Payback time
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| Studio album by Marya Roxx | |||
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Publication |
November 5, 2008 (Europe) |
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admission |
2008 |
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| Label (s) | Global Music | ||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
36:16 min. |
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Studio (s) |
DR2 records |
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Payback Time is the debut album by Estonian rock singer Marya Roxx . The album was released on November 5, 2008 in Europe and on November 8 in the United States . The CD was released through the Global Music record company .
Production and Success
Together with Kevin Shirley ( Iron Maiden , Journey ), ex- vanilla ninja bassist and singer Maarja Kivi worked on her debut album in the United States in the summer and fall of 2007. In December 2007, her stage name changed to Marya Roxx and parted with her previous management at Icezone Music . For the album she hired studio musicians such as Paul Crook , Derek Sherinian (including Billy Idol and Alice in Chains ) as well as the two drummers Anton Fig (including Bob Dylan , BB King and Ace Frehley ) and Brian Tichy ( Whitesnake ).
With the exception of the cover versions “Nothing Going On” ( Clawfinger ) and Time to Run ( Phantom Blue ), all tracks on the album were composed and written with the help of Kivi. The arrangements were made in collaboration with Kivi's band.
The Extended Play 21 ?! with the later album tracks 21! , Oh Yeah , Rebel and the Clawfinger cover version Nothing Going On . The publication of Payback Time followed in November .
Music genre
Musically, Marya Roxx is catchy rock with subtle hard rock and metal influences.
Track list
| # | title | Duration |
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| 1. | Time to Run | 4:16 |
| 2. | Oh yeah | 3:29 |
| 3. | Strong | 3:56 |
| 4th | 21 ?! (Single version) | 4:22 |
| 5. | Filth | 4:07 |
| 6th | Rebel | 3:11 |
| 7th | Nothing going on | 3:26 |
| 8th. | Loverboy | 3:23 |
| 9. | Payback time | 3:29 |
| 10. | Boneyard | 3:57 |
criticism
Overall, the album received very negative ratings from music critics. The obvious calculation was rated negatively. Many songs would appear "constructed from front to back and as if they were created on the drawing board".
Matthias Reichel from cdstarts classified the CD as a “thoroughbred hard rock album ”. Kivi is based on the early 1980s and tries with a "deep, roughened voice to get an authentic idea of her new profession". The result could not be convincing, however: “The songs are solid, but have neither significant finesse nor really good melodies. The riffs and solos [...] sound like [...] heard umpteen times [...] and unfortunately always very similar ”. Kivi has to be careful “that it doesn't sound like a second-rate edition by Doro Pesch and Joan Jett ”. All in all, the Estonian debut album is "just a sobering attempt [...] to change the musical camp, which is boring after the second listening session and is difficult to take seriously".
Stormbringer , an online portal for everything to do with hard rock and heavy metal, evaluates it more positively: Kivi's debut moves “between classic rock, hard rock and sleaze metal ”, and the singer's voice, moving in the middle register, is powerful and expressive. “There are still no real over-hits to be found, but there are just as few compositional failures.” Overall, Kivi does not have to “hide behind the numerous male competition [...]”.
On the other hand, the album was rated positively by the rock magazine Rock Times . Their reviewer Moritz Alves described the music as a “groovy, timeless rocking metal sound garment” paired with an expressive organ.
Individual evidence
- ↑ roadrunnerrecords.com roadrunnerrecords.com: First publication in Europe and the USA ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed January 7, 2012)
- ↑ credits of the album
- ^ A b c Moritz Alves: Marya Roxx / Payback Time. Rock Times , December 16, 2010, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ^ A b Andreas Schulz: Marya Roxx: Payback Time (Review). Musikreviews.de, December 10, 2010, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ cdstarts.de: Matthias Reichel on "Marya Roxx - Payback Time" (accessed on January 7, 2012)
- ↑ stormbringer.at: "Marya Roxx - Payback Time" (accessed on January 7, 2012)
