Hartmann - Balance (2012)

TRACKLIST:

1. All My Life
2. Like A River
3. You Are The One
4. Fool For You
5. After The Love Is Gone
6. Save Me
7. Fall From Grace
8. From A Star
9. Dance On The Wire
10. Shout (Tears For Fears Cover)
11. Time To Face The Truth
12. The Best Is Yet To Come

Band : Hartmann
Country : Germany
Release : Balance
Year : 2012
Genre : Hard Rock
File Info : mp3 128

Info:

The title fits quite well with the musical concept. Indeed well balanced. The band HARTMANN plays like a real band, and the chemistry-team here isn’t fake, the sincerity is obvious and pretty clear as the sound of this album is organic and spontaneous. The production and the mix are in the same juicy manner with a full spectrum, thanks to Sascha Paeth’s magic.
The TEARS FOR FEARS cover "Shout", is one of the highlights of the album, with good rendition of the original version but in a darker colour filter & in a heavier mood. Nevertheless the Oliver Hartmann's followers know that, this song was already covered in the early AT VANCE Days, and it was featured in the Japanese & South America edition of “No Escape” in 1999. Of course, the result is different but still highly zestful & jubilant. The very Zen and confined ambiance of numbers like “From a Star” or “Fall From Grace” is opposed to some more hot rocking tracks but still with a feeling of maturity and an absolute melodic control sensation.