Blackmore's Night - Ghost of a Rose (Spec)
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Free Music Notes for Ghost of a Rose (Spec)
Free Music Review: For what it is, it's pretty good
Hit: 4 Stars
This is the first of the Blackmore's Night records I have listened to, but I know more or less everything Blackmore and the various incarnations of Deep Purple, Rainbow and earlier stuff he did. Blackmore is still a fine guitar player, and the Perfect Strangers style is here again, but in a medievel guise. The lyrics aren't wonderful (they don't often pass the read-it-out-loud test) but the music is stunningly well-produced, the vocals are beautiful, and a couple of songs are just about perfect in every way, the Diamonds & Rust cover being the best. The great thing about Ritchie Blackmore is that he usually outclasses faster guitar players by playing just the right notes, and he does it here again. Nice.Free Music Review: Ritchie Blackmore ex Deep Purple Wizard-guitarist
Hit: 4 Stars
you gave two stars below, because you do not know who he is!
he is and still one of the best guitar player in the world. His music playing today is out of Hard rock sound, nowadays he plays Renaissance sound with his mistress Candy Night.
Hear the minstrel plays their tunes -> will bring you back to the periode of Knights, swordsman and sorcerers. Check out the songs such as Loreley (the folklore of german Nymph), Ghost of rose, etc....
You will no doubt him!
Free Music Review: Typically superb!
Hit: 4 Stars
Excellent CD. If you like any of the previous releases from this group you will love this one too. No question about it. Ritchie's guitar work shines brightly here."Way to Mandalay" is my favorite cut followed closely by "Diamonds and Rust" and "Loreley".
Cheers.
Free Music Review: Blackmore's Night goes Adult Contemporary
Hit: 3 Stars
After reading all the glowing 5 star reviews I had to offer a dose of reality. I am a HUGE Blackmore's Night fan, have all their albums and have listened to over 75 of their concerts.From this perspective I would say that Ghost of A Rose is Blackmore's Night's attempt to enter the Adult Contemporary charts and is their least original album. There are some real creative gems on this album (Ghost of a Rose, Where Are We Going From Here, Dandelion Wine, Nur Eine Minute) but also LOTS of filler. Way To Mandalay is a song written by formula just begging for radioplay. Same with Cartouche. Diamonds and Rust is a decent but uneventful rendition of this classic. Ivory Tower is terrible. It is an attempt to sound 'Loreena McKennitt-ish' and fails horribly. The 'gregorian chants' just don't work in the song or the album. Mr. Peagram's... is a very nice renassaince inspired tune. However, Rainbow Blues is abosolutely horrible. First, it does not 'fit' in with this album, period. Second, it is not a very good tune to begin with. Why include it?? It is one of only 2 BN songs that I cannot stand to listen to (the other being 'March the Heroes Home').
All For One is a compelete rip off of Des Geyers Schwarzer Haufen and/or the tradional song 'Was Wollen Wir Trinken' but only not as good. Even the lyrics are pillaged from the original, which is fine except for the fact that BN does not give credit to tradition and the original composer and this is disturbing.
If you own all of the previous Blackmore's Night albums then buy this album and you will probably find something to like on it.
If you are looking for an Adult Contemporary album and you are already familiar with Loreena McKennitt, etc. then buy this album and you will probably find something to like on it.
BUT, if you are looking for the renassaincey sound then buy the Blackmore's Night Masterpiece "Under A Violet Moon". Second, buy the fantastic "Fires At Midnight". These 2 albums are absolutely phenomenal. Third buy "Shadow of the Moon", followed by the official live album "Past Times with Good Company". Then for a REAL experience of BN, get hold of some live bootlegs, this band is AWESOME live!! Then, if you still have money, buy GOAR.
The 'Way to Mandalay' video is just a promotional video, NOT an actual concert recording as suggested by the BN press release.
Free Music Review: Nice enough, but not good enough ...
Hit: 3 Stars
Oddly attractive and repulsive. Bursting with possibility and failing to realise most of it. Smooth and well connected, as we used to describe "legato" in my music lessons.
I am disappointed with Richie Blackmore's playing. It seems to me he hasn't played a new note in 30 years. Very competent, very controlled, virtually nuance free. Ritchie still plays the same way he always has. Somebody as good as Ritchie should be pushing the boundaries, hard.
Candice Night seems to have a very limited vocal range. I rather like her singing but it varies too little. It works best on tracks such as "The times they are a-changing" and "Way to Mandalay".
Candice ought to try writing vocal parts with more interest and a wider vocal spread. With her type of voice, she should be able to sing in higher registers both powerfully and interestingly. Again, she needs to push the boundaries. The same goes for the lyrics. Nice, but could be more.
Overall, I think this music is too competent, too smooth, too produced. Enough keyboards to drown in, if thats your thing. Layered, textured, grit free, despite the "renaissance" instruments. Very Pretty.
The backing vocals should be given more prominence - real renaissance vocal music was equally tempered in all parts - the madrigal form is a good example. There are some good vocalists in this group - bring them up, especially to spread the vocal range.
I can understand the 5 star ratings, I really can, and I also equally understand the 2 star ratings. I think that Blackmore's Night could be a VERY good band, but, for me, it hasn't got there yet.