The Mob (album)
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| Studio album by The Mob | |
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Publication |
November 7, 2005 |
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admission |
April 2005 |
| Label (s) | Frontiers Records |
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Format (s) |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
42:52 |
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The Mob is the debut album by the US hard rock band The Mob , released in 2005 . The commercial success of the album did not materialize, so the group did not seek a second release and broke up.
background
Reb Beach put the group together after his record company, Frontiers Records, encouraged him to record the material he was introducing with his own band. Beach selected singer Doug Pinnick from King's X , keyboardist Timothy Drury (then Whitesnake ), and night ranger drummer Kelly Keagy for the project. As a producer , Kip Winger, the singer and bassist of the group Winger , was engaged, who also played bass for the recordings, but did not belong to the group.
In April 2005, the recordings for the album began, which took place in Kip Winger's private recording studio in Nashville . The group decided on eleven tracks to be released, one of the songs, The Magic, being sung by Kelly Keagy. The album also contained an instrumental track titled Spaghetti Western , a guitar solo by Reb Beach was recorded as a separate track ( Guitar Solo ).
Track list
- One Track Mind (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:20
- Wait (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:38
- The Magic (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:29
- I Will Follow (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:33
- Guitar Solo (Beach) - 1:20
- Never get Enough (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:51
- Love Will Carry On (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 4:22
- Turn to Stone (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 3:54
- No Reason Why (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 3:22
- Spaghetti Western (instrumental piece) (Beach) - 3:18
- I Want to Live Forever (Beach, Pinnick, Winger) - 3:37
reception
Mike Borrink wrote for Rock Hard that if you leave out “a guitar solo and the instrumental spaghetti western ”, you will find “nine catchy tunes at the highest hard rock level” on the album. He mentions Turn To Stone , One Track Mind , Never Get Enough and I Will Follow as examples and stated that “anyone who has already found Reb's solo album Masquerade good” “or is interested in contemporary Winger with soulful, black vocals” can access it. The Mob is "a no-frills hit album".
Greg Prato, reviewer at Allmusic , wrote that the material contained on the album was "hard-edged", producer Winger found "the sound surprisingly heavy" and that there was "no chance of mistaking the album for a new release by Poison ." contain the album "elements that would loudly scream" 80's Metal "". Anyone who is a fan of "early Kings X material", especially " Out of the Silent Planet (1988) and Gretchen Goes to Nebraska " (1989), can be sure that they will like The Mob .
Scott Jeslis wrote for Metal Express Radio that musically, "this release is a powerful and fun mix of 80s and 90s hard rock from start to finish ." One shouldn't make the mistake of “comparing The Mob with Winger”, the music is “decidedly harder and edgier”. Pinnick's vocals give “the musical direction almost a modern rock feeling”, and one can experience “probably the hardest bass game that Kip Winger has ever heard” on the album. Another plus is "Beach's guitar playing with heavy rhythms and the best lead guitar parts that he has recorded in recent years". The shredding is "by no means neglected" on this album, the background vocals, like the production, are "very well done."
Web links
- Official website with audio samples
- The Mob at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mob's official MySpace website
- ↑ a b booklet of the CD
- ↑ Review in Rock Hard, issue 223 (2005)
- ↑ Review on Allmusic.com.Retrieved April 3, 2012
- ↑ Review on Metal Express Radio (English)