Bloodrock - Bloodrock 2
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Artist: BloodrockEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1995-05-20
Music Label: Repertoire
Soundtracks:
- Lucky in the Morning
- Cheater
- Sable and Pearl
- Fallin'
- Children's Heritage
- Dier Not a Lover
- D.O.A.
- Fancy Space Odyssey
Free Music Notes for Bloodrock 2
Free Music Review: nearly perfect
Hit: 5 Stars
Alright, let me say something right off the bat- Bloodrock is NOT evil heavy metal music! In fact, it's so old that it would be totally laughable to even consider it evil in ANY way (or even heavy metal, for that matter). *Maybe* back in the day people were going around frightened that the lyrics on Bloodrock's first few albums would come out of the speakers and convince people to do evil things, but come on, let's be serious- it's just hard rock music.
Bloodrock's second album immediately caught me by surprise with elements of progressive rock combined with the style of hard rock found on the previous album. It's like Bloodrock was listening to the way Black Sabbath were throwing in all sorts of wild tempo changes and time signatures into their music at the time, and the band members wanted to do the same thing. Did it work? Yes! I'm convinced there's not a decrease in quality from the debut.
The production on Bloodrock 2 is definitely leaning towards a brighter, poppier and friendlier sound. Well, back in the day it may have sounded like that. By todays standards, it's a dirty hard rock sound quite similar to the James Gang or Humble Pie.
I think it's funny that the album cover was supposed to be scary with blood dripping on the band members. Ha! Well, the band needed a gimmick to take off and be successful, and for a small amount of fans, it worked. I wasn't around back in the early 70's but believe me, if I WAS around, I'd be a fan too.
Anyway, the vocal melodies are clearly a step up from the previous effort. This time, Bloodrock made sure to write melodies that were not only catchy, but ones that weren't repetitive either. Just about every song on their second album repeats two or three times. You know, about as much as a tune should. Remember on the debut when they were repeating melodies over and over, and didn't know when to stop? That problem has been fixed here.
"Lucky in the Morning" is a very good upbeat "feel good" song. I love it. It speeds up and rocks out during the second half of the song, indicating that the band was paying attention to the progressive rock movement at the time. "Cheater" continues the theme of being an extremely melodic song on an extremely melodic album (well, melodic by hard rock standards).
"Sables and Pearls" rules. A very beautiful vocal melody, and fantastic guitar playing. It reminds me of the Doors song "Tell All the People". It's kind of funny to think that the song constantly goes back and forth between a peaceful and instantly likeable vocal melody to a really awkward Kiss-sounding rocker. Somehow, it works. I can't explain it.
"Fallin", "Children's Heritage" and "Dier Not a Lover" all seem to blend together in that they are short and snappy little tunes. All three of them rock quite hard, though. "Dier Not a Lover" has some tricky bass work and a nifty organ solo that doesn't sound out of place after all. It's quite good.
"D.O.A." was the song that supposedly was a hit back in the day, but you know, that song hasn't been played on the radio in years. I guess people can't handle lengthy songs anymore. I can. I love the spooky build-up in the verse melody, and the loud screaming chorus. It's memorable. It should have been the last song on the album because "Fancy Space Odyssey" is just a Free-sounding mid-tempo rocker. Good song, though.
Overall, great album for hard rock lovers.
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1995 reissue on One Way of their second album, originally released on Capitol in 1970. Contains all eight original tracks by these hard rockin' Texans, including 'D.O.A.'!Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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