Badlands - Voodoo Highway
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Artist: BadlandsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-06-11
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
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Free Music Review: FIVE Voodoo Highway Stars for this gem!
Hit: 5 Stars
Cheesy album cover aside (should've just used Jeff Martin's 'gator with dobro in mouth' creation from the CD face instead.......) 'Voodoo Highway' represents the greatest 80's/early 90's hard rock band at their absolute peak. The debut was amazing but VH is much closer to what BADLANDS sounded like live - raw, edgy, dangerous, and taking chances. I remember a lot of people not liking the production all that much at the time but to me VH sounds just about perfect - it's stripped down, no frills, live wire BADLANDS. I can't even tell you how many times I've jammed along to this album on guitar - these songs will stay with me forever. Ah, yes, the songs - once again Jake and Ray (R.I.P.) prove to be the Page and Plant of the late 20th Century and come up with at least a half dozen mindblowing tracks that range from anthemic opener 'The Last Time' to Ray's soulful gospel acapella piece 'In A Dream' (a musical foreshadowing of his own death only a couple of years later....?) and everything in-between. I absolutely love the supercharging 'Soul Stealer' which literally explodes in your face and leads into '3-Day Funk' - talk about supa-doopa-groovin' (Jake always had that great wrist...) and being 'in the pocket'! Losing Eric Singer and gaining Greg's old Surgical Steel/St.Michael band mate Jeff Martin, whose Mitch Mitchell-style drumming fit Badlands to a T, really proved to be a godsend. You can literally tell these 2 guys have an almost kinetic connection as they provide for a loose but tight foundation that allows Jake to do his guitar thing with reckless abandon and Ray to shine (what a voice!) atop this latter day Led Zep rumblin' train. This album's 'Jade's Song' is 'Joe's Blues' (named after Jake's in-studio VH guitar tech, Joe Holmes, who could NOT play the blues at all but ironically enough would end up becoming Ozzy's guitar player a few years later....) where Jake proves his mastery of the acoustic guitar. Speaking of which, BADLANDS' electrified version of James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain' is absolutely stunning and truly does the original justice. Nothing much else to say other than a) BUY this underrated gem if you can find it (for a decent price) and, b) why is this album totally out-of-print (hello, Wounded Bird - aren't you guys doing all sorts of WEAtlantic re-issues?) to begin with?!
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Digitally remastered edition of the 1991 sophomore album from the Hard Rock quartet. Formed at the tail end of the '80s by super-guitarist Jake E. Lee, together with hugely talented vocalist Ray Gillen, drummer Eric Singer and bassist Greg Chaisson, Badlands looked set to become one of the brightest lights on the scene. By the time of this album, volatile personalities started to rip the group apart, with drummer Eric Singer being the first casualty on a conveyor belt of heartache and turmoil. Its a wonder then that Voodoo Highway, originally released in 1991, proved to be such a magnificent follow up to their acclaimed debut. Crammed to the brim with solid yet melodic Hard Rock, the material is faithful to the band's original concept and co-opts the best of the early '70s lacing it with the sound of futuristic Blues. Rock Candy. 2010.Classic Rock Music CDs
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