Gary Moore

The only music of Gary Moore's I really got into was his brief heavy metal kick, on the albums Corridors of Power and Victims of the Future--oh, and of course his "Nuclear Attack" song on Greg Lake's solo album. I used to own Wild Frontier and After the War but they were too wimpy and bluesy for my taste and thus I got rid of them. (Kinda wish I hadn't though...)

Oh yeah...Gary was apparently in Thin Lizzy at one point; sure is news to me.

"Corridors of Power"

  1. "Don't Take Me for a Loser" (4:17)
  2. "Always Gonna Love You" (3:56)
  3. "Wishing Well" (4:06)
  4. "Gonna Break My Heart Again" (3:19)
  5. "Falling in Love with You" (4:52)
  6. "End of the World" (6:53)
  7. "Rockin' Every Night" (2:48)
  8. "Cold Hearted" (5:12)
  9. "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow" (7:47)

Oh, I didn't mention that the only two Gary Moore CDs I'm interested in are his two RAREST! In fact this particular item was long out of print, and I wound up having to order a very expensive import. The best songs here are the hard-driving "Don't Take Me for a Loser" and the truly apocalyptic "End of the World". The slower & more bluesy stuff (basically anything with the word "love" in it) I don't like as much. Just had a look at the band credits, quite a surprise: drums are by Ian Paice (Deep Purple), and the bass player is Neil Murray (Black Sabbath, Whitesnake.) Another bass credit goes to Mo Foster, and I know he played for somebody else too (Phil Collins, maybe?)

"Victims of the Future"

  1. "Victims of the Future" (6:09)
  2. "Teenage Idol" (4:15)
  3. "Devil in Her Heart" (3:24)
  4. "Empty Rooms" (6:34)
  5. "All I Want" (4:07)
  6. "Shapes of Things" (4:10)
  7. "Murder in the Skies" (5:48)
  8. "Hold on to Love" (4:25)
  9. "The Law of the Jungle" (6:13)

I got lucky and found this rare CD used, with a bonus track "All I Want" to boot. Spectacular hard rock throughout, especially "Murder in the Skies", "Devil in Her Heart", the title track, and the Yardbirds' cover "Shapes of Things". Ironically, I wasn't at all into this style of music when I saw Gary Moore perform live, opening for Rush, but I can certainly appreciate it now.

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