All Systems Go
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Publication |
May 17, 1988 |
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1988 |
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| Label (s) | Chrysalis Records | |||
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Title (number) |
11 (LP) / 13 (CD) |
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running time |
48:28 / 54:35 |
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Vinnie Vincent, Dana Strum |
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All Systems Go is the second studio album released in 1988 by the American glam metal band Vinnie Vincent Invasion , which was founded by the former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent . It is the last album by the band that originally had a record deal for eight albums. Chrysalis Records terminated the contract in 1989.
background
A year later, Vinnie Vincent and his band, founded in 1985, released the group's debut album, which was recorded with singer Robert Fleischmann (Ex-Journey). Fleischmann left the band immediately after the album was released and was replaced by Mark Slaughter , who was also seen in the video clip for the single Boyz Are Gonna Rock , where he moved his lips to Robert Fleischmann's vocal track . The group's debut album reached number 64 on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed there for 14 weeks.
Vincent wrote all the songs for the second album himself. The title Love Kills was provided for the soundtrack of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master . The title Ashes to Ashes was released as a promo single ; a video clip was produced for the song That Time of Year . Also Love Kills was extracted and was ultimately the only real single from the album; A video clip was also shot for the song, showing Vinnie Vincent with the typical Freddie Kruger props (razor glove, sweatshirt and hat).
The record company and the management of the band tried to change the image of the band at this time: It was decided to let Mark Slaughter conduct the interviews in the future, in a letter the press was asked to print photos of the band or all individual members, and attempts were made to present the band as The Invasion in the future . This all served the purpose of presenting the group as a unit and to make it clear that the other members of the band were not Vinnie Vincent's vicarious agents.
After the release of the long player, the group went on tour in July 1988, but separated after the concert at the Celebrity Theater in Anaheim on August 26, 1988.
Track list
- 5:04 - Ashes to Ashes (Vincent)
- 3:39 - Dirty Rhythm (Vincent)
- 5:35 - Love Kills (Vincent)
- 3:31 - Naughty, Naughty (Vincent)
- 4:38 - Burn (Vincent)
- 5:32 - Let Freedom Rock (Vincent)
- 4:43 - That Time of Year (Vincent)
- 4:11 - Heavy Pettin ' (Vincent)
- 4:33 - Ecstacy (Vincent)
- 3:57 - Deeper and Deeper (Vincent)
- 4:05 - Breakout (Vincent)
Bonus tracks of the CD version:
- 2:01 - The Meltdown Instrumental (Vincent)
- 4:07 - Ya Know 'I'm Pretty Shot Instrumental (Vincent)
reception
Like the debut album, All Systems Go reached number 64 on the Billboard 200 and stayed in the charts for 16 weeks.
Götz Kühnemund from Rock Hard magazine wrote about All Systems Go that the debut album had “still shown very promising and above all original approaches”, but with All Systems Go “Vinnie and his friends did exactly what Kühnemund believed not two years later” at that time "apparently everyone" said: "They are copying Led Zeppelin". The band does this "by no means as obviously as, for example, Kingdom Come", but unfortunately not as well either. The song Ashes To Ashes is based “clearly” on the classic Immigrant Song , but “does not reach its class (of course) by far”. After that it would be “even flatter and more unimaginative” - pieces like Love Kills would “now even get Poison on the line.” A plus point is “the successful production”, which All Systems Go makes “background music appear justifiable”.
Metal Hammer wrote that Vincent presented on the album "a robust mixture of ballads and tough songs." The eleven songs of the long groove could be "impressive in terms of production." Vinnie Vincent makes "once again clear that he is not just playing around on the guitar" can, but rather “master the craft of soulful tone and sound setting from the bottom up”. Songs like Ashes To Ashes or Dirty Rhythm are very well arranged and go well. The singing reminds “the shocked listener” at first “of a castrated version by Udo Dirkschneider. But even after long sitting and repeated listening ”,“ the eardrums did not want the right listener to come up. ”Despite this“ vocal technical mistake ”, Vinnie Vincent“ can be sure of success in the States ” will be decided, “remains to be seen.
The magazine Musikexpress said that All Systems Go offers "the old song in a new edition:" Someone is holding "a guitar in his hands," climbing "his neck up and down" and imagining that he can "with his petty magic." Unhinge the world. Like a berserk ”Vincent furrows through the songs, he is always striving to secure“ a place in the panopticon of string acrobats ”. He “still suffers from Yngwie syndrome,” which means: everyone and everything for one guitar. In addition, there is "that strict Led Zep sound and drum smell, which, especially in Ashes To Ashes and Dirty Rhythm, mercilessly poured out any initiative". “Exaggerated virtuosity on the one hand and inadequate material on the other” are not the wood from which world-shattering hard rock albums are carved.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dale Sherman: Black Diamond. The Unauthorized Biography of KISS. CG Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-896522-35-1 .
- ↑ Billboard Chart History for "Vinnie Vincent Invasion"
- ↑ a b Julian Gill: The Kiss Album Focus. Volume 2: (1983-96) Hell or High Water. ISBN 1-59926-358-0 , pp. 61-87.
- ↑ Billboard Chart History for "All Systems Go"
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund: Review. In: Rock Hard , issue 27, 1988
- ↑ Metal Hammer , Issue 5/1988, p. 56
- ↑ Musikexpress , issue 6/1988, p. 117