utorak, 02.02.2010.
Saxon - Crusader (1984) (19-track Remaster)
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the British Metal rockers' 1984 album including nine bonus tracks. Crusader was produced by Kevin Beamish at Sound City in Los Angeles (a far cry from their South Yorkshire roots!). According to singer Biff Byford, "We were trendsetters back then. Today, everybody from Trivium onwards dresses like knights going to the crusades, and writes lyrics about it. But back then it was virtually unheard of for a Metal band to do anything like that." As well as previously unavailable demo versions of the album's 'A Little Bit of What You Fancy', 'Sailing To America', a cover of The Sweet's 'Set Me Free' and the title track, this edition now includes the rare tracks 'Borderline' and 'Helter Skelter'. EMI. 2009.
It's hard to pinpoint the reasons for Saxon's gradual fall from stardom, but by the time they released 1984's Crusader, the band had obviously stopped leading the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with its aggressive biker anthems, and fallen in line behind Iron Maiden's epic historical themes and more complex song structures. It did them no good. Crusader was actually a slight improvement from the songwriting perspective, but reveals a band which obviously takes itself too seriously. In fact, they only really manage to rock out like the old days on a few tracks like "A Little Bit of What You Fancymore…" and "Bad Boys (Like to Rock'n'Roll)."...D. Jellinc
Saxon - Crusader (1984) (19-track Remaster 2009)
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 303 MB
Genre : Rock
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Line-up
Biff Byford - vocals
Paul Quinn - guitar
Graham Oliver - guitar
Steve Dawson - bass
Nigel Glocker - drums
Tracklist:
01. The Crusader Prelude 01:07
02. Crusader 06:35
03. A Little Bit Of What You Fancy 03:51
04. Sailing To America 05:04
05. Set Me Free 03:15
06. Just Let Me Rock 04:12
07. Bad Boys (Live To Rock n' Roll) 03:25
08. Do It All For You 04:44
09. Rock City 03:17
10. Run For Your Lives 03:55
11. Borderline (Kaley Studios Demo) 02:42
12. Helter Skelter (Kaley Studios Demo) 03:35
13. Crusader (Kaley Studios Demo) 06:21
14. Do It All For You (Kaley Studio Demo) 04:46
15. A Little Bit Of What You Fancy (Kaley Studios Demo) 03:10
16. Sailing To America (Kaley Studio Demo) 05:11
17. Set Me Free (Kaley Studios Demo) 03:22
18. Just Let Me Rock (Kaley Studios Demo) 04:01
19. Do It All For You (Intro) / Run For Your Lives (Kaley Studios Demo) 04:59
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