![]() These guys have defied the odds to deliver a collection that’s all gold and no albatross. The title-track is an attention-grabbing opener, while current single One Last Soul is simply outstanding, but there’s really nothing here that shouldn’t be. Blazing performances aside, the key here is the songs, which are wonderfully crafted. Somehow – God alone knows how – wasted years of cocaine and Mars Bar binges (don’t ask) haven’t trashed any part of his anatomy required for singing. An answer to repeated requests for the familiar Latin chants of years past. Hughes in particular is on fire and in better voice than ever. It is impossible to save ones soul without devotion to Mary and without. It’s no secret that things weren’t always super-smooth between them, but they got over it, got on with it, and the result is simply stellar.ĭrawing on all that experience without sounding like you’re long enough in the tooth to have all that experience to draw on is a magical thing. It’s ballsy, bluesy, even soulful at times, and with none of the bleached-out blandness that ego-clashes and endless compromises can bring. With direct links back to the mighty motherlode of Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, it’s no big surprise that BCC have delivered a dozen shots of timeless, classic rock. Joining vocalist/bassist Glenn ‘Voice of Rock’ Hughes ( Deep Purple/ Black Sabbath) are former Dream Theater keyboard player Derek Sherinian, drummer Jason Bonham (son of late Led Zeppelin sticksman John) and guitarist Joe Bonamassa, currently one of the top bluesmen in business.Īs pools of talent go, this one’s deep, and the old saying "If a bomb went off in that studio, etc" definitely applies. Wade through a few albums by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Firm, Traveling Wilburys and Power Station, for example, and you’ll get the picture.Īlthough ambivalent about the supergroup label since their inception last year, Black Country Communion feature a formidable line-up of familiar names with a century-plus of experience between them. On the other hand, it tends to arouse astronomical expectations which are almost never met. On one hand, it tells us here is a band of established, successful musicians whose combined talents will undoubtedly deliver the sonic equivalent of The Second Coming. The term ‘supergroup’ is something of a golden albatross.
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