Tommy Shaw - Ambition (1987) (Rock Candy Remastered 2014)

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Tommy Shaw - Ambition (1987) (Rock Candy Remastered 2014)

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Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns (1984) + What If (1985) (BGO Records Remastered 2013)

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Year : 1984 + 1985 (BGO Records Remastered 2013)
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 103 mb


Bio:

Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and performer best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups including Damn Yankees, Shaw Blades as well as releasing several solo albums. Shaw joined Styx in December 1975. His first album with Styx, Crystal Ball (1976), was titled after his own composition and also includes his songs "Mademoiselle" and "Shooz". Its follow-up, The Grand Illusion (1977), became the group's breakthrough album, which went platinum due in part to Shaw. He personally went from studio to studio, coast to coast and pleaded with stations to play the band's single "Come Sail Away" (written and sung by Dennis DeYoung). The album also featured the radio hit "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)", penned by Shaw.Styx's eighth album, Pieces of Eight, was the breakout album for Shaw's songwriting talent. His rock-oriented contributions "Renegade" and "Blue Collar Man" were the only major hits from this release, reaching #16 and #21 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, and they became 1970s rock-radio staples and perennial Styx concert favorites.The Shaw-sung ballad "Sing for the Day" also became a moderate hit, hitting number #41, making Shaw the writer and singer of all three singles pulled from the album. Tommy Shaw was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame on February 22, 2008 at their awards banquet held in Shaw's hometown of Montgomery, Alabama at the new Montgomery Convention Center, the construction of which was completed just prior to the ceremony.In the early 1990s, Shaw, Ted Nugent, Jack Blades (of Night Ranger), and drummer Michael Cartellone (Shaw's drummer during his 1988 Ambition tour) formed the band Damn Yankees. Their biggest hit, "High Enough", was co-written by Shaw. The band had a strong concert following, and their second album went platinum, but the band went on hiatus until 2000, when they recorded an album that, because of poor production quality, was never released.Shaw returned to a reunited Styx in 1995 and embarked on a subsequent tour with them in 1996. Shaw would later record a fourth solo record in 1998: 7 Deadly Zens. Shaw has also worked with other artists on a Pink Floyd's The Wall tribute album titled Back Against the Wall. He also worked on a KISS tribute album, Spin the Bottle, on which he sang "Love Gun". On the Queen tribute album Stone Cold Queen, Shaw sang the John Deacon-penned "Spread Your Wings".Shaw joined up again with Jack Blades in a duo aptly called Shaw Blades and released an album entitled Hallucination in 1995. The duo also recorded the classic Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" which was released in 2002 on the album A Classic Rock Christmas, a compilation of classic Christmas songs recorded by various classic rock artists.[8] A second collaboration entitled Influence was released in early March 2007 and the duo appeared live on VH1 Classic backed up by Nashville songwriter Gary Burr, then did a short tour in spring 2007. Their repertoire included songs from Night Ranger, Styx, Shaw's solo albums and Damn Yankees. The duo also became a highly sought after songwriting team for such artists as Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil and Cher.Shaw currently leads Styx along with James "JY" Young, the only remaining members from Styx's heyday (although original bassist Chuck Panozzo appears as a guest musician for most of their concerts). Upon their reformation in 1996, Styx released the live album Return to Paradise. They went on to record the studio albums Brave New World (which became the last release with co-founder Dennis DeYoung), Cyclorama (with new keyboardist Lawrence Gowan), and Big Bang Theory (an album of cover songs of 1960s and 1970s rock classics). The band continues to tour throughout the US and Europe, often in co-bill shows with REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Def Leppard and other classic rock bands.In the spring of 2007, "Shaw Blades" went on a small, often sold out tour to promote Influence. The shows were held in smaller venues throughout the United States. The shows featured remakes of 1960s classics and several top hits from Styx and Night Ranger. At the end of a Styx tour, Shaw Blades added a second tour with new dates through the end of 2007.On New Year's Eve 2007, Shaw made a guest appearance with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Birmingham, Alabama, where they performed such songs as "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade", as well as TSO originals.Shaw made his bluegrass debut on at the Grand Ole Opry on March 26, 2011 after the March 22 release of his bluegrass album The Great Divide.

Album:

At the beginning of the Eighties TOMMY SHAW departed Styx to pursue a solo career focusing on commercial Melodic Rock, AOR and rock&pop with the radio-friendly approach so in vogue around the time. First it was "Girls With Guns" in '84, and then "What If" (1985), both including cheerful melodious tunes but more deep lyrically than it may seem at first glance.These discs have become quite hard to find since then, specially the second, and now BGO is putting out a great 2-in-1 package "Girls With Guns / What If " in a remastered form.Some of the songs contained within "Girls With Guns" were written for Styx but rejected by other band members, and Tommy recorded them together with fresh compositions to create a sometimes eclectic, often amazing and always wonderful album.The absolutelty '80s sounding, top synth hook title track was a top-40 (also featured in Miami Vice TV series), but it should be noted that Shaw was writing not necessarily about girls carrying actual guns, but about strong, independent women. This may sound a little naif today, yeat not in 1984 in a musical business ruled by a harsh maleness.An interesting trait about the video for "Girls With Guns" single is that it is all one take; there are no cuts, which is quite different from the frenetic editing typical of the era.From the nearly overly-sweet "Little Girl World" through the haunting emotional exploration of "Kiss Me Hello", to the spirited "The Race Is On", Tommy shows his penchant for diversity within this album, while holding on to remnants of the Styx stylized sound that propelled his rise to stardom."Free To Love You, "Outside in the Rain" and "Fading Away" all meld into a wonderful album that emotionally ebbs and flows to take the listener for a roller coaster ride of phonic delight, while holding court with subtle autobiographical self-analysis; "I left the band, steadied my hand and learned a trade" - woven throughout the songs.One of my favorites is the wonderful "Lonely School" (with provoking subtle lyrics) the second single off the record, musically a strongly keyboard-filled power ballad yet with key changes aplenty. The guitars (Shaw’s stock in trade) mainly provide bits of color here and there, until the solo break after the second chorus. The background vocals give the overall track a kind of feel that Mr. Mister would develop later.Following album "What If" is even much more 'Tommy Shaw' itself displaying the emotional struggles during this period of his life; addictions and aching over the marital turmoil with his then wife, Pamela (featured on the album cover) and showing some hints of what would be his best - and one of the top albums from the 2nd half of the '80s - Ambition."Reach For The Bottle" is a terrific bluesy rocker dealing with the confusion and torment of despondency and alcoholism. The agonizing rhythm of the song, the dire vocals and the anthemic yells all tell the tale of Tommy's 'bohemian side' that he acknowledged he wanted to reveal in Styx but never did."Jealousy" rocks with a melodic turbulence in the vein of future Damn Yankees, while dynamic numbers such as "This Is Not A Test", "True Confessions" and "Friendly Advice" are true mid-eighties childs.I love the bouncing AOR harmony vocals and keyboards in "See Me Now" and the perfect verse-building of "Nature Of The Beast", while the achingly ballad "Count On You" offers some really classic Styx atmospheres. Last track "Bad Times" features a scratch at the beginning on purpose, because Tommy was not pleased with the song but the label insisted to be included in the album.Of course the melodic rock&pop bliss of "Remo's Theme (What If)" is a highlight. It was the theme song for the character Remo Williams in the movie The Adventure Begins, but incredibly the song was not included into the soundtrack due legal reasons."Girls With Guns" and "What If" were reissued by Absolute Records in 1996 but become out of print really soon. There was a limited 2007 GWG second press by American Beat Rec., but really expensive and deleted now.To this BGO Digitally Remastered 2-disc set at the price of 1 is a must have, both sounding truly outsanding.

Line-Up:

CD 1:

Tommy Shaw: Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
Steve Holley: Drums, Percussion
Brian Stanley: Bass
Peter Wood: Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Richie Cannata: Sax solo on "The Race Is On"
Molly Duncan: Sax section on "The Race Is On"
Carol Kenyon: Duet Vocal on "Outside In The Rain"
Eddie Wohlford, Jimbo Jones: Backing Vocals
Produced & Recorded by Mike Stone

CD 2:

Tommy Shaw: Guitars, Lead & Background Vocals (Ex-Styx , Ex-Damn Yankees)
Steve Holley: Drums, Percussion
Brian Stanley: Bass
Richie Cannata: Sax, Keyboards
Mark Marshall: Drums on "Bad Times"
Gary Myrick: Guitar on "Count On You", "Friendly Advice"
Jobell Yonely, Kim Criswell: Backing Vocals
Produced by Shaw/Cannata - Mixed by Greg Ladanyi

Tracklist:

CD1: Girls With Guns (Remastered)

01. Girls With Guns
02. Come In And Explain
03. Lonely School
04. Heads Up
05. Kiss Me Hello [CD/cassette long version]
06. Fading Away
07. Little Girl World
08. Outside in the Rain [CD/cassette long version]
09. Free to Love You
10. The Race Is On

CD2: What If (Remastered)

01. Jealousy
02. Remo's Theme (What If)
03. Reach For The Bottle
04. Friendly Advice
05. This Is Not A Test
06. See Me Now
07. True Confessions
08. Count On You
09. Nature Of The Beast
10. Bad Times

+ Video "Girls With Guns" (Official Video)


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