Best Comeback album 2017, #2 : STAN BUSH – Change The World (2017)
End of the year / beginning of 2018, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.
The good ol’ STAN BUSH rarely miss the mark with his unique ‘touch’ creating pure ’80s AOR gems.
Legendary AOR singer/songwriter (Emmy Award winning recording artist) and Melodic Rock icon STAN BUSH released his 13th studio album, “Change The World“, via L.A. Records / Cargo Records worldwide.
I was expecting another good album from Stan Bush, but not that good!
In “Change The World” Stan Bush has created an album that very much feels like his benchmark, the album his whole career has been working towards. With Tom Walsh on drums and Holger Fath providing the rest of the instrumentation, both men enhance the AOR legend’s songwriting abilities and powerful voice.
“Change The World” comes with eleven excellent songs. These days, fans get many new rock / AOR albums on their plate with many of them following a cookie-cutter approach. Stan Bush’s new longplayer doesn’t belong to this category.
This is an album which puts a focus on melodic (hard) rock that appeals to a wider crowd of fans of rock music by utilizing everything AOR can offer.
While there’s a revisit to some of Bush’s biggest hits into fresh versions such as “The Touch” and “Dare” (both featured in the 80’s Transformers movie), “Never Surrender” from the movie Kickboxer, and the more recent “Warrior” from the Shadow Warrior 2 Video Game, the rest of the album is full of new songs as equally powerful and strong as the classics.
The new album feels like a matter of the heart to Bush and it shows two things; he’s an excellent songwriter and he has a great sense for melodies without forgetting rocking guitars.
Each of the eleven songs represents this very well, starting with the title track. “Change the World” belongs to the category of songs you can’t get out of your mind after having heart them once. It’s a melodic rock per excellence, followed by the steady pounding “Warrior” that reminded me of Survivor.
The light-hearted “Born to Win” and the catchy “Never Surrender” continues this eleven tracks winning streak and the Foreigner-like ballad “The Story of Love” is a joy for ears and mind.
Also the second half of this album comes with more than just one highlight. There’s no loss of quality and songs like “Break These Chains” are to die for to all classic AOR aficionados.
Stan Bush has paved a career in the AOR / Melodic Rock world unparalleled with such a deep catalog of music. “Change The World” is his 13th album and demonstrates the fact that he truly is one of the best at what he does.
This really is a tremendous album from Mr. Bush – perhaps the most complete of his career – and deserves to have a massive audience, so make sure it gets one by buying it as soon as it’s available.
This is such an immense AOR album it is sure to be near the top of many Best of 2017 lists come December.
A MUST HAVE
01. Change The World
02. Warrior
03. Born To Win
04. Never Surrender
05. The Story of Love
06. Live Your Dream
07. Break These Chains
08. The Other Side of Love
09. Dare
10. The Touch
11. The Secret
Stan Bush – Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitar
Holger Fath – Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Tom Walsh – Drums
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