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Sacred Groove
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by George Lynch
Sales Rank: 799675
Price:$1.15
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Album Details
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1. Memory Jack
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2. Love Power from the Mama Head
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3. Flesh and Blood
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4. We Don't Own This World
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5. I Will Remember
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6. Beast, Pt. 1
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7. Beast, Pt. 2 Addiction to the Friction
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8. Not Necessary Evil
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9. Cry of the Brave
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10. Tierra del Fuego
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Listener Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Sacred Groove (Audio CD)
This is a diverse album that has it all, from powerful vocal tunes to crunchy modern metal songs to virtuoso guitar instrumentals. No weak track here, believe me. In fact, I think I was very lucky to put my hands on this CD, which came to me just by chance. So, let's review it song by song: The album opens with the psychedelic intro "Memory Jack", which derives into the explosive instrumental "Love Power from the Mama Head". If you like Joe Satriani and/or Tony MacAlpine, you'll surely like these two tracks too. Nothing new there, but a worthy listening anyways - mostly if you are a guitar geek, as I am :-). Then, track number three ("Flesh and blood") suddenly changes the overall mood. Being a thunderous song with some progressive/power metal touches, it reminds me the early Queensr˙che, or something like that. The potent vocals of Ray Gillen and the superb axework of George Lynch form a killer combination in this track. The fourth track, "We don't own this world", has a glam/hair metal wave, but its vocals are also great and it sounds heavy and energetic. And its guitar solo is so brilliant! This track is a must, in spite of its commercial taste. Then it comes the instrumental "I will remember", which have some neoclassic influences and has a sad atmosphere all along. I really enjoy this track because it's slow and beautiful. However, I always feel like if it wasn't the first time I listen to it - perhaps it somehow reminds me MacAlpine's "Tears of Sahara" (where Lynch also played as a guest musician). But suddenly, another stylistic shift arrives. In "The Beast" 1 & 2 the band plays with attitude. Both "beasts" are plenty of crunchy riffs, grunge and heavy tones reaching for a more contemporary sound. Lyrics are intentionally shocking and punky. I love those tracks too, as the sexist lyrics and the raspy vocals evidently have more humorous than serious intentions. Tracks 8 and 9 are pretty conventional hard rock songs that are in the same vein of "We don't own this world". They also make their marks because of Glenn Hughes's vocals and Lynch's guitar wizardry - which is by the way completely showcased all along the entire album, and these two songs are no exception. Then the last track closes the show. "Tierra del fuego" is an instrumental that deserves some special attention. It has a Narada/modern flamenco/latin music stylistic flair, with the guest guitarist Derryl Gabel shining on his own, together with Lynch. Al DiMeola's influences are evident there, so this track can easily be considered fusion rock; but Lynch manages to graciously blend its heavy guitar to the mix, thus obtaining a sheer piece of eclectic music. I think this album stands apart from anything Lynch has done so far, and I sincerely don't see any point in comparing this to Dokken - I would have wished that Dokken had ever sounded like this! Therefore, I give to "Sacred Groove" 4 stars and a half (even five stars!), for being a solid release that definitively honors Lynch's name. Underrated and criminally underpromoted, I hope you guys will be as lucky as I was when I found it in a used discs store. Don't miss this album if you can, please!
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Sacred Groove
by George Lynch
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