Artist...............: Gloriana
Album................: Gloriana
Genre................: Country Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2009
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 339 Mb
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Gloriana's stylized synthesis of Fleetwood Mac and '70s Californian country-rock is designed to elicit
astonished gasps of "they sure don't make them like this anymore" -- which is more or less true, especially
when the group's composition is taken into the equation. Gloriana is an old-fashioned construction of a
band, assembled mainly from old pros who haven't quite hit the big time yet -- although Cheyenne Kimball,
veteran of America's Most Talented Kid and her own MTV reality show in 2006, came close. The group has been
put through major-label machinations, singing songs from professional songwriters and being produced by
Matt Serletic, best-known for his work with Matchbox 20 and Collective Soul, and now launching his own
Emblem label with Gloriana as its flagship debut artist. Serletic co-wrote the bulk of the songs on the
group's self-titled debut, steering the band toward a bright, melodic crossover country-pop that greatly
emphasizes the latter, sometimes so much that this album seems country in name only, with the fiddles and
mandolins used primarily as window-dressing. Sometimes, this approach is entirely too slick, particularly
when the rhythms are pounding too hard on "Wild at Heart" and "You Said," but at their best, Gloriana can
evoke the forgotten charms of '70s studio-centric soft rock in both its mellow and rocking incarnations,
giving the ballads a lilting touch of grace and pushing the hooks and guitars so hard on "How Far Do You
Wanna Go?" and "If You're Leaving" that they recall nothing less than prime Rick Springfield.
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Tracklist
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01. How Far Do You Wanna Go
02. Wild At Heart
03. The Way It Goes
04. Lead Me On
05. If You're Leavin'
06. You Said
07. Cry On Command
08. Over Me Now
09. Come And Save me
10. Even If I Wanted To
11. All The Things That Mean The Most
12. Change Your Mind
13. Time To Let Me Go
