Band:
Sarah Fontaine : Lead & Backing Vocals
Mélissa Fontaine : Lead & Backing Vocals Göran Edman : Vocals
Philip Bardowell : Vocals
Jerry Hludzik : Vocals
Dane Donohue : Vocals
Rick Riso : Vocals
John Barbour : Vocals
Tommy Denander : All Instruments
Paul Sabu : All Instruments & Vocals
Frédéric Slama : Guitars & Keyboards Christian Tolle : Guitars & Keyboards Robert Säll : Guitars & Keyboards Joey Summer : Guitars & Keyboards
Michael Landau : Guitars
Bruce Gaitsch : Guitars
Colin Rodgers : Guitars
Tim Manford : Guitars
David Mark Pearce : Guitars
Stefano Lionetti : Guitars Mario Percudani : Guitars
Daniel Fontaine : Guitars
Eric Ragno : Keyboards
David Diggs : Keyboards
Alessandro Del Vecchio: Keys & Vocals
Morris Adriaens : Keyboards & Vocals
Anna Portalupi : Bass
Urban Danielsson : Bass
Mike Baird : Drums
Miri Miettinen : Drums
Pierpaolo Monti : Drums
Herman Furin : Drums
Pat Thern : Drums
Sacha Spiegel : Drums
Discography:
Debut
Guests:
Info:
Produced by Frédéric Slama
Released 24/7-2012
Reviewed 21/11-2012
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It is classic AOR in style with a very melodic sound and catchy choruses, mainly with vocals from the sisters Fontaine but there are some male vocals in there as well. Everything is brilliantly produced and the sound is excellent, the girls do sing very well as well but in a way the reminds me of the first time Seven of Nine of Star Trek Voyager tries her hand at singing in the Someone to Watch Over Me, technically great but no real emotion. I am not saying that these sisters completely lack emotion but it feels a bit like they try too hard to be perfect, and it is more of the same with the production it sounds perfect and had I not heard a million AOR albums by now I would probably have loved this album to death, but now it feels like I enjoy listening to this album but that I miss something.
I think it is a bit like when Harold Zoid tries to get Calculon to emote when recording a drama in a Futurama episode, like Harold want more emoting. I would have loved to hear the girls singing at the tops over their voices and even maybe go over the top at times, and singing calm songs so emotional that their voices do not quite hold up and such things, I love when girls screams their voices out in choruses of great songs and that would have been great to have them really let loose in the songs rather than hitting everything perfectly. Sure I must say that this is a great album in most parts but it still leaves me with this feeling that there is something missing.
So how to summarise this album? Well, it is a great album in most regards, the songs are very good especially Above Suspicion, You’re My Obsession and the ending track Just Wanna Be Your Heroin which is an addictive track and so are the other ones I mentioned. So if you like AOR I think these sisters will most likely appeal to you, they have received many great reviews which is understandable because this album is excellently made and produced but I still think that it lacks a bit of emotion.
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