Shortino - Chasing My Dream

[heaven&hell]

Is this out yet and if so does anyone have it?

[Geoff]

Haven't heard about this one. Who else is involved?

[heaven&hell]

Haven't heard about this one. Who else is involved?

 

I'm not sure but I seem to remember another big name being involved but I can't say for sure.

[rob62972]

Here ya go Wes.... I found this:

 

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.ph...ent&id=7881

 

 

Shortino: Chasing My Dream

 

Veteran US vocalist Paul Shortino returns with latest album Chasing My Dream, released via Metal Heaven at the end of June. Shortino started out with Rough Cutt who made their mark in the mid-80's with Wants You, an album that saw them touring arenas globally in support of Dio, before seizing the opportunity to replace Kevin DuBrow in Quiet Riot for one self-titled release. Since this time Shortino has largely worked under his own name and Chasing My Dream is produced by Michael Voss (Casanova, MSG, Bonfire) who also contributes guitars.

 

The bottom line here is an album of generic melodic hard rock which deviates throughout between some harder edged numbers ('Nocturnal') and softer ballads ('Missing', 'Promises'). Each song is very much a showcase for Shortino's characteristic vocal and this is very much a vocalists album with the musical contributions being solid yet unspectacular. Shortino's delivery is Coverdale-esque blues and seems better suited to the slower numbers, the haunting acoustic led ballad 'Missing' and the mid-tempo 'Remember You' being the two genuine highlights. Elsewhere, what the material is really lacking is strong and memorable choruses that are pretty much a pre-requisite for this genre and if it wasn't for Shortino's soulful vocal the likes of 'Alone They Ride' and 'Great Dreamer' would be largely forgettable. The lightweight 'Take my Heart and Run' is a cover of an old Bonfire song and had this structure been used as the blueprint for the rest of the material it might have yielded better results.

 

 

Track Listing

1.Remember You

2.To The Cross

3.Prelude Missing

4.Missing

5.Nocturnal

6.Side FX

7.Alone They Ride

8.Chasing Your Dream

9.Great Dreamer

10.Take My Heart And Run

11.Promises

12.Plan Of Attack

 

Added: June 7th 2009

Reviewer: Dean Pedley

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Language: english

[Geoff]

Uh-oh... sounds like the rest of the stuff we've been hearing from him from the last few years. Shame, with Voss on guitars there was potential here for goodness. Still, I'll give it a go but I don't like this - " Elsewhere, what the material is really lacking is strong and memorable choruses that are pretty much a pre-requisite for this genre "

 

Would love to hear the cover of 'Take my heart and run' too.

[rob62972]

Would love to hear the cover of 'Take my heart and run' too.

 

Yeah... this is the track that I'd definitely love to hear. I'm a huge Bonfire fan!