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Manic Eden

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I have recently acquired the cd as I'm a huge Whitesnake fan.I myst say this album is impressive. The grouping initially had James Christian (House of Lords) on vocals joining Adje Vandenberg,Tommy Aldridge and Rudy Sarzo..James left sighting a style too close to Whitesnake...If only Slip Of The Tongue had the blues based rock edge this album has..The vocalist brought in Ron Young (Little Ceasar) does a fine job and the album is full of great grooves and bluesy riffs..There is a fine mix of slower tracks to more raw rock tracks like "When The Hammer Falls Down" and "Pushing Me" I really like "Fire In My Soul and the slower tracks with a "Hendrix" feel "Do Angels Die", "Dark Shade Of Grey"..I recommend this album for lovers of Blues based hard rock..T

Manic Eden might not be that well known because in a way it certainly looks like a side project to Whitesnake, while David Coverdale were busy elsewhere. 3/4 of Manic Eden are ex Whitesnakers - Adrian Vandenberg (guitar), Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums). Together with singer Ron Young from Little Caesar the band released only one ignored album in 1994. It's a shame that this album never gained any attention because it's a solid rock effort certainly worth to be checked out. Even though the rock tunes are good, the ballads "Do angels die?", "Dark shade of grey" and "Ride the storm" are even better. If you like Little Caesar you'll absolutely like Manic Eden's blues based hard rock.. Put up 14 bucks and take a chance - sometimes musical curiosity pays!

Yep, it should of in the humble opinion of this scribe. Straight away you know you've made the right choice when the lead cut of 'Can You Feel It' warbles out of your speakers. Other tracks just build on this good start. It's Adrian Vandenberg on guitar so you know that area is covered - but the rest of the band are pretty darn tasty too - drumming, vocals and bass and it all makes for a great album.

In fact you don't have to be into hard rock to like this album at all. It's a great rock 'n' roll album you can play in most company, no screaming, not too much in the way of squeeling guitars. It's just a solid album. By the way - check out the back catalogue of Vandenburg too - though it is a little 80's tinged if you get my drift.

And definitely an album to throw on while driving down the highway too.

increible album con una de las mejores bases ritmicas del rock conformada por rudy sarzo y tommy aldridge (ozzy osbourne, project: driver) aunados al virtuosismo de adrian vandenberg (vandenberg, whitesnake) y el estilo aspero de ron young(little caesar) este grupo nos ofrece una joya del hard rock-blues con tintes ala hendrix/zeppelin que te quitaran el aliento!!

I am an Adrian Vandenberg fan and I was expecting to hear music in the style of his original group Vandenberg or Whitesnake. I guess I should have paid more attention to Adrian's cover art, because he must have split guitar personalities. His alter ego must be Jimi Hendrix on this project.

Because the 70's blues rock genre has been covered by so many before, it's vital to re-interpret the style in a new context and play with conviction to create something that sounds like your own ("Can You Feel It", "Gimme A Shot" and "Fire In My Soul"). But it's easy to fall into clichés and recycle old licks that sound forced ("Do Angels Die", "Dark Shade of Grey" and "Ride The Storm") and uninspired.

The 3 Whitesnake members of the band are all top notch musicians. Ron Young is a decent sounding singer, but his range, lyrics and vocal melodies really hold the songs back. This CD is for open minded Adrian fans only.

This review simply serves to assist anyone who may be looking for more of the awesome, cutting-edge hard rock music that Vandenberg put out in the '80's. I recently purchased this CD-hoping for more great Vandenberg hard rock, or maybe a new twist. The musicianship is excellent, as all of the band are talented and prodigious in the hard rock genre. The letdown is that although the production is A-1, the musical compositions are trite, dull, "been there, done that" stuff that really is not imaginative or interesting. These guys are capable of so much more! The guitar work is more like Kings X, with definite Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn influence-moments of brilliance, but mostly musical themes you have heard before. The music is OK; it is just not great. And for any fans of Adrian Vandenberg's artwork, the cover art is substandard as well-my kids could do better with a box of crayons. Proceed with caution...I have a copy I will let go of very cheap! Thanks for reading-John

Adrian Vandenberg is just so amazing... If you like Ozzy Osbourne or Yngwie Malmsteen or Whitesnake, you NEED this album...

I finally got around to buying this album and giving it a listen.

Needless to say, I had to wonder if this was the same group that was

also playing whitesnake. I love Adrian, Rudy and Tommy. So I wanted

to give the album a fair chance. I put it back on again and had the

same thought - this is horrible. Unless you like the blues, don't buy

this album. If you are thinkning of blues based rock - nope.

This is just blues music.