Stranger From the Past [Import]

David Glen Eisley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Frontiers Italy
• ASIN: B0000516SM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,421 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Return

2. Stranger from the Past

3. Can't Call It Love

4. Run, Run, Run

5. Sing Brother

6. Don't Turn Away

7. Who You Tryin to Fool

8. Stranger in Love

9. Can't Wait Forever

10. When Its Over

11. Olivia

12. Waiting on Heaven

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong Solo Debut, May 2, 2001

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Marc B. Brunengraber (West Islip, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stranger From the Past (Audio CD)

Stranger From the Past is a strong solo debut from the former Giuffria and Murderer's Row singer. This is a melodic, pop-ish hard rock album with some blues and pomp-rock influences. The odd combination works well. DGE's voice reminds me of Kal Swan from Bad Moon Rising or Bill Mattson from the long-lost band Tangier. Most tracks are strong. Tracks 2,3,4,9 & 12 stand out as the best. Track 7 is a little weak. The album seems like a mix between Tangier, Deep Purple, "Slide it In" era Whitesnake, and Giuffria. I think its stronger than any of his previous efforts, even the first Giuffria album. The great Craig Goldy handles most of the guitar work, which is an added bonus.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good record, March 30, 2010

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Padraic (East Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Stranger From the Past (Audio CD)

Great record. Guy's voice is awesome .. ridiculously underrated. I dedicated "Stranger In Love" to my girlfriend, on a mix CD I gave her ... she looovves it! Good bunch of songs, with "Sing Brother" having a lot of soul in it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Featuring Glen Eisley, Chuck Wright and Craig Goldy of "Giuffria", October 6, 2011

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Nikiforos V. Skoumas (Athens Greece, Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stranger From The Past (MP3 Download)

"Stranger from the past" is the debut solo album by American singer David Glen Eisley, originally released in 2001. Amongst AOR fans Eisely is recognized as the singer of the `80s melodic rock band "Giuffria" having fronted them on their two studio albums, before the outfit re-formed into "House of Lords".

Over a decade past the issuing of "Stranger from the past", one finds that the release is still amongst the greatest come-back albums to be issued by `Frontiers Records'. The main reason contributing to the album's appeal is that David revisits the sound that made him popular during the early-mid `80s as opposed to experimenting or trying to sound modern. In fact "Strangers..." features material drawing musically upon both "Giuffria" and "House of Lords". "Sing Brother", "Don't turn away", "Olivia" and "Stranger in love" belong in the first category being keyboard driven, while substantially smoother in terms of productions and arrangements. The rest of the album comes very close to the pomp melodic hard rock sound of "House of Lords" (referring to their post-millenium works); "Run Run Run", "Can't wait forever", "When it's over" along with the title track could have easily found home on a "House of Lords" album.

The consistency in style between this solo effort and the two bands is hardly surprising when considering that David reunited with original "Giuffria" members, guitarist Craig Goldy and bassist Chuck Wright who retain the standards of the group in terms of arrangements and performance. David for his part is stellar, as expected, delivering once again forceful, masculine and convincing vocal performances making the compositions all the more climactic. Overall "Strangers of the past" meets the standards of the "Giuffria"/"House of Lords" musical legacy, lacking nowhere in comparison-Indeed a must-have for fans of the bands referenced above.