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Harem Scarem is the first live release from "The Gods" festival held in England earlier in 2002.
Harem Scarem is well received even though this was their first time in England.
The concert is displaying a pretty tight and skilled band. Especially singer Harold
Hess sounds amazing. His voice is still in great shape and that is very important in this genre.
The concert encompasses
Harem Scarem's entire career. Before listening to this album I had labeled
Harem Scarem as a standard band. The live performance contains some standard songs, but strong material overshadows them like
Hard to Love from their first album.
Harem Scarem are better playing in the last part of the concert. After they are getting warmed up we are treated to some amazing song like
Warming a Frozen Rose. The moody Rock 'n' Roller is the album highlight along with the tearjerker
Honestly.
Harem Scarem are well known for their ballads, which have given them a quite huge market in Japan. Despite that
Honestly is a fragile song, where Harold
Hess' great vocals are only accompanied by Pete Lesperance guitar,
Honestly is a great love song.
Songs from
Harem Scarem's critical acclaimed album "Weight of the World" are sounding pretty good. Hats off to the band for including 6 new songs in the setlist and thereby not living in the past. New songs like the riff based rocker
Outside Your Window and the beautiful ballad
This Aint' Over prove a strong
Harem Scarem in the year 2002. The show ends with the almost classic
No Justice in the World.
This recording has won new respect from me and proves that melodic rock is alive and well.
Harem Scarem are a skilled band and the concert covers diverse styles of the band. With this stellar performance I have great expectations for the up-coming "Gods" shows to be released - especially Hardline,
Honeymoon Suite and Eric Martin.
Written by
Michael Thursday, December 19, 2002
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