Seventh Key [Import]

Seventh Key | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Frontiers Italy
• ASIN: B00005A9YU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kid Could Play

2. Only the Brave

3. Missy

4. Surrender

5. When Love Is Dying

6. No Man's Land

7. Every Time It Rains

8. Home

9. Forsaken

10. Prisoner of Love

11. Broken Home

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The key here is talent!, May 10, 2004

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Mike M. (Benton, MS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seventh Key (Audio CD)

This is one of the best straighforward rock albums I have ever heard. From the very begining, it kicks butt. There are a few slightly weak songs (Missy, Broken Home) but even those have some redeemable qualities such as Rich Williams guitar solo on Missy. The rest are great. Why wouldn't they be with the talents of Steve Walsh, Phil Ehart, Steve Morse, Mike Slammer and the afore mentioned Williams. Billy Greer not only shines on bass, but also as a vocalist. You will not be dissapointed. 4.5 stars

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seventh key is a pleaseant suprise, November 26, 2004

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Dirt Deed "Dirty Deed" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seventh Key (Audio CD)

Didn't expect much from this, just thought it would be a self indulgent release from Billy Greer. Wrong!. The opening tune (the "Kid can play") is a beast!. Billy's vocal ability really shines and Mike Slammer is a frick'n genius. If you have been waiting for Steve Walsh to get his voice back (dont get me wrong Steve is my hero) close you eyes and listen to Sevent Key.
Old rock Hounds will love this. I did!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seventh Key - Seventh Key, June 22, 2001

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Fred Monster (Zwijndrecht, Holland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seventh Key (Audio CD)

Seventh Key is the solo project of Billy Greer, who has gained success as the bassist (and sometimes vocalist) of bands like Kansas and Streets and is also a member of the band whose album took the #1 spot in my top 25 of last year, The Sign. I rate the two Streets albums very high as well and when I read in the album info for this Seventh Key album that the sound style was to be described as a fascinating modern mixture of powerful rockin' attitude of Streets mixed with the class and melodies of the late eighties Kansas I couldn't wait to hear the album. I've always preferred Streets and the late eighties Kansas over early Kansas, so the promise of hearing songs in that same vein again really made me long for the album's release. When it arrived I immediately put it in the player and... was a bit disappointed. Why? Probably because I thought I would instantaneously love it just as much as the Streets albums or the Power and In The Spirit Of Things albums by Kansas. Having known those albums for so long I kind of forgot that it took some time as well before I loved them the way I do now. But I played the album over and over and over again... and slowly but steady I got hooked. I found myself humming songs from the album while getting out of bed, taking a shower, while on my way to work, during meetings... Seventh Key gradually got a hold on me up to a point that I can't say anything less than that I would be surprised if anything will actually top it this. It has everything an AOR fan could ever dream of. Brilliant songwriting, excellent musicianship and an incredible production (by Mike Slamer) are what you'll find here. From the straight-in-your-face opener The Kid Could Play to the piano driven ballad Broken Home to the mighty Only The Brave, we're talking AOR at its best here. Every time you play the album something new occurs from the beautiful layers of music Greer and Slamer have created. Every time you play the album it releases more of its treasures... Only heaven knows when it'll stop. I've been around for quite a while and I've heard a lot within the genre. And although I love a lot of the albums that have been released over the years, every once in a while an album comes out that stands out above almost anything else. An album that's considered a classic. This is such an album. Every emotion is present, every nerve is being touched and it keeps you on your toes all the way through. I'll tell you beforehand this album will stand the test of time without losing anything of its flair. Ever!