Union [Original recording reissued]

Union | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Spitfire
• ASIN: B00000JCDB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Old Man Wise

2. Around Again

3. Pain Behind Your Eyes

4. Love (I Don't Need It Anymore)

5. Heavy D...

6. Let It Flow

7. Empty Soul

8. October Morning Wind

9. Get off My Cloud

10. Tangerine

11. Robin's Song

12. Oh! Darling [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!!!, April 18, 2002

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"mrdramatic9" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Union (Audio CD)

This is an incredible record!! Every song on this album is listenable.
My personal favs include, "Old man wise", "Around again", and "October morning wind". Every song on this album is great, a lot of work and effort was put into it, and it shows.
The album has a good mix of songs, from hard rockers, to acoustic ballads, and a mix of both acoustic/electric songs.
John Corabi's vocals are terrific, and Bruce Kulick's guitar playing is great as always. There are awsome harmony's and backing vocals all over the record which gives some of the songs a Beatles feel it.
I would suggest the album to anyone who's into rock.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNION- KULICK AND CORABI KICK A**, September 6, 1999

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joshua j. smith (fostoria, ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Union (Audio CD)

this has got to be one of the best display of musicianship i've ever heard!bruce was a legend with kiss and john corabi has been the man with the golden vocals ever since he fronted the scream and motley crue. now there here to rock your world as UNION! CHECK OUT THE NEW "LIVE AT THE GALAXY" CD FROM THESE GUYS THEY KICK BUTT LIVE!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Straightforward Rock N Roll, December 3, 2002

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Doesn't Matter (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Union (Audio CD)

Union brought together former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick and former Motley Crue singer John Corabi with drummer Brent Fitz and bassist Jamie Hunting.

Union puts together a great, straight ahead, no BS rock sound. For people that sit and whine about `novelty' in rock, Union could easily be your answer. There is no pretense in Union, no goofy costumes, no obnoxious condescending behavior. Nothing but great hard rock music. Imagine that. This is the band people seem to be begging for, yet no one knows about Union. The closest mainstream bands with a sound and style similar to Union would have to be Live, Fuel and Creed. But unlike some of those bands, no holier than thou rock star garbage here. Again, just great hard rock music. Imagine that, again. When listening to the album, it's almost impossible to say that it fits any specific time period or style, this could have been released anytime between 1973 and today.

The album contains many stellar hard rock songs, like "Old Man Wise", "Around Again", "Tangerine" and "Get Off My Cloud". Big, loud songs that sound best with the volume cranked up. These tend to be the songs where Corabi's screaming ability and vocal range show up, the man is one of the best rock front men to come around in a long time.

"Heavy D" (starts of a bit slower, but has some great guitar riffs and strong bass) is a bit different than most of the songs on the album. The pace of the song changes back and forth between fast and slow. Great song though, one of the best on the album.

Some strong powerful `love' songs (think Fuel-Hemmorage) like "Pain Behind Your Eyes" and "Love (I Don't Need It Anymore)".

One of the real gems on the album is "Robin's Song", an acoustic ballad that shows some amazing work by Bruce Kulick and superb lyrics by John Corabi. There was an era from about '88 to '91 where every `rock band' had one of these acoustic ballads on their album and while some are truly great songs many are instantly forgettable. This is one of the best you'll ever hear.

"October Morning Wind", "Let It Flow" and "Empty Soul" are all good songs, but not the type of songs that would compel someone to actually purchase the album. October Morning Wind has some more great work by Bruce Kulick, he really shined on this album.
The Spitfire release of this album does include a cover "Oh Darling". It's not bad at all, but if you actually want to hear Union doing cover songs you should pick up their live album, they have an amazing version of Cheap Trick's "Surrender".

When I picked up the album, I thought I knew what to expect from Bruce Kulick and John Corabi based on their work with Kiss and Crue. Neither disappointed. If you enjoyed John Corabi on Motley Crue's self titled 1994 release then you will enjoy him here. Bruce Kulick was phenomenal on this record, not quite like anything he did with Kiss except maybe Carnival Of Souls, he is definitely one of the most underrated and under-appreciated guitarists from the 80s shred fest. What surprised me about the album was how great Jamie Hunting and Brent Fitz are. I had never heard of either before this, but both are great on this album, they're tight together and lay a great foundation for Corabi and Kulick to shine.

It's a shame so many people missed out on this band, definitely one of the better albums to come out in the overwhelmingly vacuous 90s.