CATS IN SPACE – Fire in the Night (Live) (2024) *HQ*
Yes, once again, CATS IN SPACE are firing on all cylinders and released their long-awaited, blistering, double, live album “Fire in the Night (Live)“. The show was recorded during the ‘Kickstart the Sun – Part II’ theatre tour in 2023.
Before you decide to go out and buy a physical copy of this splendid new live album, forget it, the CD and vinyl stocks sold out before the album was even released – such is the devotion of the Cats army of fans. Don’t let that put you off though, you can still buy digital copies on all the usual platforms, and a fresh CD/vinyl new pressings are in the making.
The band’s sound is rooted in the mid ‘70’s through to the mid ‘80’s ranging from ELO, Angel, Queen, Boston, Giuffria, Supertramp, Styx, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Toto… but all fused into one gloriously melodic package. And the live setting fits like a glove for the Cats… they literally fly over these great songs.
The band has been in existence for nearly a decade now, but it took the arrival of singer Damian, who came from a theatrical and musical background, to kick the band into top gear in 2020, and this fabulous live album shows how bloody wonderful the boys now are.
Everything from their carefully crafted image, to their amazingly perfected sound, has marked CIS for greatness, and this awesome album is the perfect proof.
‘Fire In The Night (Live)’ showcases no less than twenty-one songs, performed with obvious joy and passion by the band.
Kicking proceedings off with the pomptastic ‘King Of Stars’, the band is instantly in storming form, with this epic number being the perfect opening salvo. The band has almost been spoiled by being able to choose from a wealth of classic songs, so from ‘Goodbye To The American Dream’, ‘Kickstart The Sun’, ‘Atlantis’, ‘The Greatest Story Never Told’, ‘Hero’, ‘Too Many Gods’, ‘Poke The Witch‘, ‘The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ two truly epic numbers – ‘Bootleg Bandoleros’ and ‘I Fell Out Of Love With Rock & Roll’, and a host of others, this could well be one of the best great ‘live’ albums in recent time, it is simply that good.
We honestly cannot commend ‘Fire In The Night Live’ to you highly enough. This album should be a compulsory purchase for any self-respecting fan of classic rock music, and to use ye olde language, it’s truly a case of ‘Buy Or Die!’.
Highly Recommended
Disc I
1 – Intro / King Of Stars (Live)
2 – Teenage Millionaires (Live)
3 – Goodbye To The American Dream (Live)
4 – Kickstart The Sun (Live)
5 – A Big Balloon (Live)
6 – Hero (Live)
7 – 1,000,000 Miles (Live)
8 – 51 Pillow Bed (Live)
9 – Poke The Witch (Live)
10 – Bootleg Bandoleros (Live)
Disc II
1 – Too Many Gods (Live)
2 – Timebomb (Live)
3 – Broken Hearted / Scars (Live)
4 – Marionettes (Live)
5 – Atlantis (Live)
6 – Johnny Rocket (Live)
7 – Thunder In The Night (Live)
8 – The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Live)
9 – The Greatest Story Never Told (Live)
10 – Hologram Man (Live)
11 – I Fell Out Of Love With Rock ‘n’ Roll (Live)
Damian Edwards (vocals)
Greg Hart (guitars/vocals)
Dean Howard (guitars/vocals)
Andy Stewart (keyboards/vocorder)
Jeff Brown (bass/vocals)
Steevi Bacon (drums/vocals)
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