Sahara (House of Lords album)
Occupation
- Song: James Christian
- Guitar: Michael Guy
- Bass: Chuck Wright
- Keyboards: Gregg Giuffria
- Drums: Ken Mary
Sahara is the title of the second studio album by American melodic rock band House of Lords.
Formation
After the success of her self-titled debut album in 1988, the band had gone in 1989 as a support for Cheap Trick and later for the Scorpions in the U.S. on tour and had titled I Wanna be Loved, the number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 reached, a small hit.
In 1990, the group went again with the producer of her debut, Andy Johns, to the studio to record the successor to House of Lords. Although the group also took two titles ( Chains of Love, and American Babylon ), which had been written in collaboration with Lanny Cordola, the guitarist but had been replaced after the U.S. tour by Michael Guy, but nothing contributed to the songwriting.
Sahara was the participation of numerous guest musicians: On the images, especially more players like Doug Aldrich, Rick Nielsen ( Cheap Trick ), Chris Impellitteri and Mandy Meyer were involved; for the backing vocals contributed to the support of Robin Zander ( Cheap Trick ), Mike Tramp, Steve Plunkett, Ron Keel ( Keel ) and ex Giuffria singer David Glenn Eisley. Rick Nielsen steered with Heart On The Line addition to the guitar work and a complete song at.
The album contained with the book written by Steve Winwood Can not Find My Way Home also includes a cover version; the original is from Winwood's band Blind Faith. Can not Find My Way Home was released as a single, but reached no quotation in the charts. The second single, Remember My Name, made it to number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending a total of nine weeks in the charts.
Sahara was not a very successful album: it could indeed hold 18 weeks on the Billboard 200, but the top spot was at position 121 (23 February 1991). It was the last album that the band could ever reach the American charts.
Title list
Reception
Metal Hammer wrote, Sahara live " as the predecessor of the indescribable ability of this American band in dealing with melodies, " the " not simply hang in the ear " remained, but " the listener certainly accompany even for the rest of life " would. About The anthem of this album was "undoubtedly the Blind Faith cover version Can not Find My Way Home, " it was " a mega ballad, the final label Evergreen Lords " aufdrückten. Retrieved from " an incredible melodiousness " were the two mid-tempo ballads It Is not Love and Remember My Name, who demonstrated impressively that the band " is able to confidently implement even own material. " Overall, there were a " Melody Metal stroke of genius. "
Music Express said, however, this album exaggerating " well intentioned smooth on the palm, " because the " pomp - rockers led by singer James Christian " made " just about everything wrong, what they do wrong " could. The start "with the lousy cover version of the classic Can not Find My Way Home by Blind Faith, " to " draw on heavy rock lightweights such as Shoot, Chains Of Love and the nearly identical structured songs It Is not Love and Remember My Name in the length " and find his" downright embarrassing completion in the title song, a bombastic souped-up anthem. "Even the new guitarist Michael Guy could the " breathe aimless bustle of the quintet " no" fresh mind. "So withered " all the fruits, the House of Lords once harvested with the debut album, in the merciless barren climate of the Sahara. "