Sahara (album)
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| House of Lords studio album | ||||
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Publication |
1990 |
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| Label (s) | Simmons Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
44:30 |
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Andy Johns, House of Lords, Gene Simmons |
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Studio (s) |
Cherokee Studios, O'Henry Studios (Los Angeles) |
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Sahara is the second studio album by the American melodic rock band House of Lords .
Emergence
After the success of their self-titled debut album in 1988, the band had toured the United States in 1989 as support for Cheap Trick and later the Scorpions , and had a little one with the track I Wanna be Loved , which reached number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 Hit.
In 1990 the group went back to the studio with their debut producer Andy Johns to record the sequel to House of Lords . The group also recorded two tracks ( Chains of Love and American Babylon ), which were written with the assistance of Lanny Cordola , but the guitarist was replaced by Michael Guy after the US tour, who did not contribute to the songwriting.
Sahara was created with the participation of numerous guest musicians : Other guitarists such as Doug Aldrich , Rick Nielsen ( Cheap Trick ), Chris Impellitteri and Mandy Meyer were involved in the recordings ; Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Mike Tramp , Steve Plunkett, Ron Keel ( Keel ) and ex-Giuffria singer David Glenn Eisley supported the backing vocals . Rick Nielsen contributed a full song with Heart On The Line in addition to the guitar work.
The album also contained a cover version of Can't Find My Way Home written by Steve Winwood ; the original is from Winwood's band Blind Faith . Can't Find My Way Home was released as a single , but never hit the charts . The second single, Remember My Name , made it to number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the hit list for a total of 9 weeks.
Sahara was not a particularly successful album: Although it stayed on the Billboard 200 for 18 weeks , it topped the list at position 121 (February 23, 1991). It was the last album with which the band could ever hit the American charts.
Track list
- 5:03 - Shoot Mary, Christian, Wright, Giuffria
- 3:28 - Chains of Love Christian, Cordola, Purdell, Wright, Mary, Giuffria
- 4:53 - Can't Find My Way Home Winwood
- 4:00 - Heart On the Line Nielsen
- 4:09 - Laydown Staydown Mary, Christian, Wright, Giuffria
- 5:38 - Sahara Giuffria, Christian, Mary, Wright
- 4:10 - It Ain't Love Giuffria, Christian, Mary, Wright
- 4:58 - Remember My Name Graham, Mitchell
- 4:29 - American Babylon Wright, Cordola, Christian, Mary, Giuffria
- 3:27 - Kiss of Fire Wright, Christian, Mary, Giuffria
reception
Metal Hammer wrote that Sahara lived "like its predecessor on the indescribable ability of this American band to deal with melodies" that "not only stuck in the ear", but "would certainly accompany the listener for the rest of their lives". The over-hymn of this album was “without a doubt the Blind Faith - cover version Can't Find My Way Home, ” it was “a mega ballad that the Lords finally put the label Evergreen” on. The two mid-tempo ballads It Ain't Love and Remember My Name are “incredibly melodious,” and they impressively demonstrate that the band “is able to confidently implement their own song material.” Overall, it was a “ Melody Metal stroke of genius. "
Musikexpress , on the other hand, said that this album would “drive even the well-intentioned straight to the palm”, because the “pomp rockers around singer James Christian” did “pretty much everything wrong that they could do wrong”. It begins “with the lousy cover version of the classic Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith,” continues “over heavy rock lightweights like Shoot , Chains Of Love and the almost identically structured songs It Ain't Love and Remember My Name “and find its“ downright embarrassing completion in the title song, a bombastically souped-up hymn. ”Even the new guitarist Michael Guy could not“ breathe a fresh spirit into the “aimless hustle and bustle of the quintet.” So “all the fruits withered that House Of Lords once reaped with their debut album in the mercilessly barren climate of the Sahara . "