Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

We already featured the remastered reissues of Tommy Denander bands Rainmaker and Deacon Street Project. Now it’s time another band / project masterminded by the talented Swede; PRISONER. Originally released in 2000’s, the first PRISONER album was titled ‘Blind’, however for this reissue – remastered by Denander himself – it was simply self-titled “Prisoner“.

PRISONER is perhaps Denander’s finest moment from the era. Songw

Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country of origin of the disc (release): Europe
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Lion’s Pride Music
Country of performer (group): Brazil

Tracklist:
1. Don’t Dare Stop (5:01)
2. The Best Of Me (3:24)
3. Rose (4:40)
4. Travel The World (4:34)
5. Poisonous (5:45)
6. Gigolo (4:05)
7. I’m Going Crazy (3:42)
8. Lightning (4:47)
9. Reason To Live (5:27)
10. Bad Choices (4:48)

MP3 FLAC

Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: US
Year of publication: 2023 (2016)
Publisher (label): Not On Label (Magic Dance Self-released)
Country of performer (group): US

Tracklist:
1. Another Lost Boy (3:47)
2. When We Were Young (3:51)
3. The Mirror (4:13)
4. I Need a Name (3:58)
5. Love Was Not Enough (4:13)
6. I Wanna Know (4:04)
7. Fighting The Fire (4:17)
8. Better Than No Hand (3:

Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: Japan
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of performer (group): Sweden

Tracklist:
1. Clear Before My Eyes (4:55)
2.Looking For Closure (3:34)
3. It’s Over Now (3:58)
4. Secrets (3:46)
5. Strangers In The Night (3:51)
6. If You Come My Way (3:56)
7. Rosalie (3:57)
8. Waste Another Day (3:41)
9. Save Me (3:54)
10. The Test Of Time (3:41)
11. Here I Am (4:30)
12. You Say It’s Alright (Bonus Track) (4:04)
13. If I Lose You Now (Bonus Track) (3:38)

MP3 Continue reading

After the Tommy Denander band Rainmaker album reissued and featured here, many asked for his next own project, DEACON STREET. The first DEACON STREET PROJECT album originally released by AOR Heaven Records in 2004 was a much more AOR focused release than Rainmaker, inspired by Tommy’s early 80s influences such as TOTO, Talk Of The Town, etc.

This is the DEACON STREET PROJECT first album reissue remastered by Tommy Denander himself. This is the kind of records you never get tired of: great songwriting & arrangements, that magical AOR sound from the classic era but also updated to modern times, and first class musicians involved.
On lead vocals we find Jan Johansen (Ignition), Geir Roenning (Rainmaker, Sayit), Magnus Wein