STAN BUSH – The Ultimate (2014)
* only for 24hs
American AOR icon STAN BUSH is ready to release “The Ultimate” – his all new studio album in four years – next March 17th.
Known for countless self-penned songs heard in ’80s blockbuster movies like Transformers, Kickboxer or Bloodsport, Stan has also co-written with top songwriters like Jonathan Cain (Journey) Jim Vallance (Bryan Adams, Aerosmith) and Paul Stanley of Kiss, just to name a few.
“The Ultimate” is the legendary AORster 12th studio album, and sees Bush returning to the traditional songwriting and sound which made him famous in the Eighties mixed with the more stylized Melodic Rock of his recent works.
Stan biggest hit ever was ‘The Touch’ (Transformers ’86), and here he reunites again with Lenny Macaluso (who co-wrote that hit song) for the title track “The Ultimate”, a modern AOR track with same kind of uplifting moving waves that has become his signature.
Also the Macaluso track “Thunder in Your Heart” (made famous by John Farnham for the ‘Rad soundtrack’) gets reinvented here in a vibrant version. Other cuts with that awesome retro feel to die for are the anthemic “Heat of the Battle” and “Unstoppable”, the latter, however, including a really modern ‘techno’ background which fuses the best of the past with an updated fashion.
The timeless Melodic Rock is present on the lovable opener “Something to Believe”, “Stand in the Fire” and “The Journey”, much in line of Stan’s last album ‘Dream the Dream (2010)’, and of course there’s room for emotional ballads like “Love Again”, “If I’m Not Lovin’ You” (including acoustics) and the mid-tempo “The Memory of You”, a highlight on the CD.
“The Ultimate” is one of the best albums in Stan Bush’s illustrious AOR / Melodic Rock career.
It strikes the perfect balance between his high-octane, positively-charged classic AOR style and the mature, emotive Melodic Rock song-craft from his last records.
This is a must have for fans of the genre, made with a heart put in ’80s but at the same time firmly planted in a modern production technique which results into a cohesive effort.
Mandatory purchase.
01 – Something to Believe
02 – The Ultimate
03 – Heat of the Battle
04 – Love Again
05 – Stand in the Fire
06 – Unstoppable
07 – Thunder in Your Heart
08 – The Journey
09 – The Memory of You
10 – If I’m Not Lovin’ You
11 – The Touch (Power Mix)
Pre-Order:
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Ultimate-Stan-Bush/dp/B00IDBJS9M
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