Year : 1990 (Bad Reputation Remastered Edition 2021)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 169 mb
Bio:
Formed 1987, England.An excellent melodic rock band, Jagged Edge U.K. fit in perfectly alongside other long forgotten classy rockers such as Beggars & Thieves, Dirty White Boy and Baton Rouge.Early incarnations of the band had a revolving door membership, with guitarist Myke Gray being the only mainstay. Demos were recorded, at different times, with a female vocalist and production by Whitesnake's Neil Murray. The classic line-up would form in 1989 around Myke Gray, Matt Alfonzetti (vocals, ex-Bam Bam Boys), Andy Robbins (bass, ex-Tokyo Blade and Shogun) and Fabio Del Rio (drums).The band signed with Sanctuary management (which also looked after the affairs of Iron Maiden) and a record deal with Polydor. The debut EP Trouble arrived in early 1990, but it would be the full-length Fuel For Your Soul that really showed what Jagged Edge U.K. was capable of. The Sanctuary connection led to Del Rio playing drums on Bruce Dickinson's solo album Tattooed Millionaire. The band would also tour behind Dickinson, as well as Thunder and David Lee Roth in 1990/91. But the band was promptly dropped by Polydor and split apart soon after.Gray and Robbins resurfaced in the even more popular Skin, while Matti Alfonzetti joined the heavy Skintrade before returning with a solo band and then hooking up with Damned Nation.
Album:
Here’s the Bad Reputation records digitally remastered 2-CD re-issue of JAGGED EDGE‘s two albums Fuel For Your Soul + Trouble plus 10 bonus tracks.JAGGED EDGE first came together in 1987 masterminded by guitarist Mike Gray after his split from Dorian Gray. After a few different line-up and demos, Myke Gray retained the Jagged Edge name and linked up with Sanctuary management. Gray recruited Italian drummer Fabio del Rio (Bruce Dickinson) and ex-Tokyo Blade bassist Andy Robbins plus Swedish singer Matti Alfonzetti (Bam Bam Boys, Skintrade).They first released a five track EP “Trouble” in 1990 followed by their full debut “Fuel For Your Soul” in the same year. The debut album (produced by Jeff Glixman of Kansas fame) is a clear winner for fans of Whitesnake and early Thunder.JAGGED EDGE was formed in the ’80s by guitarist Myke Gray, only found a stable line up at the end of the decade when they recorded the 2-track EP “Trouble”.Here is presented on CD 2 with the addition of 8 bonus tracks; 4 studio tracks from the same sessions, and 4 captured live with a very good sound quality. All these are carefully written, arranged and performed classic melodic hard rock songs, where Alfonzetti’s voice shine and there’s a very good guitar work, quite raw ans straight from the amp.Then full length ”Fuel For The Soul” is a much more ‘bigger’ production, with a huge polished US production sound typically from the 1990-1991 years. It’s a really complete album including fiery bluesy rockers, midtempo AORish tunes, and a power semi-ballad in the title track.As usual, the Bad reputation release is excellent compiling all the JAGGED EDGE (wich later changed to JAGGED EDGE UK as there was a US rap band with that name) material from the era, fully remastered.
Line-Up:
Matti Alfonzetti – lead vocals
Myke Gray – guitar
Andy Robbins – bass, backing vocals
Fabio Del Rio – drums
Tracklist:
CD1 – Fuel For Your Soul:
01. Liar
02. Out In The Cold
03. You Don’t Love Me
04. Hell Ain’t A Long Way
05. Smooth Operator
06. Sweet Lorraine
07. Fuel For Your Soul
08. Law of The Land
09. Loving You Too Long
10. All Thru The Night
11. Money Talking (Bonus Track)
12. Burnin’ Up (Bonus Track)
CD2 – Trouble:
01. Trouble
02. You Don’t Love Me
03. Rosie Rosie
04. Crash And Burn
05. Good Golly Miss Molly
06. Rock The Nation (Bonus Track)
07. Don’t Force Your Love On Me (Bonus Track)
08. Fire And Water (Bonus Track)
09. Resurrect (Bonus Track)
10. Rosie Rosie (live) (Bonus Track)
11. All Thru The Night (live) (Bonus Track)
12. Life In The Fast Lane (live) (Bonus Track)
13. Out in The Cold (live) (Bonus Track)
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