Paris [Original recording remastered][Import]

Paris

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Zoom Club
• ASIN: B000056091
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,644 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Religion

2. Black Book

3. Starcage

4. Beautiful Youth

5. Nazarene

6. Narrow Gate (La Porte Etroite)

7. Solitaire

8. Breathless

9. Rock of Ages

10. Red Rain

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Digitally remastered reissue and first time on CD for this cult classic. Formed by ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch and former Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick, their debut album is steeped in mysticism and all things occult. Highlights include the explosive 'Black Book' and the vitriolic 'Religion'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost Classic Found!, August 30, 2001

By	El Kabong - See all my reviews

Some of us have been waiting 20-plus years for PARIS to re-emerge from the mists, with good reason. This is a PHENOMENAL album! A brief recap: Bob Welch leaves Fleetwood Mac and forms a Zep-like hard rock band with Tull's Glenn Cornick & drummer Thom Mooney. The stated intention is "to rock, but with depth", and that they do - in spades. Rumored to have been produced by Page himself under a pseudonym (bear in mind there are MANY untrue rumors regarding Page and this might be one). The rumor probably got started after somebody heard the album, which has the Zep production sound down to a T. Too bad Bob Welch didn't go further with this, because he turns out to be an outstanding heavy-rock songwriter (his lyrics are far better than Plant's); the tracks on PARIS are short but skillfully crafted, and powered by ear-grabbing heavy riffs and stick-to-your-frontal-lobe melodies. "Nazarene", "Black Book", "Red Rain" and "Beautiful Youth" - great songs all - are just four random reasons to buy this. Plus that ever-present streak of erudite cheekiness that Welch has always brought to his music is of course present as well. A stone classic too long neglected...now howzabout a domestic reissue with some bonus material appended to the original lp's worth of tracks?

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated and fabulous, July 8, 2003

By	Mandjb (Soquel, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This is a great album which never really saw the light of day. Bob Welch had shown a lot of songwriting skills with Fleetwood Mac (i.e. Miles Away on Mystery to Me) and here he again wrote great songs with much more powerful arrangements.

Don't miss this!!

Bob's later work, such as French Kiss which made him popular for a while, was pop pablum and paled in comparison.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paris Live, July 1, 2002

By	"johnimro" (PITTSBURGH, PA United States) - See all my reviews

I had the Pleasure of seeing Bob Welsh and Paris live when Paris first did a US tour in 1975. It was in an obscure theatre in Youngstown Ohio. It was a full sound emanating from a highly polished ensemble and not embellished with "techno tricks" of the time as one reviewer stated. Apparently he or she was unaware that they ever toured.