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Year: 2019
Style: Progressive Metal
Country: Greece
01. Oceania
02. Sailing in History
03. New Mission
04. The Empire of the Media
05. The Curse
06. Retribution
07. Game of Thrones
08. Captain Evil
09. The Last Goodbye
10. Divine Love
11. Eternal Sleep
12. Island of Dreams
13. The Curse (Orchestral – Bonus Track)
It took 28 years before Patty Smyth finally decided to release a third album (not counting the 2015 holiday album Come On December). The album collects 6 original songs and 2 covers: Bobby Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” and Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train”. In fact it’s the second time she has recorded “Downtown Train” as it also was included on her debut solo album.
Only one thing about the album do I find disappointing: Regarding Patty Smyth I totally agree with the title, but if you enjoyed her 2 first releases I think you like me would have loved it to include more of her self penned material. 32 min. with this very talented artist is not enough.
Artist: Patty Smyth
Album: It’s About Time
Year: 2020
Label: None (digital self-released)
The King Diamond band was formed in 1985 by Danish vocalist King Diamond following the break-up of his previous band, Mercyful Fate. Almost all of the lyrics on King Diamond’s albums revolve around a specific story. Only the band’s debut, “Fatal Portrait”, and 1995’s “Spider’s Lullaby” stray from this formula, although, even in those cases, several of the songs on the albums feature lyrics that are related to each other.
The group saw their commercial success reach its peak in the mid and late 1980’s. With the King Diamond band, King traded the occult-based and blasphemous lyrics of Mercyful Fate for a gothic horror approach.
This compilation consists of tracks from the albums released 1986 – 1990.
Artist: K