A little more than a year after the release of 'Sign of Times' which saw the German guitarist and his companions continue to deliver good direct and efficient hard-rock taking us back to the 70s/80s, 2021 sees the release this time of a covers album, 'Diamonds Unlocked II'. After the short guitaristic introduction that allows us to slowly go up in power for the first track of the album and that is now regular in 'Axel Rudi Pell' albums, parade more or less known compositions by starting with a 'There's Only One Way To Rock' from 1982's from 'Sammy Hagar' that sets the tone for this hard-rocking album, then we move from 'Rainbow' with a remarkable 'Lady Of The Lake' to the 'Rolling Stones' with 'Paint It Black' with a remarkable guitar solo by Axel through pop revisited with the 'She's a Lady' from 'Paul Anka' released in 1970 which is more known with the version of 'Tom Jones' and which is covered partly as a ballad to go up in power in the second part or 'Eagle' from Abba' from 1977 with a slightly more "metallised" version, without forgetting the beautiful ballad 'Room With A View' from 'Tony Carey'. In short, this Axel Rudi Pell' cover album rakes in a lot but continues to showcase this hard-rock band who continue to perpetuate good classic hard-rock but also who are known for their beautiful ballads (see the fifth opus dedicated to ballads released in 2017 here...
List of titles, original artists, albums, and year of release :
01. Der Schwarze Abt (Intro)
02. There's Only One Way To Rock - original par Sammy Hagar
03. Lady Of The Lake (Rainbow – Long Live Rock Album 'n'Roll' – 1978)
04. She's A Lady (Paul Anka – 70's – 1970)
05. Black Cat Woman (Geordie – Electric Lady / Black Cat Woman – 1973)
06. Room With A View (Tony Carey – Wilder Westen Inclusive – 1988)
07. Sarah (You Take My Breath Away) (Chris Norman – The Original Album II - Different Shades – 1987)
08. Rock N' Roll Queen (The Subways – Young for Eternity – 2005)
09. Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones – Aftermath – 1966)
10. I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins – At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins – 1956)
11. Eagle (Abba – The Album – 1978) | |
