Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo – 35th Anniversary Tour (2-CD)

The personal and professional partnership of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo is one of classic rock’s great love stories. The couple celebrated their life together as musicians s well with their 35th Anniversary tour, which was fully recorded and put on 2-CD/DVD with the title “Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: The 35th Anniversary Tour“, that contains 14 of their biggest hits revitalized and updated.

“The hit single ‘Heartbreaker’ was the catalyst for it all,” Benatar says in a news release. “It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed. We’re excited to be celebrating this personal and musical milestone. The tour should be an incredible, shared experience with the audience.”
Benatar and Giraldo met when she was looking for a guitarist to help on the sessions for her Chrysalis debut, In the Heat of the Night. That album contained the hit single “Heartbreaker,” which started them on the path to multi-platinum stardom. A relationship quickly bloomed, and the couple was married in late 1982.

“Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo: The 35th Anniversary Tour” CD/DVD set kicks off with “Shadows of the Night”, which was a Top 10 hit for the couple on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1982.
Other hit singles include “We Belong,” the great “Heartbreaker,” and “Hell is for Children.” There’s also a terrific eight-minute version of “Love is a Battlefield”, one of my favorite Pat Benatar songs ever.

At her 61, Benatar’s still rocks with a sexy powerhouse voice… and attractive appearance.
The multi-talented Giraldo provided fireworks of his own with his trademark solos on “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and “Promises in the Dark” (awesome version). He also performed double-duty on acoustic guitar and piano during “We Belong.”
Giraldo’s most impressive performance, however, came on the hard-driving “Hell Is For Children.”
Performed at every Benatar-Giraldo show to raise awareness about at-risk children, the tune features blistering guitar work by Giraldo that adds heightened drama to Benatar’s intense performance. This is definitely a song you have to hear live.

Together, Benatar and Giraldo, have 19 Top 40 singles and multiple Top 10. They have scored two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, and three RIAA-certified Gold albums.
This recording, very well done, serves as a Greatest Hits delivered with an updated sound and arrangements.
Highly Recommended

CD 1:
01 – Shadows of the Night (Live)
02 – All Fired Up (Live)
03 – Invincible (Live)
04 – We Live for Love (Live)
05 – So Sincere (Live)
06 – Sex As a Weapon (Live)
07 – Promises In the Dark (Live)
08 – We Belong (Live)
09 – Hell Is for Children (Live)

CD 2:
01 – You Better Run (Live)
02 – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live)
03 – Love Is a Battlefield (Live)
04 – Let’s Stay Together (Live)
05 – Heartbreaker (Live)

Vocals – Pat Benatar
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Neil Giraldo
Bass – Mick Mahan
Drums – Chris Ralles

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