Ousey / Mann - Is Anybody Listening (2022)

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Ousey / Mann - Is Anybody Listening (2022)

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Ousey / Mann - Is Anybody Listening (2022)

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Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 115 mb


Bio:

When the first lockdown began in 2020 Khalil Turk of Escape Music Ltd introduced Steve Mann to Chris Ousey with an idea of working together. The pair set to work and quickly realised that there was a great synergy between the two of them. The resulting work “Is anybody listening” is a dynamic work of classic hard rock at its best and certainly stands as some of the best work that either of them have been involved with. Chris Ousey has had an excellent singing career that goes way back to the times of “Monroe” , “Virginia Wolf”, “Heartland” and along the way we have had “The Distance”, “Ozone” and “Snakecharmer” but he will always be known for the much loved “Heartland”. He is nicknamed “The man with the golden tonsils” and that is a fine accolade indeed for he has earned it. His effortless vocal range has gained him a top spot in the world of classic UK hard rock. Chris has also recorded two fine solo albums “Rhyme and Reason” and “Dream Machine” and has most recently shone in the latest Heartland recording “Into the future” with Mike Slamer. Steve Mann is a guitarist, keyboards player, composer and producer born in London, England into a musical family with nearly every family member playing an instrument of some sort. Steve joined his first professional band “Liar” in the 1970’s and two albums were released with an excellent 3rd recording in LA which ended up on the shelf. That is, until it was released in 2021 as “Sunset Plaza Drive” on Escape Music Ltd. After Liar Steve formed the NWOBHM band “Lionheart” with Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden guitarist) and Rocky newton (later MSG). In 1986 Steve was invited by Michael Schenker to join his new project “McAuley Schenker Group” with Robin McAuley on Vocals and Rocky Newton on bass. Steve later went on to join 70’s glam rockers “The Sweet” and also recorded and toured with prog legends “Eloy” This is a very exciting collaboration between two well-seasoned musicians and the 13 tracks on offer here are all excellent classic melodic hard rock which fans will just love from start to finish.

Chris Ousey's career goes from strength to strength. His first main achievement was with Polygram recording artists Monroe with guitarist Gary Sharpe, but Chris never made it to the album as he was snatched in the pre-production stages by John Bonham's son, Jason, for his new band of the moment, Virginia Wolf. The band notched up 250,000 album sales between two records in the form of their self titled debut (produced by Queen's Roger Taylor) and "Push" (produced by Keith Olsen).Heartland was actually formed by Chris with Gary Sharpe and their self-titled debut on A&M Records in the early nineties was produced by James "Jimbo" Barton. Barton eventually teamed up with Heartland bassist Phil Brown and the pair went on to produce Trixter, Steve Perry and Queensryche.Heartland originally toured with Mr. Big in support of their debut album. Chris and Gary later got together and put out "Wide Open" in 1994, after releasing 10 Heartland studio albums, 2 Virginia Wolf, and 2 as The Distance.

Album:

Ousey/Mann is none other than the great vocalist Chris Ousey (Heartland, Virginia Wolf, The Distance) paired with English multi-instrumentalist/guitarist Steve Mann (Liar, Eloy, MSG, The Sweet).Together the pair have recorded a very fine album together. Suggested as a potential pairing together by the Right Reverend Khalil Turk, chemistry quickly evolved into a set of songs that is now released as the album ‘Is Anybody Listening’.Fans of Chris Ousey will immediately be drawn the voice and the style of melodic hard rock on offer here – recent Heartland and solo offering compare favourably and fans of classic British hard rock get their fill with some in your face crunch from Steve Mann.It’s not an unfamiliar sound – especially for Ousey fans – but what is impressive is the energy, the memorable songs on offer and the excellent production and mix.Plenty of keyboards on offer for those that like some contrast to the riffs, but this is very much a guitar/vocal driven record.There is an hour of music here, which might be one or two tracks too long, but I’m hesitant to call out any tracks that could have been omitted.More great stuff for fans of the newly formed duo – and a record whose strength immediately demands a sequel.

Line Up:

Chris Ousey - vocals - seea also: Heartland, Virginia Wolf, The Distance
Steve Mann - guitar , vocals - see also: ex-Lionheart , Michael Schenker Group, ex-Sweet, ex-Liar
Angela Mann - bass
Clive Edwards - drums

+ Jason Mann - back vocals on track 4

Tracklist:

01. The Flag 4:44
02. And So It begins 4:51
03. Brave New World 4:36
04. I’ll Tell You When To Stop 4:11
05. Broken 4:43
06. Cruising At Altitude 4:19
07. Bull For The Fight 4:12
08. The Fall 4:47
09. Is Anybody Listening 4:48
10. Before You Leap 5:06
11. I Know Who I Am With You 4:42
12. No Second Chances 4:30
13. Number One 4:45


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