Houston - Relaunch III

[Stefan]

 

New album 'Relaunch III' out July 14 through Frontiers.

More details to come...

Edited May 10, 2023 by Stefan

[melodicrock]

They need a new idea for album titles.

[sirlemonhead]

6 hours ago, melodicrock said:

They need a new idea for album titles.

Nah, I like that this is their thing.

[melodicrock]

3 hours ago, sirlemonhead said:

Nah, I like that this is their thing.

Forgot this is another covers album. I get the jist

[Scorp2121]

uggh ,what's with these cover albums. are they really needed.

[Stefan]

 

 

From Frontiers:

Houston is back with a third album in their 'Relaunch' series, the aptly titled "Relaunch III" on July 14, 2023. The basic concept behind the Relaunch albums is for Houston to shine a light on obscure, unknown AOR gems from their personal musical collections. Houston, an AOR band themselves, are true AOR connoisseurs and want to pay their respects to these legendary artists and songs.

The first Relaunch album was released in 2011 and featured a cover of 'Runaway' by Dakota. The band collaborated on a video for the song with Danny MacAskill, a professional BMX rider, and his sponsor Red Bull and it became a huge success, with over 90 million views on YouTube and close to 2 million streams on Spotify, as of this writing. Much to AOR fans delight, and especially the guys in Houston, the success of the 'Runaway' cover got Dakota to reunite and record a brand new studio album. Let's see what magic "Relaunch III" might achieve!

The Stockholm, Sweden based Houston first appeared on the scene with their self-titled debut album in 2010, which was selected as the Best AOR Album of 2010 by Classic Rock Magazine. The band then went on to play the festival circuit with appearances at Sweden Rock, Download Festival (UK), and Rock of Ages (Germany), as well as touring the UK with Swedish sleaze rockers Crashdïet. Since that time, aside from the success enjoyed with their cover of Dakota's 'Runaway', the band has been consistently releasing high quality albums featuring top notch AOR originals, including their most recent studio album, "IV" in 2021.

 

Tracklisting:
1. Live Forever
2. Slipping Away (Marc Jordan cover)
3. Power Over Me (Atlantic cover)
4. Heart Of Stone (Blackjack cover)
5. She Don't (Come Around Anymore) (David Pack cover)
6. Do You Believe
7. She's Out With A Gun (Van Zant cover)
8. Modern Day Delilah (Van Stephenson cover)
9. Sound Of A Breaking Heart (Prophet cover)
10. Outrageous (Franke & The Knockouts cover)
11. Running Back (Urgent cover)
12. Live Forever (80’S Remix)
13. Do You Believe (80’S Remix)

Line-up:
Hank Erix – Lead and background vocals
Carl Hammar – Lead guitar
Richard Hamilton – Keyboards, Piano
Niels Walter – Bass guitar

Additional musicians:
Erik Modin – Drums, Percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm & acoustic guitars
Michael Palace (Backing vocals & rhythm guitars on “Live Forever” & “Do You Believe”)

Edited October 21, 2023 by Stefan

[Stefan]

New lyric video for 'Live Forever'.

 

 

[Eric3]

On 4/17/2023 at 7:50 AM, Scorp2121 said:

uggh ,what's with these cover albums. are they really needed.

Easy way to fulfill contract obligations 

[Glen]

zzzzz

[Stefan]

New song 'Slipping Away'.