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Spudman
April 13th, 2006, 10:44 PM
This new album reads like a Who's Who of rock luminaries. There are a few not listed in the review copied below so I'll just make a brief list before the article.

I haven't heard the album yet, but will listen to it at work tomorrow. Ya, it's gonna be a fine day!

Joe Satriani - Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions) - Ronnie James Dio - Steve Morse (Deep Purple) - Jeff Healey - Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) - Ian Pace & Roger Glover (Deep Purple) - John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) - Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) -Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)

As long as Gillan is singing, rock’n’roll is not dead

Ian Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) was one of the foremost vocalists of the heavy metal (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=42&stl_id=2) style of rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) that emerged in the 1970s, earning his greatest renown as a member of Deep Purple (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_deep-purple.html), though he also led bands named after himself. One of the true rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) gods, Ian Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) was the original Jesus Christ Superstar (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_andrew-lloyd-webber__album_jesus-christ-superstar-cd-1.html) and co-wrote Smoke On The Water (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) (one of the most popular songs of all time and usually one of the first songs an aspiring rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) guitarist learns to play) among dozens of other hits. He has played to tens of millions of fans and sold over one hundred million records. But Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) is also an author, a playwright, a screenwriter, a songwriter and a philosopher with a wicked sense of humor and a bit of the devil in his eye. Pavarotti (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_luciano-pavarotti.html) has said he is a genius, and David Gilmour (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_david-gilmour.html) declared that as long as Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) is singing, rock’n’roll (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=38&stl_id=2) is not dead. Nothing sums up Ian Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) more, than Gillan’s Inn (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) With a back catalogue that goes back forty years and a huge network, he had plenty of songs and musicians to pick from.
Joe Satriani, Ronnie James Dio, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and others

Unchain Your Brain (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) is a fast, rough opener from Gillan's (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) solo days and was originally released on Glory Road (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_glory-road.html). Joe Satriani (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_joe-satriani.html) fills Bernie Torme shoes and really rips it up during the solo. Grandpa Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) screams and shouts like a guy in his thirties. On Bluesy Blue Sea (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) we hear Iron Maiden (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_iron-maiden.html) guitar player Janick Gers. During the early eighties Gers played in Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html), so it's a kind of a reunion on this thumping song. Day Late And A Dollar Short (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) is a song from a later solo period on which former Scorpions (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_scorpions.html) and Electric Sun guitar player Uli Jon Roth can really show his strut. The background vocals are provided by no other than Ronnie James Dio. So, a few centuries of rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) experience on offer here. Joe Satriani returns on Hang Me Out To Dry (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html), but plays a modest role compared to the screaming opener. One more song from the Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) solo era, Men Of War (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html), is also present. The great Steve Morse is probably better than the string slingers on the original version on the Double Trouble album. When A Blind Man Cries (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) is the most famous Deep Purple (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_deep-purple.html) B-side. On this quiet song we hear Jeff Healey, indeed a blind guitar player. Healey plays with less subtlety than Blackmore, and makes the song much harder. On Sugar Plum (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) and Thrashed (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) we hear Roger Glover & Ian Paice of Deep Purple (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_deep-purple.html). On the latter song we can truly speak of Deep Sabbath as Tony Iommi blazes thru the guitar parts on the opening track of the infamous Born Again (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_black-sabbath__album_born-again.html) album, the only record Black Sabbath (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_black-sabbath.html) made with Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) as their singer. On the obligatory Smoke On The Water (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) Steve Morse, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Robby Takac & The Mississauga Singers participate.
Gillan’s Inn is an entertaining anthology from Gillan's repertoire

Rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) legend Ian Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) has long lived the epitome of the rock’n’roll (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=38&stl_id=2) lifestyle, so it's only fitting that his new album is a career retrospective that takes fans through the incredible journey that has been his career. Gillan’s Inn (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan__album_gillans-inn.html) is a brilliant hard rocking (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=14&stl_id=2) album recorded in studios all over the world. It is an entertaining anthology from Gillan's (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) repertoire. To build Gillan's (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) Inn, Ian enlisted some of the biggest names from the past 30 years of rock (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=4&stl_id=2) history. Producer Nick Blagona who worked with The Police (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_sting-the-police.html), Chicago (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_chicago.html), Rainbow (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_rainbow.html) and - how can it be different - Deep Purple (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_deep-purple.html) twisted the knobs. Most notable absentees are Richie Blackmore and former Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) member Bernie Torme and John McCoy. Still the result is undeniable fun, a romp through the hazy memories of youth, and a palpable reminder of the place Ian Gillan (http://musicmp3.ru/artist_ian-gillan.html) holds in rock’n’roll (http://musicmp3.ru/ar_genre.html?gnr_id=38&stl_id=2) history.

Nelskie
April 14th, 2006, 05:50 AM
Whoa! That's a HUGE all-star line-up. Let us know how it sounds, Spudman.

Spudman
May 25th, 2006, 08:51 PM
Otay. After some listening I think I can safely say that you can save your hard earned money. All the songs are repeats of earlier songs many of which the original sounded better. A prime example is "Trashed" which is from Born Again the only Black Sabbath album that Ian sang and wrote on. It's a pretty good album too and the original song has a lot more energy and better vocals.

The guests on this album don't make a strong enough showing of their own stuff to make it an automatic buy.

Save your dough for that next guitar or pedal.

tremoloman
May 30th, 2006, 08:53 AM
I'd still love to give it a listen! Sometimes tributes some out great, sometimes not. I've got roughly 100 CDs of tributes. I'd say at the most 20 of them are decent.