Since the day you went away
You left eternal pain inside my heart...ooh
Tell me why you said goodbye
And left me in the storm
I'll never know the reason why you're so cold
I surrender...ooh
7. After the Dying
From the moment
I came into this world
I have believed
Surrounded by hopes and dreams
Been turning every stone I've seen
To find the key
And soon It's the end for me...yeah
Cast my ashes to the strongest wind
Let the breezes blow through the rain and snow
When it all is over I'll be resting free
Rising soul after cold dying
Oh yeah...No more crying
From the spell of the midnight sun
To the roaring thunder
I found my way...yeah
So many chances I have sacrificed
Passed forgotten roads on my journey home
Cast my ashes to the strongest wind
Let the breezes blow through the rain and snow
When it all is over I'll be resting free
Rising soul after cold dying
Oh yeah...No more crying
After the dying
Cast my ashes to the strongest wind
Let the rivers flow and the trees will grow
When it all is over I'll be resting free
Rising soul from the cold dying
No more...no more... no more crying
Oh lord...there'll be no more lying
8. Midnight Madness
I came here to bring you power
But they all pulled me down
And crushed my tower
Far from heaven fighting the dragon
Blind with anger like devil's spawn
Midnight madness - Sore with sadness
Screaming the pain away...away
Night wolf raving - Madman waving
Howling my blues here in the shade
Like a wreck my rust goes deep
I play it cool but my inside bleeds...yeah
A falling angel in this evil well
Dying forever in my lonely shell
Moonlight madness - Scarred from sadness
Dreaming the shame away...away
Night wolf crying cold and dying
Nothing is new here in the shade
Oh…cold and dying...dying...dying... ahh
Midnight madness - Sore with sadness
Burning my rage again...again...
Raving restless soon I'm breathless
Nothing is new here in the shade
Oh...I'll cry my days of hell
Inside this evil well
Oh yeah...I'm near absolute zero
Just a broken zero
Nothing is new…nothing is true...
I'm howling my blues here in the shade
9. Are you ready
Are you ready to rock
Are you ready to rip it up
Do you know what I'm talking about
Are you ready to get it up
Are you ready to dance
Are you ready to hit the floor
Are you ready
If you're ready I'm ready
Are you ready to rock?
Are you ready to shake it up?
Do you know what I'm thinking of?
Are you ready to tear it up?
Are you ready to dance?
Are you ready to hit the floor?
Are you ready?
If you're ready I'm ready
Are you ready to rip it up
Are you ready to take it down
Are you ready to dance about
Am I messing around
Are you ready to rock
Are you ready to hit the floor
Are you ready
If you're ready I'm ready
Are you ready to rock...rock
Oh yeah
10. Starfire
So many faces cold and worn
Stranded in this world
So little time there's no rewinding
Must be strong and carry on
As the light of the moon catches me I live... I live
As the stars shimmer bright for me I live... I live
I am the footprint in the sand
I am the wind that sweeps the land
I am the eyeglass of a blinded man
In the heat of desire - I'm a starfire
Falling down from the sky...yeah
So many choices where will they lead us
Don't know where to go
Pray for the children for they are the future
Teach them how to play
As the light of the moon catches me I live... I live
As the stars shimmer bright for me I live... I live
I am the footprint in the sand....
As the light of the moon catches me I live... I live
As the stars shimmer bright for me I live... I live
I am the footprint in the sand....
The sunshine and the rain, I am the hurt I am the pain
I am the soldier without a name
In the heat of desire - I'm a starfire
Falling down from the sky - I'm a starfire
Burning desire...I'm a starfire - I'm on fire