Year : 1987 (Japan BSCD2 Remastered Edition 2018)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Denmark
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 169 mb
Bio:
Pretty Maids are a Danish hard rock/heavy metal band from Horsens, Denmark. Formed in 1981 by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis on melodic elements like vocals and keyboards.Over the years, Pretty Maids have sold hundreds of thousands of records, but have never broken through in a major way, except in Japan during the 1990s. They have supported well known bands as Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Saxon, and were also featured at the 1987 German version of Monsters of Rock, where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple.After a prolonged international touring hiatus before the release of the 2006 Wake Up To The Real World album, the band have every year since been touring their primary markets of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Spain.In March 2014, Pretty Maids are going to release their 13th studio album Louder Than Ever.
Album:
Future World is the second album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. The album was released by CBS in 1987. By 1990, the album had sold 300,000 copies worldwide.The album charted at number 165 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.Future World was produced by Eddie Kramer, who was fired during the recording sessions because he fell asleep at the mixing console, according to guitarist Ken Hammer. The band then finished the album with engineer Chris Isca, who was credited as co-producer on the album.Mixing duties were shared between Metallica, Rainbow and Morbid Angel producer Flemming Rasmussen, and Kevin Elson, known for producing multiplatinum albums by Journey, Mr. Big and Europe. Pretty Maids from Denmark are THE Heavy Metal reference in Scandinavia since the mid'80's. It is for sure a very great band and Future World is THE album from the band. I don't know who drew the album's artcover but it is beautiful and still up to date. OK lets forget about the pictures of Pretty Maids members on the back of the cover, lets say to the youngest of you that it was very fashion to be dresses and hair-styled like this... But hey, how many bands tried to get the same cover and to bring out the equivalent but failed??? They were and still are plenty.About the band: the two leaders are Ronnie Atkin (vocals) and Ken Hammer (guitars) you just need to take a look to their live album Screamin' Live you'll only see pictures of these two guys...But lets admit what a talent, what a songwriting and what a powerful and modulable voice. Ron's vocals can be either very soft and melodic or deep and strong and fits perfectly with Pretty Maids style and riffs.When you only listen to the intro you think this is a S.F. movie of some kind. Future World's riff is fast and melodic (I think Sepultura has taken something of it to put it in Arise...). We Came To Rock is a great mid tempo. Love Games and Long Way To Go are great AOR songs with a catchy melodies. Yellow Rain is fantastic art : the intro is very soft , then great power is delivered til the end: a classic. Loud And Proud is a good heavy one too. The riff of Rodeo could be a mixture between a Scorpions and an Europe song but in the end it's just a great Pretty Maids song. Needless In The Dark is a killer too. The last song of this masterpiece Eye Of The Storm is a ballad and a great one.
Line Up:
Ronnie Atkins – lead vocals, backing vocals
Ken Hammer – guitar
Phil Moorhead – drums
Allan Delong – bass guitar
Alan Owen – keyboards
Graham Bonnet - backing vocals (tracks 2, 5)
Philip Hart - backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6)
Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer
Aaron Hurwitz - engineer
Chris Isca - mixer (tracks 8), engineer, co-producer
George Cowan - engineer
Ken Lonas - engineer
Thom Cadley - engineer
Tommy Hansen - additional recordings
Morten Henningsen - additional recordings assistant
Flemming Rasmussen - mixer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
Kevin Elson - mixer (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
Frank Birch - assistant mixer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
Wally Buck - assistant mixer (tracks 3, 6, 9)
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Tracklist:
01. Future World
02. We Came To Rock
03. Love Games
04. Yellow Rain
05. Loud 'n' Proud
06. Rodeo
07. Needles In The Dark
08. Eye Of The Storm
09. Long Way To Go
+ Video "Future World" (Official Video)
+ Video "Love Games" (Official Video)
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