C.T.P. / CHRISTIAN TOLLE PROJECT – The Real Thing [2022 reissue]

Highly respected German guitarist Christian Tolle is ready to release a new album soon, meanwhile he is reissuing his CHRISTIAN TOLLE PROJECT first albums, long time out of print. If Tolle’s name is new to you, he was part of many celebrated AOR / Melodic Rock records as session musician including Chasing Violets, Reece, AOR, Universe, Tango Down, Cooper Inc., etc, and for his C.T.P. albums he always get collaborating some of the best cats in the business. Tolle has complete control of C.T.P., from songwriting to production & mix.

“The Real Thing” is C.T.P. second album from 2005, featuring a stellar cast of musicians. We find the unique Steve Lukather (Toto) playing on two tracks, Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake, The Dead Daisies), the exquisite Tim Pierce, bass monster Chuck Wright, while Praying Mantis’ John Cuijpers is on lead vocals, among others.
Of course, this is classic melodic Rock / AOR plenty of smooth melodies reminiscent of the glorious ’80s, a wide variety of timeless tunes from uptempo rocking tracks to catchy AOR anthems and Westcoast influences.
Highly Recommended

01 – Enemy
02 – The Real Thing
03 – On And On
04 – Rain
05 – The Flow
06 – Back To The Moon
07 – First Time
08 – Swear Your Love
09 – I’m On Time
10 – Belief

John Cuijpers – vocals on 1, 4, 5, 7
Pit Hupperten – vocals on 2, 6, 8
Stephen Scheuss – vocals on 3
Christian Tolle – guitars, bass
Steve Lukather – guitar on 2,6
Doug Aldrich – guitar on 1,4
Tim Pierce – guitar
Phillipp Artzt – drums, keyboards
Lauren Scheff, Chuck Wright – bass
Maurice Adriaens – keyboards, guitar
Harold van Gestel, Thomas Heinen – backing vocals

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