Over The Edge Featuring Mickey Thomas – Over The Edge (Frontiers XXX Anniversary Remix Edition) (2026) [FLAC] {Frontiers Music SRL - FR CD 1576}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2026/09/26 RTLDATE: 2026/08/21
GENRE: Rock SiZE: 418 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 48:16
RiPPER: EAC 1.8 ENCODER: FLAC 1.5
DRiVE: ASUS SW-16D1X-U ORiGiN: Italy
MATRiX: OVER THE EDGE FR CD 1576 XXX ANN. 054500352600
with log/cue/nfo/m3u/sfv/300 dpi scans.
GetReadyToRock (dot) me (dot) uk adds. . .
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship’s history is
well documented online.
Mickey Thomas was Starship's vocalist through the eighties.
By 1989, the band’s output had dropped to zero, and Thomas hadn't
released any solo material since 1981's Live Alone album.
So, 2004's Over The Edge came as a huge surprise to a loyal coterie
of fans, and the music media.
So, you're thinking "but this is 2026. How can it be an XXX
Anniversary edition?"
Simple explanation. The reissue is in fact a celebration of
Frontiers Music's 30 years of releasing and promoting in the Melodic
Rock genre.
At the time, the release was a melodic rock fan’s dream. Neal Schon,
Jack Blades, Jonathan Cain, Freddy Curci, Richie Kotzen and Steve
Lukather contributed in the studio and in fact wrote the bulk of the
material.
Hard to choose a better album to remix and promote.
There's a lot of glorious stuff here, much of which still packs a
considerable punch, credit to whoever gave the album an emphatic
makeover.
The opening tracks' "Over The Edge" and "One World" sound like
somebody was in the studio next door when John Waite was recording
"Missing You".
But It's not all wine and roses.
Lyrically both sound dated. The sentiments are just a bit too
simplistic, and struggle to carry the weight of emotion the songs
are clearly aiming for. That's unfortunate, as the remixes have
given Thomas's voice the freedom to go where it wants to go.
On the upside, "Thief", a song that originally appeared on Swedish
musician, Martin Stenmark's album, One, is in itself an exceptional
melodic rock song. Dark, passionate, melodic, it could survive
another 20 years and still come out on top. It stood out then, and
stands out now.
It's easy to forget the album dates back to the beginning of the new
millennium. And no amount of remixing can change that. But what the
remixing does, on several notable tracks, is push Thomas's vocals
toward the front of the mix, where his bluesy tones are a
distinction that give these songs a greater emotional appeal.
It probably helped that the studio groundwork was laid by bluesman/
producer, Fabrizio Grossi back in 2004.
The remixer's skill boosts Neal Schon's fiery axework on "Surrender"
and similarly, Steve Lukather's expressive rhythmic guitar pulse on
"Forest For The Trees". He/she teases them out into the open here.
There was clearly a musical chemistry between all three that ignited
in the studio.
The album was maybe not original but shows off gifted professionals
at work. And the music, in its way, is very much an echo of the
eighties in all its melodic rock glamour and culture.
Ripper's Notes:
Ripper's Notes:
I'm guessing that the days where labels sent physical media to the
media for review are long gone. I'm sure now, it's just digital, or
early access to streaming. Because, had the above reviewer had a
copy of the physical disc, they'd know it was remixed by someone
by the name of Aldo Lonobile, who's been in a bunch of bands I've
never heard of.
As a bonus, I learned a new word today! "coterie"!
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