Bruce Turgon - Outside Looking In (2005) [FLAC] {Avalon MICP-10549}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2025/04/28 RTLDATE: 2005/10/21
GENRE: Hard Rock FORMAT: 499 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 54:32
RiPPER: EAC 1.8 ENCODER: FLAC 1.5
DRiVE: ASUS SW-16D1X-U ORiGiN: Japan
RELEASE: Avalon MICP-10549
MATRiX: IFPI L888 AM0509A MICP-10549
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AOR-Bible (dot) de adds. . .
Bruce Turgon never stood in the spotlight of the public, although he has
significantly shaped a number of known publications - even with classic status.
For example, 3 publications with his participation are represented in the AOR
Bible, one of them even in the top 10.
Bruce Turgon has also been an old companion of Lou Gramm since the Black Sheep
Days. Turgon was a member of the Foreigner for several years (the scandalously
undervalued album Mr. Moonlight) and one of the two main architects of the
Shadow King project. Bruce Turgon's first solo album bears the name Outside
Looking and stands for captivity, paired with claim and for the slightly
different, more rhythmic form in the aor. It offers an unbeatable, highly
melodic bass work, a song-consuming and at the same time groovy guitar, a
somewhat rough, and yet powerful voice, and above all the great (mostly in mid-
tempo) songs with hooks en masse.
The rhythm-emphasized ideas and arrangements, mostly in electric/a minor-minor-
minded ideas and arrangements, unmistakably bear the handwriting of a bass
player. The matching bass and at the same time keyboard-oriented mix by Dennis
Ward (Pink Cream 69) gives all of this the corresponding finishing touches.
Some of the songs on Outside Looking in the beginning/mid-90s (during work on
the Shadow King successor) were created and was also also made up by Lou Gramm
(especially the two absolutely great 'Heart so Strong', and 'These Tears Must',
which shines with his fat bass lines).
The other songs - written alone by Bruce Turgon alone - completely convince. As
a game tips, the fleet, stirring aor rocker 'Living A Lie', which opens the
album, the majestic 'Walk Through Fire', or the brisk stamper 'Any other time'.
The great final song 'Where do we go from here' pulls all the stops and would
have given a superbe figure on Shadow King from the orientation, mood and class.
Bruce Turgon played Outside Looking almost single-handedly (except for the solo
guitar, drums and backing vocals). Supporting on the album (only to name the
most important names): Ronnie Montrose and Rocket Ritchotte (David Lee Roth,
Stan Bush, Udo Lindenberg) on the solo guitar, Denny Carmassi (Heart,
Whitesnake) on the drums. The fat choirs not only contribute Ricky Phillips
(Styx, Bad English) and Lou Gramm, but also another, long-time Foreigner
musician, Tim Gimbel for 7 songs.
Outside Looking in is simply one of the best, and at the same time less known
aor albums of the former 2000s. Whether you consider Outside Looking as a pure
solo album by Bruce Turgon, it sees a "lost" Foreigner album (without Mick
Jones), or even sees it as a worthy successor for the Shadow King album.
Ripper's Notes:
One and only (to date) solo album from frequent Lou Gramm bandmate Bruce. The
above review should tell you everything you need to know. If you like Foreigner
and Shadow King, you will very much enjoy this one too.
"Walk The Walk" is the Japanese bonus track.
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