Day: May 18, 2020

Genre: Melodic rock, AOR
Year: 2020
Country:UK

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1 The Way I’m Feeling Tonight (Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 2000)
2 Sunny (Live at Buxton Opera House, 2004)
3 Silent Running (Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 2000)
4 Satisfy My Soul (Live at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2017)
5 Life in a Bubble (Live at The Brighton Centre, 2019)
6 My Kind (Live at Buxton Opera House, 2004)
7 Nick of Time (Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 2004)
8 Where Did I Go Wrong (Live at Bonn, Germany, 2005)
9 The Only One (Live at Royal Albert Hall, London, 2001)
10 The Living Years (Live at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2017)
11 Perfect Storm (Live

Canada AOR band, some notable guests. Guitarist Drew Zingg (Boz Scaggs) and trumpeter Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan) have guested on previous albums and make tasteful contributions here, as does François D’Amours (Gino Vannelli), and Snarky Puppy guitarist Mark Lettieri. Ground Up artist Lucy Woodward (Rod Stewart) adds background vocals throughout

1 10,000 Hours
2 Nine O’clock Friday
3 Shotgun
4 Welcome to the Rest of the World
5 Book of Liars
6 The Jazz Life
7 I’ll Drive, You Chill
8 Say It for the Last Time
9 When the Mud Men Come
10 Because You
11 Brainyard
12 Island off the Coast of America

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UK Ali recorded most of the album in his own studio with the occasional guest musician. Guitar legend Robbie McIntosh (John Mayer, Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders) features on several tracks along with the brilliant Robin Mullarkey (Jacob Collier, Laura Mvula, Jesse Ware) on bass guitar.international hits (Roch Voisine, Laura Pausini, Girls Aloud, Mark Owen, Brian Kennedy and many more).

1 Aqua Blue
2 Black Comedy
3 Song for a Broken Heart
4 Avalon Street
5 Dark Matter
6 Ride the Wave
7 Be the One
8 The Reason Why
9 Easy Love

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Sweden AOR PROJECT. The groups first release received critical praise, and now the follow-up album, Two (featuring Bill Champlin, Michael Landau, David Hugues, Sara Nordenberg, Johann Asmundsson, Jonathan Fritzen) is sure to garner the same respect.

1 Golden StateJohann Asmundsson
2 Get Up Jonathan Fritzen
3 Workin’
4 You’re Everything
5 Twin Cities Michael Landau
6 More Than You’ll Ever Know Bill Champlin
7 Love in a Time of Darkness David Hughes
8 Stepping Up
9 Meditation
10 Faithfully Sara Nordenberg

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Melodic Rock from US. It features guest appearances by Dan Needham, Jacob Lowery, Mark Douthit, Dylan McDonald and Peyton Parker.

1 So Good
2 Only One Try
3 Finally Free
4 I Believe in Love (This Time)
5 Nobody but You
6 Love You More
7 Don’t Know Where We’re Going
8 Two Wrongs
9 Know It All
10 Let Love Win
11 Those Were the Times
12 This Is What I See

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arrangers and producers already explored all things Westcoast, AOR, Softrock and Boogie. You will have heard of Topanga Canyon, Rickie Lee Jones and Chicago recorded here.

1 Kids
2 Who Needs Words
3 Baby Girl
4 Dream Woman
5 Long Distance Love Affair
6 Danny Jamaica
7 Just for Kicks
8 Private Paradise
9 Things We Left Unsaid
10 All This Love

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Pure Westcoast like the the last decades did not happen. MARCO TAGGIASCO follows the path of MICHAEL BOLTON or PETER CETERA / CHICAGO tradition trough the material. A pristine production and lots of emotion almost in perfection bringing the songs to life. On vocals there are e.g. BILL CHAMPLIN, JOE PIZZULO and ANN MARIE BUSH.

1 All I NeedDamiano Libianchi
2 Where All the Dreams BeginJoe Pizzulo, Terry Wood
3 I Don’t Believe It’s TrueDamiano Libianchi
4 Shelter This LoveBill Champlin
5 Tailor-MadeJeff Pescetto
6 Togetherness (Udugu Wa Ulimwengu)Damiano Libianchi, The Choir of Balueni
7 Treasure in My LifeDamiano Libianchi
8 Whenever I Get Close to YouAnne Marie Bush
9 ConfidenceGabriele Pistilli
10 AgainM