Wednesday, May 28, 2014
TRACKLIST:
1. Love Nest
2. When Angels Die
3. The Road Goes On Forever
4. Misty Roads
5. Evangeline/Silver Dollar
6. Independent Girl-Coda
7. Broken Glove
8. Page 66
9. Golden Dawn
10. Wedding Hotel
11. Liquor,Guns & Ammo
12. Butterfly
Artist : Nikki Sudden
Country : UK
Release : Egyptian Roads
Year : 1977
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 VBR
Info:
"Love Nest," the first cut on Nikki Sudden's Egyptian Roads, starts with Sudden's electric guitar playing balls out, in the red zone, a Neil Young-like scree accompanied by the drum kit and a Hammond B-3. It's an edifying way to begin a record that for all intents and purposes has been forgotten by rock & roll -- like most of Sudden's catalog. The fans, of course, are justifiably rabid: Sudden has assembled one of the most consistent, enigmatic, and prodigious shelves in rock. Egyptian Roads was begun in 1986 and actually finished and released in 1997. In other words, it was forgotten before it was issued -- thank God it was briefly available again in a limited edition of 500 copies in 2004. There's a hell of a list of players here: Rowland Howard, Steve Shelley, Epic Soundtracks, Dave Kusworth, and loads more. The songs, like those on Red Brocade which followed it by a year (after the death of Sudden's brother Soundtracks), are among the most refined of Sudden's career. The country-ish "When Angels Die," with its lovely piano lines and backing chorus, turn a sad song into something utterly infectious. The spooky instrumental "Misty Roads" features Howard playing some of his most shadowy yet seductive slide guitar. The medley of the Stones-like "Evangeline" with the country-rocker "Silver Dollar" is just amazing.
