Blackmore\'s Night - Ghost Of A Rose (2003)

Artist...............: Blackmore's Night
Album................: Ghost Of A Rock
Genre................: Rock Folk
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2003
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 448 Mb


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It appears that Ritchie Blackmore, legendary Brit guitar god, axe king of the glorious Deep Purple and Rainbow, is persisting in his attempt to reinvent himself as some kind of Medieval folkie. The fifth outing by Blackmore's Night is another tepid yet overwrought bag of originals, and a wretched cover of Joan Baez's classic "Diamonds and Rust." The issue here is not whether Mr. Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night have the chops. They clearly do. That they insist on using the recording studio to virtually sterilize all that made the music they hold so dear so vital and dangerous is the real problem. These songs, with their glossed-over edges and Ms. Night's completely rounded vocals, leave all of the dark passions they seek to reveal embedded in the songs themselves, like lovers in a cage, stranded. One listen to the early Steeleye Span recordings, or the Watersons "Frost and Fire,"" reveals in spades just how threadbare and empty of life this record is.

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Tracklist
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01. Way To Mandalay
02. 3 Black Crows
03. Diamonds And Rust
04. Cartouche
05. Queen For A Day (Part 1)
06. Queen For A Day (Part 2)
07. Ivory Tower
08. Nur Eine Minute
09. Ghost Of A Rose
10. Mr. Peagram's Morris And Sword
11. Loreley
12. Where Are We Going From Here
13. Rainbow Blues
14. All For One
15. Dandelion Wine
16. Mid Winter's Night (Live Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]
17. Way To Mandalay (Radio Edit) [Bonus Track]