Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 125 mb
Bio:
Peo Pettersson has been active in the music recording business since his teens and involved in over 250 recordings to this date. It would be just logic then that a solo album now would offer a lot of influences and a great variety of styles, but on "Welcome To The Party" we'll once again get pure AOR/Melodic Rock - also due to the new collaboration with song-writer and guitarist Roger Ljunggren (T'Bell; Niva , Grand Illusion a.o). The history of PEO started with the album "Look what I've started" back in 1995. After being in bands like Leviticus and Axia this was Peo Pettersson's first solo effort where he teamed up with members from Masquerade , Niva and some other great musicians. This album in the meantime has become to be a sought after AOR /Melodic Rock classic release. Many years and many albums later, Peo now has hooked up with Roger Ljunggren to make an album filled with classic melodic rock inspired by the heroes of the past. Peo took care of the vocal, bass and keyboard parts on this album, all guitars were played by Roger Ljunggren and drums by Tony Morra. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Peo Pettersson at POP Production Studios between October to December 2015.
Album:
Peo's 2013 solo album features a great mix of tunes from rockers to heartfelt melodic songs showcasing many great performances from a range of talented artists.Meanwhile, Peo was releasing albums and nobody cared...I'll be the first to admit it, because if no one talks about certain artists or bands, sometimes we don't make the effort to find out what they're up to. However, in 1995, this Swedish artist released his first album, Look What I've Started, which was later reissued by MTM and is a pure masterpiece of AOR, pop, and West Coast. After that, specialist websites never mentioned this guy again, even though he seemed to have a lot of talent and a promising future, to say the least. It must be said that, apart from this reissue by MTM, Peo didn't benefit from the support of a major record label that could have brought him out of obscurity! In the meantime, the guy has been busy releasing a slew of albums that I'm sure not many people have listened to. It was by chance, on a download site, that I came across his latest album, Fireplace, from 2013. I decided to give it a listen, remembering how much I had enjoyed Look at the time. I don't know what the other albums released between Look and Fireplace are like, but frankly, if they're all cut from the same cloth, they deserve more exposure.Indeed, this Fireplace is very, very good and very much in line with the 1995 album. The watchword is melody above all else. We still navigate between pop, AOR, and blues, but always with a constant search for melodic meaning. Peo still uses the saxophone, and for that alone he should have a statue! I still can't understand how this instrument has been banned from current productions, even in West Coast music! He also delegates the vocals to Victoria Petterson and Betty Wiseby for three tracks, which is also quite successful, especially on the superb For The Children. For the rest, we have a pleasant time with very AOR West Coast tracks reminiscent of Soleil Moon, Father To The Son, bluesy Summer's Gone, or very AOR reminiscent of Jim Jidhed solo or Thomas Vikstrom, Some Things Never Change. We even think of Bill Champlin on The Coldest Winter Days. I loved this album, which may lose a little steam over its length but, frankly, stands out among current releases.So, I'm telling you, it's time to rehabilitate this artist who should never have sunk into this kind of unjustified anonymity. Am I supposed to organize a tour with old AOR stars or cruises to relaunch all these artists??? Ah, I'm told that it's already been done and that the ship hosting this kind of cruise is called Frontiers!!!!
Line-Up:
Peo Pettersson: Vocals, Guitars, Hammond Organ, Additional Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Percussion
P A Winter: Drums On Tracks 2,7,8
Per Norbring: Drums On track 4
Stefan Kjällgren: Drums On Track 12
Jan Nordbring: Bass On Track 4
Hans Lagerström: Bass On Track 12
Dan Boström: Guitars On Track 12
Ivan Persic: Guitars On Track 6
Victoria Pettersson: Vocals On Tracks 3,9
Betty Wiseby: Vocals On Track 8
Jens Nathanshon: Saxophone On Tracks 3,5
Tracklist:
01. From A Father To A Son
02. Summer's Gone
03. For The Children
04. Some Things Never Change
05. The Coldest Winter Day
06. Where Did Our Love Go Wrong
07. Looking For A Heartbreak
08. Faith
09. Shooting Star
10. Rock On Down The Road
11. Where Will You Run
12. Vindication
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