King’s X - Ogre tones (full album) 2005
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Groove! The key word to open the sound box released by King’s X is: groove.
There are no misunderstandings.
For all that that word can mean.
But first of all we explain who King’s X are to those who do not know the history of the band.
Born in the second half of the 1980s, our folks got to release their debut “Out Of The Silent Planet“ in 1988, and then reeled off albums one after the other.
But it certainly cannot be said that ours are not picky chisellers of their music, and this new “Ogre Tones“ is proof of this: energetic rock ’warmed’ by a strong dose of blues and angry guitars, with good choruses and structures that are anything but redundant.
And above all, the presence behind the mixer counter of the famous producer Michael Wagener should not be underestimated, famous for his work in support of bands such as Queen, Extreme and Alice Cooper (among others), good at making the burning amalgam of three crazy Americans.
An explosive album, therefore, starting with the opener “Alone“, a true example of ’controlled anger’, leading to the melodious “Stay“, where echoes of Aerosmith resonate as if they were a crawling obsession.
Quite canonical is the bluesy “Hurricane”, graced by the warm voice of the talented Doug Pinnick.
The same goes for “Fly“, very ’Jimi Hendrix’ in his frontal gait.
But “Bebop“ is the true masterpiece of “Ogre Tones“.
The piece strikes from the first listening, especially for the passion it releases, and the surprise present in the refrain only accentuates the feeling of extreme joy that one feels listening to this piece, a true emblem of our technical-compositional-interpretative expertise.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the purchase of the album alone is worth it.
Sweet and tribal is “Honesty”, hard rock are “Open My Eyes” and “Freedom”, atmospheric is the dreamy “Get Away” and so on until the left outro of “Bam”.
As you can see (and as you may have the opportunity to hear), in this work there are many souls who live together, and all of them contribute to the formation of our magic word, groove!
Recommended for fans of the band and for lovers of rock more tinged with blues and passion.
00:00 Alone
02:56 Stay
06:20 Hurricane
09:50 Fly
12:36 If
15:34 Bepop
19:37 Honesty
22:20 Open my eyes
26:23 Freedom
29:45 Get away
33:11 Sooner or later
40:09 Mudd
45:05 Bam