domingo, 31 de diciembre de 2023

The Answer "Raise A Little Hell (Mexico, Scarecrow Records, SR-1145-2)"

Raise A Little Hell es el quinto album de estudio de la banda norirlandesa de Hard Rock, The Answer, publicado el 9 de marzo de 2015.

Tracklist:

CD1 - Raise A Little Hell
  1. Long Live The Renegades
  2. The Other Side
  3. Aristocrat
  4. Cigarettes & Regret
  5. Last Days Of Summer
  6. Strange Kinda' Nothing
  7. I Am What I Am
  8. Whiplash
  9. Gone Too Long
  10. Red
  11. I Am Cured
  12. Raise A Little Hell
CD2 - Bonus CD
  1. Feel Like I'm On My Way
  2. Flying
  3. I Will Follow On
  4. The Other Side (Acoustic Version)
  5. Gone Too Long (Acoustic Version)
  6. Strange Kinda' Nothing (Unplugged Version)
Under license to Scarecrow
Distributed by Oz Productions























The Answer "Revival"

"Revival" is the third studio album from the Northern Ireland-based hard rock band The Answer and was released on October 3, 2011 via Spinefarm Records. The initial run of the album is a limited-edition deluxe format with 24-page booklet and band sleeve notes, including an 11-track second disc containing previously unreleased studio, acoustic, demo and cover material.

"Revival" was produced by Chris "Frenchie" Smith and mixed by Chris Sheldon.

Track listing
Revival
  1. "Waste Your Tears" 3:58
  2. "Use Me" 3:36
  3. "Trouble" 3:09
  4. "Nowhere Freeway" (feat. Lynne Jackaman) 3:38
  5. "Tornado" 3:45
  6. "Vida (I Want You)" 4:14
  7. "Caught on the Riverbed" 4:41
  8. "Destroy Me" 4:26
  9. "New Day Rising" 4:40
  10. "Can't Remember, Can't Forget" 3:16
  11. "One More Revival" 6:32
  12. "Lights Are Down" 4:05
After the Revival
  1. "Piece by Piece" 3:45
  2. "Faith Gone Down" 5:49
  3. "Nowhere Freeway" (live acoustic) 4:30
  4. "Tailspin" (Renegade demo) 3:30
  5. "Fire and Water" (Free cover) 3:52
  6. "What I Am" (demo) 4:25
  7. "Caught on the Riverbed" (alt. steel version) 5:20
  8. "The Enemy" (Point demo) 6:16
  9. "Show Me the World" (Point demo) 4:30
  10. "One More Revival" (live acoustic) 4:55
  11. "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano) 3:53
Production:
Chris "Frenchie" Smith - production on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Tailspin", "Fire and Water" and "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano version), mixing on "Tailspin"
The Answer - production on "Nowhere Freeway" (live acoustic), "Tailspin", "Caught on the Riverbed" (alt. steel version), "The Enemy", "Show Me the World" and "One More Revival" (live acoustic)
Jason Buntz - engineering on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Fire and Water"
Chris Sheldon - mixing on all tracks from disc 1, and "Piece by Piece", "Faith Gone Down", "Fire and Water" and "Lights Are Down" (vocals & piano version)
Paul Mahon - mixing on "Nowhere Freeway" (live acoustic), "Caught on the Riverbed" (alt. steel version), "The Enemy", "Show Me the World" and "One More Revival" (live acoustic)
All tracks mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering.





















The Answer "Everyday Demons (Limited Edition, 2 CD)"

Everyday Demons is the second studio album by Irish rock band The Answer. It was released on 2 March 2009 in the UK and 31 March 2009 in the US. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #25.

According to Cormac Neeson, "Demon Eyes" is "basically about the two-faced motherfuckers in this world who think they're the dog's bollocks. They pretend to be your friend but the whole time they're looking down on you in a very f—king condescending way and then going round the corner and slagging you off behind your back." "Too Far Gone" was written in response to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to introduce ID cards in the UK. In Neeson's opinion, "they might as well attach tracking devices on to everybody so they know exactly where everybody's going at every moment of the day." "On and On" is "about stepping up to the challenges that everyday life throws at you." Neeson explained that "Cry Out" is an attempt to "capture the spirit of youth, that kinda feeling when you're young". The song's lyrics reference Troublegum and "Take the Power Back", by Therapy? and Rage Against the Machine, respectively, two bands favoured by Neeson in his youth. "Why'd You Change Your Mind" relates to Neeson's efforts to comprehend why a friend of his chose to commit suicide. Neeson explains: "In the chorus of the song I'm just trying to understand what goes through a person's mind and why they should take their own life."

"Pride" pertains to Neeson's time working in a bar in Ireland, where "you'd see a lot of really beautiful young women coming into the bar and kinda drink themselves away all day and end up going home with some kind of fucking lowlife motherfucker, who was just hanging around the bars waiting to pick up women like that. I just remember thinking these girls don't need to do that. They're beautiful, intelligent and they deserve a lot better." "Walkin' Mat" is about "the world we're living in at the minute, the one that as you know yourself has the shallow music industry parties that you've got to go to, and everybody's a smiling face and a compliment and you have to really see through that. There's just some point along the way you just get sick of it. You're just talking like that because you're off your face on coke and you don't mean what you're saying." Neeson notes the influence of The Black Crowes and AC/DC on this track.

According to Neeson, "Tonight", the album's second single, is about the "simple philosophy" of "meeting a girl and taking her out and letting the f—king fireworks commence." "Dead of the Night" is about how the band views itself, both at home in Belfast, and around the world. Neeson explains, "When you're away from home you almost start to paint a prettier picture of where you're from, whether it's homesickness or just missing your local pub and friends. When you get back there and you're like, okay, this is the reality, this is the way it is, and that's cool too."

Neeson states that "Comfort Zone" is simply "about stepping out of your comfort zone and taking a chance. I'm a firm believer that you really benefit from taking the riskier decision." "Evil Man" portrays the story of "a girl I know that went to a bar one night and got her drink spiked by one of those date rape drugs. Luckily enough, she got away unscathed." Neeson suggests that the perpetrators of such actions "are fucking scum of the earth." The song is sung from the perspective of the man, "which gives the song a bit of a twist as well."

The first single, "On and On", was released on 22 February 2009. The second single "Tonight" was released on 21 June 2009. The third single "Comfort Zone" was released on 4 November 2009.

"Demon Eyes" was the iTunes "Single of the Week" for the week beginning 10 March 2009.

The 2CD version of the album includes a concert recorded live at the Shibuya-AX in Tokyo, Japan, on 27 March 2007 as an audio on the second CD.

Track listing:

Disc One
  1. "Demon Eyes" 4:08
  2. "Too Far Gone" 4:03
  3. "On and On" 3:37
  4. "Cry Out" 5:08
  5. "Why'd You Change Your Mind" 4:52
  6. "Pride" 3:51
  7. "Walkin' Mat" 4:11
  8. "Tonight" 3:42
  9. "Dead of the Night" 3:16
  10. "Comfort Zone" 4:43
  11. "Evil Man" 4:35
Disc Two (Live At The Shibuya A.X., Tokyo on 27 March 2007)
  1. "Come Follow Me" 5:57
  2. "No Questions Asked" 3:05
  3. "Doctor" 5:00
  4. "Never Too Late" 3:58
  5. "Keep Believin'" 4:40
  6. "Always" 2:20
  7. "Sometimes Your Love" 4:54
  8. "Under the Sky" 7:05
  9. "Preachin'" 8:27
  10. "Into the Gutter" 4:50
  11. "Sweet Emotion" 5:54
  12. "Memphis Water" 6:14
  13. "Be What You Want" 5:02
  14. "Moment/Jam" 3:05
James Cassidy − producer
John Travis – engineer, producer
George Marino – mastering
Mike Fraser – mixing
Tim Palmer - Mixing