Red Siren - All Is Forgiven (1989) [FLAC] {Mercury 836 776-2}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2021/06/28 RTLDATE: 1989/02/06
GENRE: Hard Rock FORMAT: FLAC 1.3.3
RiPPER: Exact Audio Copy 1.5 Size: 296 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 41:42
RELEASE: Mercury 836 776-2 ORiGiN: US
MATRiX: 836 776-2 01+
with log/cue/nfo/m3u/sfv/300 dpi scans.
Hard Rock/AOR Heaven adds. . .
SIREN was a short-lived band signed by Mercury Records to be the
next answer to Heart. Fronted by goddess Kristin Massey and with a
leather/glammy image, the music was in fact commercial rock&pop
with a melodic hard rock sonic treatment.
"All Is Forgiven" is their debut appeared in 1989 and it's a solid
product from the era. I know few remember Siren simply because that
year was over-flooded by excellent releases for the genre, and
basically, Mercury lost interest to promote the release. A shame.
But there was a reason; soon after the release of "All Is Forgiven"
a lawsuit arrived... other band legally owned the name Siren, so
they were forced to change it to 'Red Siren'.
Hence, Mercury had to re-print the LP, CD and cassettes, and label
executives don't like that... Siren / Red Siren were put in a black
list losing all potential promotion.
But it's music what matters and Siren's "All Is Forgiven" is plenty
of good moments.
Title track is a highlight and the more muscular cut on the record,
'Master Of The Land' is another fine uptempo which brings to mind
Saraya, and 'One Good Lover' add acoustics to the mix alongside
lots of synths, resulting very catchy.
'Stand Up' is perhaps the most poppy track on the record, but one
of my favs. It has 'something' that makes it special.
Another of my picks is closer, midtempo ballad 'So Far Away', which
obviously was crafted with a Heart / Robin Beck hit-chart styling,
a very sweet number with delicate vocals by Kristin, lots of keys
and a solid guitar solo.
Siren's (or Red Siren) "All Is Forgiven" is a forgotten but very
solid release from the US melodic hard rock 1989 scene.
Needless to say, this first CD pressing sporting the original
'Siren' name on the cover / artwork quickly became a collectors
item.
Ripper's Notes:
Other than the name change, very little was different between the
original Siren pressing, and the Red Siren pressing, from which
this was ripped. If you check out the Hard Rock/AOR Heaven site,
you can see scans of the original front and back, if you really
want to compare.
The catalog number remained the same, even the matrix was barely
altered for the re-press (originally ended in 01+ strangely the
original issue ended with 02@). As the Siren disc itself looks
better than the Red Siren pressing, I've included a scan of it. The
inside artwork is identical.
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