Ballad Of Nora Lee, The - Helldorado

Advantages: The CD Cover makes a good frisbee
Disadvantages: The Worst of W.A.S.P.

..."Helldorado" is the eighth in the list of many W.A.S.P albums and was released in 1999 on the return of W.A.S.P'S original guitarist Chris Holmes. After a very successful experiment with extreme metal with the release of their 7th album K.F.D (Kill Fuck Die) W.A.S.P tried to go back to the power chord sounds of their first two albums W.A.S.P and The Last Command and only partly succeeded. Although the sound is reminiscent of the first two classic albums the whole album doesn't gel in the same way. Although all the songs on this album have some good riffs, in general they are all mediocre metal at best. If W.A.S.P has one bad album this is it and is for only the most die hard W.A.S.P fans. This is an album that looks like W.A.S.P, was written by W.A.S.P was even sung by W.A.S.P but is in no way W.A.S.P. (I wonder if that's why Chris... Read review

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Advantages: Sees Lee Ryan in a whole new light...
Disadvantages: There really isn't any...

...is known for. Daydreamer is an amazing track he wrote about his problems with Dyslexia. Another great guitar track. I love it... Jump, another of Lee's songs he wrote on the album. Has a good feel to it, kinda rocky. How Do I?...I LOVE this song. I heard this about a month before the album was out and it is just AMAZING. Another of Lee's penned tracks, this is my fave from the album. It is written so beautifully, the lyrics are amazing and Lee's vocals on this track are incredible. This song has me in tears everytime i hear it. In The Morning, yet another song written by the talented Mr Lee Ryan. This also hears Lee playing guitar. Apparently, he kept the original demo with this song, which he recorded in NYC at sunrise. A ballad that once again hears Lee's truly amazing voice. This album is not only for fans of Blue... Read review

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Advantages: Some great classic listening!
Disadvantages: Brings back sad memories!

...Being a big fan of Rock Ballads, as soon as I heard this advertised I rushed out to buy, I even paid £15.99 at HMV for it, although I am sure you could buy cheaper elsewhere for instance play.com, Amazon.co.uk to name but a few, but I just couldn’t be bothered to shop around and I wanted to hear sooner rather than later. Power Ballads is a double CD compilation of 39 tracks by various artists. Ballads spanning over several decades (70’s, 80’s 90’s and 00’s) brought together on 2 fantastic CD’s by Virgin Music Group Ltd. Disc 1 information: Total play time 79.05 minutes Track 01 Hero, published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp BMI/Arm Your Dillo Publishing Inc (SOCAN) and produced by Chad Kroeger (2002), you may remember this song and video from Spiderman, fantastically performed by Chad... Read review

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