Alien (SWE)

Hard Rock, Melodic Rock , AOR , Blues Rock , Glam & Sleaze Rock , West Coast , Christian Rock
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Alien (SWE)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 31 Dec 2017, 06:45

Alien - Shiftin' Gear (1990) (AOR Heaven Classix Edition 2014)

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Year : 1990 (AOR Heaven Classix Edition 2014)
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 148 mb


Bio:

Alien is a Swedish rock band formed in Gothenburg in 1986 by guitarist Tony Borg and vocalist Jim Jidhed. They are best known today for their single "Only One Woman", a cover of a Marbles song, and "Brave New Love", which was featured in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

Early success (1986-88)
Borg and Jidhed's original lineup included Ken Sandin on bass guitar, Jimmy Wandroph on keyboards, and Toby Tarrach on drums. This group released the single "Only One Woman" in 1988, a cover of a song written by the Bee Gees and first recorded by The Marbles in 1968. The Alien cover reached #1 in Sweden and remained there for six weeks.Later in 1988, Alien released their first, eponymous album, including "Only One Woman" as well as "Brave New Love" and "Tears Don't Put Out the Fire", which was released as a single later that year. In 1989, the band released a re-worked version of it for the US/international market, again titled Alien. This album included eight out of the twelve tracks released in the 1988 album, 5 of which were remixed. Two new tracks were added, "Now Love" being one and a cover of "The Air That I Breathe" the other, both sung by new vocalist Peter "Pete" Sandberg.

Shiftin' Gear (1988-93)
In the fall of 1988, Jidhed left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Peter Sandberg, formerly frontman for the bands Madison and Von Rosen. In 1990 the band also made other changes, such as replacing Wandroph and Tarrach with Bert Andersson on keyboards and Imre Duan on drums. This was the lineup for the band's release of its third album, "Shiftin' Gear". However, the album was not the success it was predicted to be and another major lineup change occurred. Andersson was replaced by Richard Andre on keyboards and Stefan Ridderstrale replaced Duan on drums. Former Madison bassist Conny Payne also joined Alien in 1993. Finally, lead singer Peter Sandberg departed the band and later pursued a solo career. To replace him, Alien recruited Daniel Zangger Borch.

Band Stability (1993-2005)
Alien returned to the studios to record their fourth album, again titled "Alien". Ridderstrale, although performing on tour, did not participate in the recording sessions and Michael Wilkman stood in as drummer. Production was weak and the band lost much of its following. This can also be attributed to the numerous band member changes between 1990 and 1993.Ridderstrale officially left the band in 1995 and Staffan Scharrin became the drummer, thus completing the band's present lineup. This new formation released the band's fifth album, "Crash" in 1995. This album featured heavier metal songs than previously recorded by Alien.Since then, Alien released three more albums, Best and Rare (1997, compilation), Live in Stockholm 1990 (2001) and Dark Eyes (2005). Dark Eyes was the first album to feature all new recordings and marked the return of Jim Jidhed to the band now composed of him, Mats Sandborgh on keyboards, Berndt Ek on bass, Jan Lundberg on drums alongside Tony Borg.Present days

ALIEN 2010- present - The original line-up eventually reunited, a handful of festivals were chosen - Sweden Rock (Cruise + Festival), Getaway Rock, Firefest a.o. A new single, Ready To Fly (Manora Rec), was cut to promote the reunion. It went down great with the crowd and especially the response at the first Firefest performance (2011) made the band really consider making this new record.In 2013, the No Remorse/EMI re-issue CD (ltd 1000 copies) of Alien (s/t Scandinavian) reached No.1 in the import album chart in Japan and sold out. EMI Music Sweden released the back catalog, re-mastered for digi/download with some unreleased demos as bonus. "Alien - 25th Anniversary" 2CD deluxe edition highlighted the celebration of ALIEN’s debut album, selling out as well. "Shiftin' Gear +4" CD (AOR Heaven) bonus tracks shed some light on the fact that the original line-up wrote and pre-produced a sophomore album, before disbanding in late 1989.

Album:

AOR HEAVEN through their sub-label has reissued "Shiftin' Gear", the second album from Swedish Melodic Hard Rock masters ALIEN. Remastered and with 4 previouly unreleased tracks from the originl recording sessions, this is a must have gem of an album."Shiftin' Gear" is rarely mentioned among the fans lists as favorite, but when a band has such tremendous Classic as Alien with their self-titled debut, this usually happens.Anyway, "Shiftin' Gear" is another awesome effort from these Swedes.When incredible vocalist Jim Jidhed left Alien, Tony Borg recruited Pete Sandberg from the band Madison as the new singer. And what an amazing frontman he found in Mr Sandberg.A little more Melodic Hard Rock oriented than the first album, "Shiftin' Gear" still retains the unmatched Scandinavian AOR swirls all over.Killer songs like the pumping "In the Dead of Night", the superb ballad "Angel Eyes", the AOR-bliss of "Desperate Dreams" or the awesome harmonies of "Turn on the Radio" alongside Sandberg's soaring vocals and Borg's fantastic guitar licks make this release simply essential for everyone who loves this genre.Not only the remaster sounds glorious, but also the previously unreleased songs.Recorded during the same sessions at Studio Bohus Recording, the tracks are labeled as pre-production demos, but all sound like finished material to me.The pearl is "Name Of Love"... I don't understand how this diamond didn't make it into the album's final tracklist. The song is primo Scandi AOR of the greatest order, plenty of keyboards and a killer chorus.You need Alien's "Shiftin' Gear +4 AOR Heaven Classix" in your Melodic Hard Rock collection.

Line Up:

Pete Sandberg - Lead Vocals
Tony Borg - Guitars, Bass
Berndt Andersson - Keyboards, Hammond, Melodica
Imre Daun - Drums
Goran Edman, Jim Jidhed - Backing Vocals
Lars "Dille" Diedriksson - Drums, Keyboards

Tracklist:

01. Hold on Move on
02. Give It Up
03. Desperate Dreams
04. Angel Eyes
05. In the Dead of Night
06. Midnight Jam
07. Turn on the Radio
08. Strangers in a No-Man's Land
09. Don't Turn Me Away
10. Neon Lights
11. Hello How Are You
12. Desperate Dreams (Studio Bohus original version) (Bonus Track)
13. Name Of Love (Studio Bohus original version) (Bonus Track)
14. Dead Of Night (Studio Bohus original version) (Bonus Track)
15. Hold On (Studio Bohus original version) (Bonus Track)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 31 Dec 2017, 06:47

Alien - Alien - 25th Anniversary Edition (2CD) (2013)

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Year : 2013
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 238 mb


Bio:

Alien is a Swedish rock band formed in Gothenburg in 1986 by guitarist Tony Borg and vocalist Jim Jidhed. They are best known today for their single "Only One Woman", a cover of a Marbles song, and "Brave New Love", which was featured in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

Early success (1986-88)
Borg and Jidhed's original lineup included Ken Sandin on bass guitar, Jimmy Wandroph on keyboards, and Toby Tarrach on drums. This group released the single "Only One Woman" in 1988, a cover of a song written by the Bee Gees and first recorded by The Marbles in 1968. The Alien cover reached #1 in Sweden and remained there for six weeks.Later in 1988, Alien released their first, eponymous album, including "Only One Woman" as well as "Brave New Love" and "Tears Don't Put Out the Fire", which was released as a single later that year. In 1989, the band released a re-worked version of it for the US/international market, again titled Alien. This album included eight out of the twelve tracks released in the 1988 album, 5 of which were remixed. Two new tracks were added, "Now Love" being one and a cover of "The Air That I Breathe" the other, both sung by new vocalist Peter "Pete" Sandberg.

Shiftin' Gear (1988-93)
In the fall of 1988, Jidhed left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Peter Sandberg, formerly frontman for the bands Madison and Von Rosen. In 1990 the band also made other changes, such as replacing Wandroph and Tarrach with Bert Andersson on keyboards and Imre Duan on drums. This was the lineup for the band's release of its third album, "Shiftin' Gear". However, the album was not the success it was predicted to be and another major lineup change occurred. Andersson was replaced by Richard Andre on keyboards and Stefan Ridderstrale replaced Duan on drums. Former Madison bassist Conny Payne also joined Alien in 1993. Finally, lead singer Peter Sandberg departed the band and later pursued a solo career. To replace him, Alien recruited Daniel Zangger Borch.

Band Stability (1993-2005)
Alien returned to the studios to record their fourth album, again titled "Alien". Ridderstrale, although performing on tour, did not participate in the recording sessions and Michael Wilkman stood in as drummer. Production was weak and the band lost much of its following. This can also be attributed to the numerous band member changes between 1990 and 1993.Ridderstrale officially left the band in 1995 and Staffan Scharrin became the drummer, thus completing the band's present lineup. This new formation released the band's fifth album, "Crash" in 1995. This album featured heavier metal songs than previously recorded by Alien.Since then, Alien released three more albums, Best and Rare (1997, compilation), Live in Stockholm 1990 (2001) and Dark Eyes (2005). Dark Eyes was the first album to feature all new recordings and marked the return of Jim Jidhed to the band now composed of him, Mats Sandborgh on keyboards, Berndt Ek on bass, Jan Lundberg on drums alongside Tony Borg.Present days

ALIEN 2010- present - The original line-up eventually reunited, a handful of festivals were chosen - Sweden Rock (Cruise + Festival), Getaway Rock, Firefest a.o. A new single, Ready To Fly (Manora Rec), was cut to promote the reunion. It went down great with the crowd and especially the response at the first Firefest performance (2011) made the band really consider making this new record.In 2013, the No Remorse/EMI re-issue CD (ltd 1000 copies) of Alien (s/t Scandinavian) reached No.1 in the import album chart in Japan and sold out. EMI Music Sweden released the back catalog, re-mastered for digi/download with some unreleased demos as bonus. "Alien - 25th Anniversary" 2CD deluxe edition highlighted the celebration of ALIEN’s debut album, selling out as well. "Shiftin' Gear +4" CD (AOR Heaven) bonus tracks shed some light on the fact that the original line-up wrote and pre-produced a sophomore album, before disbanding in late 1989.

Album:

The word "classic" is often overused because it is used in a wrong way when we talk about our music.Indeed, I tend to talk about musts, maybe a bit quickly, only to realise some time later that the "so-called classic" was a good album without more! With the re-release after 25 years of the first Alien, we can talk about AOR classics without taking risks. The reissue that comes out this year is sublime in that it offers both versions of the project, the Scandinavian one on one side and the US version on the other. Before talking about the content, where we can agree is on the ugliness of the two covers which is also unanimous! Alien is a Swedish band founded in 1986 and who released this first eponymous album in 1988. It is led by guitarist Tony Borg and singer Jim Jidhed. For a first try, it's a master stroke. The album is full of FM hits that haven't aged a bit, such as Brave New World, Tears Don't Put Out The Fire, the ballad Only One Woman and Jaime Remember to name but a few. I would say that Alien FM sounded more Us than Europe or Bad Habit for example. That's why there was a US version with some different tracks than the Swedish one. If you listen carefully to both, you will realize that the sound and the mix are also different. The US version has a deeper, more chiseled sound that seemed totally made for FM. It is important to note that you must own this reissue if only to avoid missing the different tracks in the two versions. Indeed, strangely the Scandinavian version offers 12 tracks with 4 different from the US version which has only 10 tracks but two unreleased ones compared to the other pressing. It is important to know that all these tracks, like Now Love, are all excellent and don't stand out at all on either the Swedish or the Californian album. Alien is also on this first try the voice of Jim Jidhed who will leave the band afterwards to be replaced by Pete Sandberg and who marks this album. We discover a singer full of talent who will not have the career he should have had after having released two small solo jewels Jim in 1990 and Full Circle in 2003. He will come back to the band for the reformation in 2005 with the bof bof, Dark Eyes. After this album, Alien will go on its way with a rare propensity to change vocalist every album.They will release in 1990, Shiftin Gear which for me is the equal of this first album. It's a good thing, I think it's just been re-released too, so more on that next episode...

Line Up:

Jim Jidhed – Vocals
Tony Borg – Guitars
Jimmy Wandroph – Keyboards
Ken Sandin – Bass
Toby Tarrach – Drums

Past members

Staffan Scharrin :
Peter Sandberg : [since 1986]
Berndt Ek : [since 1986]
Jan Lundberg :
Imre Daun :
Goran Edman :
Daniel Zangger Borch :
Mats Sandborgh :
Bert Andersson :
Stefan Ridderstrale :
Conny Payne :
Richard Andre :

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Brave New Love - 3:53
02. Tears Don't Put Out The Fire - 4:09
03. Go Easy - 3:39
04. I've Been Waiting - 5:03
05. Jaime Remember - 4:41
06. Feel My Love - 3:46
07. Only One Woman - 4:12
08. Wings Of Fire - 3:23
09. Dying By The Golden Rule - 3:49
10. Touch My Fire - 3:58
11. Dreamer - 4:40
12. Mirror - 4:29
13. Feel My Love (Pollar session outtake) - 3:52
14. Touch My Fire (Pollar session outtake) - 3:51

CD2:

01. Tears Don't Put Out The Fire (Remix) - 4:32
02. Go Easy (Remix) - 3:48
03. I've Been Waiting (Remix) - 5:09
04. Jaimie Remeber - 4:43
05. Feel My Love (Remix) - 3:45
06. Only One Woman (Remix) - 4:34
07. Brave New Love - 4:00
08. The Air That I Breathe - 4:36
09. Touch My Fire - 4:06
10. Now Love - 4:25


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 31 Dec 2017, 06:52

Alien - Eternity (Japan Edition) (2014)

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Year : 2014
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 166 mb


Bio:

Alien is a Swedish rock band formed in Gothenburg in 1986 by guitarist Tony Borg and vocalist Jim Jidhed. They are best known today for their single "Only One Woman", a cover of a Marbles song, and "Brave New Love", which was featured in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

Early success (1986-88)
Borg and Jidhed's original lineup included Ken Sandin on bass guitar, Jimmy Wandroph on keyboards, and Toby Tarrach on drums. This group released the single "Only One Woman" in 1988, a cover of a song written by the Bee Gees and first recorded by The Marbles in 1968. The Alien cover reached #1 in Sweden and remained there for six weeks.Later in 1988, Alien released their first, eponymous album, including "Only One Woman" as well as "Brave New Love" and "Tears Don't Put Out the Fire", which was released as a single later that year. In 1989, the band released a re-worked version of it for the US/international market, again titled Alien. This album included eight out of the twelve tracks released in the 1988 album, 5 of which were remixed. Two new tracks were added, "Now Love" being one and a cover of "The Air That I Breathe" the other, both sung by new vocalist Peter "Pete" Sandberg.

Shiftin' Gear (1988-93)
In the fall of 1988, Jidhed left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Peter Sandberg, formerly frontman for the bands Madison and Von Rosen. In 1990 the band also made other changes, such as replacing Wandroph and Tarrach with Bert Andersson on keyboards and Imre Duan on drums. This was the lineup for the band's release of its third album, "Shiftin' Gear". However, the album was not the success it was predicted to be and another major lineup change occurred. Andersson was replaced by Richard Andre on keyboards and Stefan Ridderstrale replaced Duan on drums. Former Madison bassist Conny Payne also joined Alien in 1993. Finally, lead singer Peter Sandberg departed the band and later pursued a solo career. To replace him, Alien recruited Daniel Zangger Borch.

Band Stability (1993-2005)
Alien returned to the studios to record their fourth album, again titled "Alien". Ridderstrale, although performing on tour, did not participate in the recording sessions and Michael Wilkman stood in as drummer. Production was weak and the band lost much of its following. This can also be attributed to the numerous band member changes between 1990 and 1993.Ridderstrale officially left the band in 1995 and Staffan Scharrin became the drummer, thus completing the band's present lineup. This new formation released the band's fifth album, "Crash" in 1995. This album featured heavier metal songs than previously recorded by Alien.Since then, Alien released three more albums, Best and Rare (1997, compilation), Live in Stockholm 1990 (2001) and Dark Eyes (2005). Dark Eyes was the first album to feature all new recordings and marked the return of Jim Jidhed to the band now composed of him, Mats Sandborgh on keyboards, Berndt Ek on bass, Jan Lundberg on drums alongside Tony Borg.Present days

ALIEN 2010- present - The original line-up eventually reunited, a handful of festivals were chosen - Sweden Rock (Cruise + Festival), Getaway Rock, Firefest a.o. A new single, Ready To Fly (Manora Rec), was cut to promote the reunion. It went down great with the crowd and especially the response at the first Firefest performance (2011) made the band really consider making this new record.In 2013, the No Remorse/EMI re-issue CD (ltd 1000 copies) of Alien (s/t Scandinavian) reached No.1 in the import album chart in Japan and sold out. EMI Music Sweden released the back catalog, re-mastered for digi/download with some unreleased demos as bonus. "Alien - 25th Anniversary" 2CD deluxe edition highlighted the celebration of ALIEN’s debut album, selling out as well. "Shiftin' Gear +4" CD (AOR Heaven) bonus tracks shed some light on the fact that the original line-up wrote and pre-produced a sophomore album, before disbanding in late 1989.

Album:

Recordings of the new album started Aug 1 at Bohus Sound and continued throughout 2013, taking a break only to perform at the Firefest 10th Anniversary show. ALIEN decided to add a song, “I’m a fighter”, written back in the 80’s by their L.A. co-writers Pam Barlow and Janet Morrison Minto, as an homage to their co-work on the debut album. The regained contact with Pam and Janet led to them writing lyrics for this album as well.

Line Up:

Jim Jidhed – Vocals
Tony Borg – Guitars
Jimmy Wandroph – Keyboards
Ken Sandin – Bass
Toby Tarrach – Drums

Past members

Staffan Scharrin :
Peter Sandberg : [since 1986]
Berndt Ek : [since 1986]
Jan Lundberg :
Imre Daun :
Goran Edman :
Daniel Zangger Borch :
Mats Sandborgh :
Bert Andersson :
Stefan Ridderstrale :
Conny Payne :
Richard Andre :

Tracklist:

1. In Love We Trust (4:48)
2. Unbroken (5:29)
3. Love Will Lead Me Home (4:12)
4. I Believe (3:48)
5. Summer Of Love (5:13)
6. What Goes Up (4:41)
7. I'm A Fighter (3:59)
8. Wildheart (3:20)
9. Liar, Liar (4:27)
10. Look At Us Know (6:05)
11. Burning Heart (4:31)
12. In Trut (3:13)
13. Introduction (by Jim Jidhed) (Japan Bonus Track)
14. Ready To Fly (Japan Bonus Track)
15. Eternity (Instrumental) (Japan Bonus Track)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 06 Feb 2021, 13:40

Alien - Into The Future (Japan Edition) (2020)

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Year : 2020 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 166 mb


Bio:

Alien is a Swedish rock band formed in Gothenburg in 1986 by guitarist Tony Borg and vocalist Jim Jidhed. They are best known today for their single "Only One Woman", a cover of a Marbles song, and "Brave New Love", which was featured in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

Early success (1986-88)
Borg and Jidhed's original lineup included Ken Sandin on bass guitar, Jimmy Wandroph on keyboards, and Toby Tarrach on drums. This group released the single "Only One Woman" in 1988, a cover of a song written by the Bee Gees and first recorded by The Marbles in 1968. The Alien cover reached #1 in Sweden and remained there for six weeks.Later in 1988, Alien released their first, eponymous album, including "Only One Woman" as well as "Brave New Love" and "Tears Don't Put Out the Fire", which was released as a single later that year. In 1989, the band released a re-worked version of it for the US/international market, again titled Alien. This album included eight out of the twelve tracks released in the 1988 album, 5 of which were remixed. Two new tracks were added, "Now Love" being one and a cover of "The Air That I Breathe" the other, both sung by new vocalist Peter "Pete" Sandberg.

Shiftin' Gear (1988-93)
In the fall of 1988, Jidhed left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Peter Sandberg, formerly frontman for the bands Madison and Von Rosen. In 1990 the band also made other changes, such as replacing Wandroph and Tarrach with Bert Andersson on keyboards and Imre Duan on drums. This was the lineup for the band's release of its third album, "Shiftin' Gear". However, the album was not the success it was predicted to be and another major lineup change occurred. Andersson was replaced by Richard Andre on keyboards and Stefan Ridderstrale replaced Duan on drums. Former Madison bassist Conny Payne also joined Alien in 1993. Finally, lead singer Peter Sandberg departed the band and later pursued a solo career. To replace him, Alien recruited Daniel Zangger Borch.

Band Stability (1993-2005)
Alien returned to the studios to record their fourth album, again titled "Alien". Ridderstrale, although performing on tour, did not participate in the recording sessions and Michael Wilkman stood in as drummer. Production was weak and the band lost much of its following. This can also be attributed to the numerous band member changes between 1990 and 1993.Ridderstrale officially left the band in 1995 and Staffan Scharrin became the drummer, thus completing the band's present lineup. This new formation released the band's fifth album, "Crash" in 1995. This album featured heavier metal songs than previously recorded by Alien.Since then, Alien released three more albums, Best and Rare (1997, compilation), Live in Stockholm 1990 (2001) and Dark Eyes (2005). Dark Eyes was the first album to feature all new recordings and marked the return of Jim Jidhed to the band now composed of him, Mats Sandborgh on keyboards, Berndt Ek on bass, Jan Lundberg on drums alongside Tony Borg.Present days

ALIEN 2010- present - The original line-up eventually reunited, a handful of festivals were chosen - Sweden Rock (Cruise + Festival), Getaway Rock, Firefest a.o. A new single, Ready To Fly (Manora Rec), was cut to promote the reunion. It went down great with the crowd and especially the response at the first Firefest performance (2011) made the band really consider making this new record.In 2013, the No Remorse/EMI re-issue CD (ltd 1000 copies) of Alien (s/t Scandinavian) reached No.1 in the import album chart in Japan and sold out. EMI Music Sweden released the back catalog, re-mastered for digi/download with some unreleased demos as bonus. "Alien - 25th Anniversary" 2CD deluxe edition highlighted the celebration of ALIEN’s debut album, selling out as well. "Shiftin' Gear +4" CD (AOR Heaven) bonus tracks shed some light on the fact that the original line-up wrote and pre-produced a sophomore album, before disbanding in late 1989.

Album:

Late 1986 Alien recorded two songs, “Headstrong" and "I’ll Survive", at Studio Bohus. Virgin Scandinavia signed the band and released those two singles. In the meantime, while touring Scandinavia, they wrote their debut album “Alien”. Virgin believed in the band to appeal to audiences in further territories and hence rewrote their contract into a worldwide deal!Late 1987, at ABBA's Polar Studio, the Swedes cut three songs with producer Mark Dearnley (AC/DC, Def Leppard), one being "Only One Woman" which went on to top the charts and achieved platinum status. The B-side, "Somewhere Out There", also got to #1 in the charts, for instrumentals!After that, the group relocated to the renowned Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, with producer Chris Minto (Pat Benatar, Rick Springfield, KISS), to record the debut. Two songs were featured in the 1988 remake of the 50s sci-fi movie The Blob; "Feel My Love" plus "Brave New Love" in the end credits. Back from the US, with "Only One Woman" sky-rocketing the charts, Alien brought the album on tour, beating box office records, being all over the Swedish media.While in London doing promo, the band shot cover photos with Simon Fowler and signed with Steve Barnett / Hard To Handle Management (Gary Moore, AC/DC). For the international launch, Virgin America made a new album cover and some remixes by Duane Baron and John Purdell. Songs were cut out to include the first single with new singer Pete Sandberg: "The Air That I Breathe/Now Love". Pete replaced Jim Jidhed in the fall of 1988, making his first appearance performing live on Swedish national TV. New promo and cover photos were shot in L.A. as well as the video for "Tears Don't Put Out The Fire". Director Dough Freel was chosen mainly for his work on the Def Leppard “Hysteria“ album videos. Promotion, TV and a full summer of touring followed in 1989, bringing Alien’s biggest production to date on the road. “Tears Don’t Put Out The Fire" was chosen as the international single release. A couple more songs written during pre-production for the album were later published on the 1997 “Best & Rare” 2-CD collection.Between 1990 and 2005 ALIEN released four more albums: “Shiftin’ Gear” in 1990 (with Pete Sandberg). In 1992 Tony formed a Stockholm based Alien and made two albums at Eagle Records and in 2005, Tony Borg and Jim Jidhed got in touch and recorded “Dark Eyes” for Frontiers Records.In 2010, the original line-up eventually reunited, a handful of festivals were chosen, e.g. Sweden Rock (Cruise + Festival), Getaway Rock, Firefest. A new single, “Ready To Fly“ (Manora Rec), was cut to promote the reunion. It went down great with the crowd and especially the response at the first Firefest performance (2011) made the band really consider making a new record.The No Remorse/EMI reissue CD (ltd. 1000 copies) of “Alien“ (s/t Scandinavian) reached #1 on the import album chart in Japan and sold out. EMI Music Sweden released the back catalogue, remastered for digital download with some unreleased demos as bonus. The "Alien - 25th Anniversary" 2-CD deluxe edition highlighted the celebration of Alien’s debut album, selling out as well. "Shiftin' Gear +4" CD (AOR Heaven) with bonus tracks shed some light on the fact that the original line-up wrote and pre-produced a sophomore album, before disbanding in late 1989.Recordings of the “Eternity” album started August 1 at Bohus Sound and continued throughout 2013, taking a break only to perform at the Firefest 10th Anniversary show. Alien decided to add a song, “I’m A Fighter”, written back in the 80s by their L.A. co-writers Pam Barlow and Janet Morrison Minto, as an homage to their co-work on the debut. The regained contact with Pam and Janet led to them writing lyrics for this record as well.On November 27, 2020 Alien will release the album “Into the Future”. This record is taking the band from being merely an AOR band to more of a hard rock band with a heavier sound and more guitars. Creating “Into The Future” was really a journey back to the days of being free in a musical way to experiment with arrangement, sounds, melodies and just having a blast while doing it. Once again to the band's delight, Janet Morrison Minto has been a part of the lyrics writing and as always with great commitment. Alien is now Jim Jidhed, Tony Borg and Toby Tarrach (d). The album was recorded in various studios in Sweden including JM Studios in Gothenburg, Borg Music & Recording Studio in Stockholm, Music Family studio in Särö and Hope Studio in Gothenburg. The mix and mastering was handled by Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse) at Blowout Production in Sollerön.

Line Up:

Jim Jidhed – Vocals
Tony Borg – Guitars
Toby Tarrach – Drums

Tracklist:

01. You Still Burn
02. Night Of Fire
03. War Scars
04. Time Is Right
05. What Are We Fighting For
06. Into The Future
07. Freedom Wind
08. Really Wheeling It
09. Fallin Way Down
10. In Her Eyes
11. Children
12. Something's Wrong (Japan Bonus Track)


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