… The Stories We Could Tell

… The Stories We Could Tell
Studio album by Mr. Big
Publication (s)	September 30, 2014
admission	2014
Label (s)	Frontiers Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hard rock
Title (number)	14th
running time	01:01:34
occupation	Singing : Eric Martin Guitar : Paul Gilbert Bass : Billy Sheehan Drums : Pat Torpey
production	Pat Regan
Studio (s)	New Century Media, Thud Studios
chronology What If ... 2010 … The Stories We Could Tell Defying Gravity 2017

… The Stories We Could Tell is the eighth studio album by the US rock band Mr. Big , released on September 30, 2014 .

background

Billy Sheehan , Pat Torpey, Paul Gilbert and Eric Martin won over fans and the trade press with their comeback album What If ... , which was released in 2010 after eight years of separation :

“ What if  … leaves no doubt about the functioning of these great musicians as a band, nor about the sincerity of their new start. Immediately with the driving Undertow , a remarkable statement succeeds (...) An extremely charming comeback of this extremely misunderstood hard rock formation. "

- Daniel Böhm : Rocks - the magazine for classic rock; Issue 01/2011, page 97

“This is a successful reunion album! After the divine tour, Mr. Big report with What If ...? back and answer the question of their fans, who wondered for years whether the band would get together again and what the result might sound like. Now we know. "

- Jenny Rönnebeck : Rock Hard, issue 285 (2011)

The group also reappeared in the hit lists: The album was listed at number 50 in Germany, number 7 in Japan and number 117 in Great Britain .

In spring 2013, the band members decided to record another album. Due to the numerous obligations that guitarist Paulo Gilbert and bassist Billy Sheehan have due to their skills, which are in demand around the world, the recordings were difficult. Due to this fact, Eric Martin was obliged to take over almost the entire songwriting for the album. In terms of composition, the basis for the album was therefore laid by Eric Martin, drummer Pat Torpey and producer Pat Regan. The group was also confronted with the news that Torpey had Parkinson's disease. The first symptoms were already partially apparent during the rehearsals for the 2011 comeback tour.

Track list

… The Stories We Could Tell
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	Gotta love the ride	Eric Martin , Paul Gilbert , Andre Pessis	4:28
2.	I Forget to Breath	Gilbert, Billy Sheehan , Pat Torpey , Martin, Pessis	4:13
3.	Fragile	Martin, pessis	4:28
4th	Satisfied	Gilbert, Sheehan, Torpey, Martin, Pessis	4:41
5.	The Man Who Has Everything	Martin, Pessis, Marti Frederiksen	3:58
6th	The Monster in Me	Gilbert, Sheehan, Torpey, Martin, Pessis	4:03
7th	What if We Were New?	Martin, pessis	4:01
8th.	East / West	Torpey, Lanny Cordola	4:29
9.	The Light of Day	Alex Dickson, Gilbert, Martin	3:22
10.	Just Let Your Heart Decide	Gilbert, James Kevin Dotson	4:19
11.	Its Always About That Girl	Gilbert, Sheehan, Torpey, Martin, Pessis, Tony Fanucchi	4:29
12.	Cinderella smile	Gilbert, Sheehan, Torpey, Martin, Pessis	4:56
13.	The Stories We Could Tell	Gilbert, Sheehan, Martin, Pessis	4:01
14th	Addicted to That Rush (Live) (bonus track)	Billy Sheehan, Paul Gilbert, Pat Torpey	6:03

reception

The German magazine Rocks wrote that The Stories We Could Tell was "the first of the eight studio albums to date that doesn't really have the familiar Mr. Big feeling". Sheehan's "normally inimitable growling bass" is "often difficult to guess," and it actually becomes noticeable that thirteen songs were written by Eric Martin and that "the string artists only had the setting in the studio". Individual songs on the album are highlighted in the review: Gotta Love the Ride is "one of the numbers that stretched back to the seventies with their heavy riff", Satisfied is a second one in which "Mr. Big on Foghat ”, and in What if We Were New it sounds“ minimally like old Aerosmith in the verse. ”Other highlights are Fragile, Just Let Your Heart Decide “ as a neat adult version of Just Take My Heart, ”and Cinderella Smile. Nevertheless, The Stories We Could Tell remains "the weakest Mr. Big album," which the reviewer awarded four out of six possible points.

Charts and chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	93 (1 week)	1

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Stories We Could Tell. Allmusic . Retrieved July 1, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Rocks - The magazine for Classic Rock, issue 05.2014, pages 48 & 49.
3. ↑ Rocks - The magazine for Classic Rock, issue 05.2014, page 100.
4. ↑ Mr. Big -… The Stories We Could Tell. GfK Entertainment , accessed on February 21, 2020 .