Year : 1986 (Yesterrock Records Edition 2013)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 101 mb
Bio:
Michael Philip Des Barres, 26th Marquis Des Barres,(born 24 January 1948) is an English actor and pop singer. He appeared as Murdoc in the original MacGyver, Lenny Stokes in Lois & Clark, and Murdoc's mentor Nicholas Helman in MacGyver (2016). He replaced Robert Palmer in the band the Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert.The only child of Philip and Irene Des Barres (Marquis and Marquise Des Barres), Michael Philip Des Barres was born and brought up in Hove, Sussex.He attended Repton School, a boarding school in Derbyshire, and went on to attend the Corona Academy drama school in London and appeared in several plays.He has some French ancestry. His title of Marquis was bestowed upon a 13th-century ancestor Guillaume II Des Barres, a French knight, after rescuing King Philip II of France during the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.Des Barres started his musical career in the glam rock band Silverhead in England in 1972. The group released two albums on Deep Purple's record label Purple Records before breaking up in 1974.After leaving Silverhead, Des Barres moved to Los Angeles, where he formed the band Detective. The band was signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label by Jimmy Page, whom Des Barres had met after a Silverhead performance in Birmingham, England, that the members of Led Zeppelin had attended.Following the break-up of Detective in 1978, Des Barres formed Chequered Past in 1982.In 1983 he co-wrote and recorded the song "Obsession" with Holly Knight. In 1984, the band Animotion had an international top-ten hit with their cover.Des Barres met the members of Duran Duran when Chequered Past opened for a few shows during their 1984 tour. In 1985, when Robert Palmer withdrew from the Duran Duran side project the Power Station just before their American summer tour, Des Barres was chosen to take his place as lead vocalist.On 5 November 2013, the Michael Des Barres Band released a live album, Hot n Sticky Live, which was recorded at the Viper Room in Los Angeles in November 2012.On 7 April 2015, Des Barres released a solo album, The Key to the Universe. Produced by Bob Rose at The Forum Music Village in Rome, the album reunited Des Barres with Nigel Harrison (former bassist of Blondie and Silverhead) on bass and guitar, in addition to Clive Deamer (Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Plant) on drums, and Dani Robinson on guitar.In 2018, he formed the Mistakes, consisting of all veteran musicians – Loren Molinare (founding member of Little Caesar & the Dogs) on guitar, Eric Himel (Powerman 5000, host of the Sunset Jam) on guitar, Paul Ill (LA-based musician with sales of over 20 million records as a studio musician and 4.5 million records as a songwriter) on bass guitar, and Matt Starr (studio and touring drummer with Guns N' Roses, Ace Frehley, Bon Jovi & Whitesnake) on drums. The band is signed to Steven Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records and has released 4 songs – "Living in the USA"/"Gotta Serve Somebody" (1/19/18) and "Crackle and Hiss"/"Stop in the Name of Love" (7/5/19).The Mistakes' plans to tour Japan and Russia in 2020 were cancelled because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Album:
In about 6 years of existence, Universal reissue sub-label YesterRock reissued / remastered a lot of true gems from the past. “Somebody Up There Likes Me“, 1986’s MICHAEL DES BARRES second album, was one of them, also for the first time appeared on CD. As requested, here’s this now pretty hard to find disc.Well known for his work with glam rock act Silverhead and rockers Detective, Michael Des Barres indulged in the sex, drugs & rock and roll lifestyle to the max. Making his first solo album in 1981, ‘I’m Only Human’ proved to be a musical departure, aiming to sit closer to the new wave pop of the time.After fronting the short lived but excellent rock band Chequered Past, Michael was catapulted in front of a worldwide audience when he was vocalist for The Power Station at Live Aid, replacing Robert Palmer. The Power Station toured the world with Des Barres, but sadly they only recorded one song with him, ‘We Fight For Love’, which was used on the closing credits of the Schwarzenegger action movie Commando.Michael returned to his solo career in 1986 with this “Somebody Up There Likes Me”, a superb rocking, melodic album featuring a dazzling array of stars.With guitars contributed by the great Andy Taylor, Steve Jones, bass from Phil Chen, the Tower Of Power providing the horns section, and songwriting contributions from the likes of Dave Stewart and Kevin Savigar, the album is a winner all the way.‘Money Don’t Come Easy’ (which featured Melanie Griffith in the video) is a great ’80s rocker, while ‘Is There Someone Else’ is a glorious heartfelt ballad.There is an excellent cover of ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ and the title track boasts a fantastic chorus which, once heard, is never forgotten.Des Barres sounds fantastic, especially on the moody ‘Too Good To Be Bad’. He also displays his bluesy influences with the Dave Stewart penned ‘Locked In The Cage Of Love’ where the Tower Of Power really shine.‘Thinking With Your Body’, a personal favourite of mine, rounds out a superb record.YesterRock have done us all a big favour by finally making Michael Des Barres “Somebody Up There Likes Me” available on CD, and with a great remaster job by MSM-Studios Munich.Sometimes I see many reissues and think… ‘Why?’ With this one, I think ‘About Time!’
Line Up:
Michael Des Barres - lead vocals - see also: ex-Detective, ex-The Power Station, ex-Silverhead, ex-Chequered Past, ex-Animotion, ex-Michael Des Barres Band, Mistakes
Andy Taylor - guitars
Laurence Juber - guitars
Steve Jones - guitars
Phil Chen - bass
Jim Keltner - drums
Kevin Savigar - keyboards
Bill Summers - percussion
Production:
Producer, Arranged By – Bob Rose
Mixed At – Soundcastle
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
Art Direction – Jeff Adamoff
Engineer [Assistant @ Eldorado] – Tom Root
Engineer [Assistant @ Sound City] – Bruce Barris
Engineer [Assistant @ Studio 55] – Kraig Miller
Engineer [Vocals] – Jeery "Woody" Woodruff*
Engineer, Mixed By – Larry Brown
Management – Gold Spaceship Management
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Marc De Sisto (track 5)
Percussion – Bill Summers
Photography By – Jim Shea
Producer, Arranged By – Bob Rose (
Tracklist:
01. Money Don't Come Easy
02. Do You Belong
03. Is There Someone Else
04. Everything Reminds Me Of You
05. I Can See Clearly Now
06. Somebody Up There Likes Me
07. Too Good To Be Bad
08. Locked In The Cage Of Love
09. Camera Eyes
10. Thinking With Your Body
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