Year : 1985 (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 178 mb
Info:
Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.
Album:
The two more celebrated Mr. MISTER albums have been 'Remastered & Reloaded' by Rock Candy Records, featuring a bunch of awesome bonus tracks and a very interesting essay about the recording process."Welcome To The Real World" is the most famous of all, including the two classic, timeless singles "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" both went to #1 on the US singles chart.Although Mr. MISTER achieved colossal commercial success there has always been a vast under appreciation of their musical worth. Unfairly viewed by many as a faceless mid '80s rock & pop band, they eventually scored two worldwide hit singles, their sound showcasing technical ability far beyond the level of musical proficiency normally expected.Indeed, there is an argument that elevates Mr. MISTER into that rarefied breed of highly respected AOR acts such as Toto, Chicago and Steely Dan. Based in Los Angeles, the band was originally formed by Steve George and Richard Page (later adding über drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris).Page and George initially recorded unsuccessfully as 'Pages' before changing members and switching their name to Mr. MISTER, they were then signed to RCA Records by Paul Atkinson, a former member of revered British psychedelic outfit the Zombies."Welcome To The Real World", was the band’s second album and saw them facing a make or break situation. ortunately it was a happy ending, with the album producing two #1 hit singles, in "‘Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" (plus "Is It Love" peaking at #8) and going on to sell in excess of two million copies.Co-produced by former Yes soundman Paul De Villiers, the album showcases a collection of highly polished tracks, fusing lyrics, melody and showmanship into one glorious clutch of tracks that actually owe as much to progressive rock and light AOR as they do to catchy FM rock & pop.The Rock Candy release of "Welcome To The Real World" is a true 'Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition' as they say, not only for the fully 24bit remastered sound, but also 6 great bonus tracks.Additionally the 16 page full colour booklet is excellent featuring rare Mr. MISTER photos from the era, new interviews with members of the band and the story of the recording.
Line-Up:
Richard Page - lead vocals, bass
Steve George - keyboards, vocals
Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
Steve Farris - guitars
Jack Manning, Casey Young: add. keyboards, programming
Tracklist:
01. Black / White
02. Uniform Of Youth
03. Don't Slow Down
04. Run To Her
05. Into My Own Hands
06. Is It Love
07. Kyrie
08. Broken Wings
09. Tangent Tears
10. Welcome To The Real World
11. Kyrie (Extended Version) Bonus Track
12. Broken Wings (Live) Bonus Track
13. Uniform Of Youth (Live) Bonus Track
14. Is It Love (Dance Mix) Bonus Track
15. Is It Love (Dub Mix) Bonus Track
16. Broken Wings (Extended Version) Bonus Track
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