Concerto Moon Stranger CD

Stranger Music

List Price	$41.99 (You save $7.10)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Rock
Label	Video Arts
Orig Year	2003
All Time Sales Rank	244005
CD Universe Part number	5651877
Catalog number	969152
Discs	1
Release Date	Jan 28, 2003
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo

Concerto Moon Stranger Songs

	1.	Strangers
	2.	It's Not Over
	3.	We Get Together
	4.	Stand by the Window
	5.	Climb Up
	6.	Eye For an Eye
	7.	Guard You Close
	8.	No Problem
	9.	Answer
	10.	Cheating Fortune Teller
	11.	When Time Run Out
	12.	Glorious Death

Stranger Music Review

Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

3 stars Not the old Moon
Only for fans of good guitar. This does not sound as good as there old cds with there original singer.
Submitted by a reviewer (Latonia, KY, USA)
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4 stars The Moon Is Full!
Having been a fan of Concerto Moon since 1999's "rain Forest,I was really excited when their latest release,"Life On The Wire" arrived in my mail box.With this release guitarist Norifumi Shima shows that he is one of the genre's best guitar players.He continues to expand his sound while retaining his roots. The first thing I noticed about this cd is that the vocals are now very up front in the mix.Previously they tended to be a little buried,but not this time. on his second appreance on a Concerto Moon disc,his first being 2001's "Gate of Triumph",vocalist Takashi Inoue comes acroos as a slightly rawer Graham Bonnet,sounding more comfortable singing in english.While the earlier CM releases were sung either completely in Japenese or a Jap/english mix,"Life On The Wire" is completely in english.What abuot the songs you ask?The songs on this disc tread familiar CM gruond,but this time they are a little more commercial.Don't panic,by commercial I don't mean Bon Jovi-think more like "Facing The Animal"Malmsteen or MSG's"Assaul Attack".In fact,you have got to hearb the outro guitar solo on "It's Not Over".On it Norifumi out Schenker's Schenker!All in aal I highly reccomend this disc to all fan's of this type of metal.The production,songs and performances are all of the highest level.Why these guys can't get a domestid record deal I'll never know,so I say it's still worth the japenese import price.Any of you moonies out there,feel free to e me.
Submitted by sbeppel (philadelphia,pa.usa)
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