Year : 1990
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 140 mb
Bio:
The Partland Brothers are a Canadian pop/rock band, best known for their 1986 hit single "Soul City".Originally fronted by brothers Chris and G. P. Partland with supporting session musicians, more recently they have recorded and performed as a trio with their brother Robin Partland.Originally from the small community of Colgan in Ontario's Simcoe County,they played in area bands before moving their act to Toronto in 1979 and forming Oliver Heavyside.In 1982, they entered and won the “Q107 Homegrown” contest, which attracted the attention of Capitol Records.Their first album as the Partland Brothers, Electric Honey, was released in 1986.It was described by Cashbox as an "appealing exercise in pop/rock", and reached number 146 on the Billboard 200.The single "Soul City", a soaring anthem featuring the brothers' distinctive close-harmony vocals which saw them compared to a more contemporary version of The Righteous Brothers, was a Top 40 hit in both Canada and the United States.This success earned them tours with The Moody Blues and The Beach Boys in the United States, as well as headline gigs of their own at home in Canada and television appearances on American Bandstand and The Late Show with Arsenio Hall.Their live band engaged seasoned live performers, including Tom Lewis (bass), John Bride (guitar), Richard Evans (keyboards), Greg Critchley (drums), and Mike Skinner (sax). Produced by Vini Poncia, the album was reissued in 1987 with the Jim Vallance-produced new song "One Chance", which is still played on many adult radio stations today. That same year, their song "Outside the City" was featured in the horror film Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II.At the Juno Awards of 1987, they received a nomination for Most Promising New Group.Management struggles ensued, and it took until 1990 for them to record and release their second album, Between Worlds.The album was supported with a smaller-scale Canadian tour.It was another three years and a label change before their next studio album, Part Land, Part Water, was released on Kinetic Records.Part Land, Part Water was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga. Production was given over to Ken Greer, who also played lead guitars, pedal steel, mandolin, bass, and all keyboards on the album. Occasional dates ensued, but the band chose to stay close to home rather than tackling an all-out tour.Following Part Land, Part Water, the band were relatively inactive for a number of years until 2002, when they performed at a Ronnie Hawkins tribute show at Massey Hall.Afterward they returned to touring as an opening act for Hawkins,and performed at various benefit concerts before relaunching their own tour of Southern Ontario.In 2009, they released This Is Who I Am, their first album of new material since Part Land, Part Water.The album included "That's My Home", a charity single the band recorded as a benefit for the Canadian Forces Military Families Fund.They followed up in 2010 with Every Now...and Again, a compilation of songs from throughout their career.In recent years, Chris Partland has played a number of shows in the Greater Toronto Area as a solo artist.In 2016 he attributed the band's lack of activity to one of his brothers recently having lost two fingers in an accident, but stated that the band still planned to return to performing in the future.
Album:
"Between Worlds" is the second and latest release by "The Partland Brothers".They are a Toronto based group that features two brothers, Chris and G.P., who both sing and write all the material. This L.P. is they're "make it or break it" in the U.S. offering. The situation they are in is one that's experienced by almost all Canadian bands who try to bridge the Canadian and American markets.The scenario goes like this. A Canadian band releases an L.P. in Canada with moderate stateside impact. The pressure then is turned on to follow up with a next release that is sure fire, and take the American airwaves by storm.If the second L.P. clicks big, the American record companies jump on the bandwagon with money, support and promotion. If it doesn't, the American companies totally dump it and leave the underfunded Canadian company holding a product with no means to cash in on it.The point of this little speech is to illustrate the fundamental problems that Canadian acts have in breaking into the States. Basically the Americans want nothing to do with building and nurturing our acts till they become successful. It's up to us, with comparatively few resources to make a competitive product from the ground up with little or no help from people in the market in which it's supposed to be sold.Frozen Ghost and the Partlands are going trough this right now. Triumph went through it for almost five straight years.The likes of Jeff Healey and Loverboy just got lucky off the bat.On the other side, Guns and Roses were supported and nurtured for quite a while until they finally made an impact.Their record company stuck with them, even though they were the biggest hunk of crap at the time.Anyway,"Between Worlds" IS a good album. It's got two or three real catchy hits. "Honest Man" is the current release. It's got a major league chorus, good hooks and plays well on the radio, A.M. and F.M. "Can You Love Me" is sure to be the follow up. The ballad is "About Her". Real nice change-up, and probably the third single.More importantly, the album has consistency. Even though it's blatant pop-rock, it all blends well together and you're never left wondering what angle these guys are coming from. It's well produced into a neat, listenable package.This L.P. should break in the U.S. As of now it's moving bit by bit up Billboard. Cross your fingers for them as well as all Canadian musicians and writers. Cause sure as shootin', if this one doesn't break them big time, you'll probably be seeing them "at a club near you", for the next five years, or whenever they decide to throw in the towel. Whichever comes first!!
Line Up:
Chris Partland - Lead and Background Vocals, Guitars
G.P. Partland - Lead and Background, Percussion
+ guests:
Rob Piltch - Lead Guitars
Steve Webster - Bass Guitars
Jon Anderson - Drums
Jon Goldsmith - Keyboards, Autoharp, Background Vocals
Hugh Marsh - Violin on "Nothin' You Can't Be"
Roberto Occhipinti - Mandolins on "Brighter Days Ahead"
Dick Smith - Percussion
Bill Dillon - Guitars and Pedal Steel
Ken Greer - Pedal Steel
Background Vocals - Shawn Jackson, Lisa Dal Bello, Colina Phillips, joel Feeney
Production:
Produced by Jon Goldsmith
Recorded and Mixed at Manta Sound, Toronto
Engineered by John Naslen except "Brighter Days Ahead" Engineered by Mike Columby
Design by Dean Motter
Photography by Renzo Cattoni
Tracklist:
01. Can You Love Me
02. Maybe One Day
03. Honest Man
04. Can't You See
05. Untouched
06. Sunset Line
07. Too Quick To Judge
08. About Her
09. Nothin' You Can't Be
10. Brighter Days Ahead
11. Keep That Spirit High
+ Video "Honest Man" (Official Video)
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