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7th Heaven - Silver

Believe it or not, but this is a Double CD containing 30 songs-meaning 2 hours of pure AOR in a modern rock suit!
Of course now you say that there must be many fillers on it but that´s the most peculiar thing about "Silver", there are only a
few of them here like the rap-metal story "Truth", the boy-band inspired ballad "Letting go", the hip-hop flirting "Breaking me up"
and the dance floor rocker "This pressure"(all 4 on CD 2), even if CD 1 is so much better than CD 2 - the quality level on the 2nd CD
is high enough to be compared to many other modern rock/aor releases out today.
Chicago based 7th Heaven have been around for 18 years and have their roots in the 80´s melodic genre of AOR,
there are some Def Leppard and Bon Jovi in their music as well as some modern pop/rock like Invertigo!
Their debut "Faces time replaces" from 2000 sold 5,000 copies but in the 80´s an album like "Silver" would have sold at least
a million copies world wide.
I still think that this band deserves the same attention today like the heroes of the 80´s had, there are many possible hit single
candidates on SILVER like "Cellophane","Ghost of me","Invisible","Misunderstood" and "Gravity" to mention a few.
This quartet featuring Andrew Blake - Lead Vocals,Guitars / Richie Hofherr - Guitars, Keyboards,Vocals / Mark Kennetz - Bass
and Dan Miller - Drums should be touring around the world in Australia and Europe where their music probably is more recognized
and respected than in the states.
Now you have to excuse me, I have to turn up the volume and do the moonwalk to the tunes of the opening track "Gravity"
......ain´t life grand!