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MAXWELL PARIS 'Dangerous games'(ADAMSAPPLE RECORDS)
Multi-instrumentalist MAXWELL PARIS released his debut 'Dangerous games' back in 1994, but it has now reached me, so therefore the late review. Anyway, Maxwell comes out of Pennsylvania, USA and musically this is pure 80s AOR rock with some Bluesy Melodic Rock influences. A lot of times, he reminds me of artists like BILLY SQUIER, ROBIN GEORGE and even SAMMY HAGAR (circa his early 80s Rock albums). The vocals are a bit raw and bluesy, not really melodic, reasonable to listen to.
The music isn't that polished, so the comparisons I made are quite clear, because those artists also didn't do that on their records. There are 13 songs on the album and my favourites are "Heart of ice" (cool early 80s uptempo AOR rocker like BENNY MARDONES meets SAMMY HAGAR), "I wanna make love" (pure ROBIN GEORGE, LIFE), "Pressure zone" (this rocker is very close to BILLY SQUIER), "Faith" (nice AOR rocker) and the AORish ballad "Because I loved you".
There are also some weak moments to be found on 'Dangerous games' such as "No easy way out", "Mary goes round" and "Runnin' for my life". In general a nice CD, but not essential. Check out Maxwell's site at:
http://www.maxwellParis.com or
http://www.adamsapplerecords.com and e-mail him at:
jmjp@bwkip.comRating: 7,5/10