PINK CREAM 69 – Games People Play [Music On CD ‎reissue]

Dutch label Music On CD in association with Sony Music are doing a great job making available again some very good, long time out of print of albums such as this 2017 reissue of PINK CREAM 69 “Games People Play“, the band’s third studio album and the final with talented Andi Deris on vocals.
If you ask me, a criminally underrated, pretty killer melodic hard rock record.

“Games People Play” was some kind of an end to the early PINK CREAM 69 sound & style, which slightly changed with the following album featuring replacement David Readman on lead vocals.
I remember reading Kerrang! Magazine back in the day making this comparison (more of less) with “Games People Play”: “it sounds like a German version of Van Halen, and you’ll have a damn good time while listening to it”.
And that is quite accurate, although PINK CREAM 69 are unmistakable European.

“Games People Play” is a more mature album than the two previous works.
While there are the typical PC 69 party-ready catchy songs like ‘Till You’re Mine’, and power ballads like ‘Don’t Let it All Come Down’, you have as well elaborated songs in ‘Face in the Mirror’ (interesting drug abuse lyrics) and the wonderful ‘Somedays I Sail’ about friendship and enjoying life to its fullest.

The punchy ‘Shattered’ and the above mentioned ‘Till You’re Mine’ are two of the best cuts from this album. Both songs are meant to be played LOUD.
I also always liked a lot the bass-pumped melodic hard rocker ‘Keep Your Eye On the Twisted’ (still played live by the band today), and the riff driven ‘Down On Your Luck’.

While not remastered, on this fresh reissue of “Games People Play” the sound quality has been clearly beef-up thanks to modern mastering transfer technology. It sounds huge, believe me.
This is a classy European rocking album plenty of well played melodies, catchy songs, and the totally unique voice of Andi Deris that all come together to form a fine platter of Melodic Hard Rock.
Highly Recommended

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01 – Face In The Mirror
02 – Way Down
03 – Keep Your Eye On The Twisted
04 – Somedays I Sail
05 – Shattered
06 – Monday Again
07 – Dyin’ Century
08 – Till You´re Mine
09 – Still Alive
10 – Down On Your Luck
11 – Backflash
12 – Condemnation
13 – Don´t Let It All Come Down

Andi Deris – vocals
Alfred Koffler – guitar
Dennis Ward – bass guitar
Kosta Zafiriou – drums

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