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Album Details
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· Produced By: Jeff Kollman &
· Glenn Hughes
· Running Time: 49.05
· Release Date: June 9
· Released: EU
· Genre: Hard Rock
· WebLink: Glenn Hughes
· LabelLink: Frontiers
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Artist Bio
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Glenn Hughes - Track By Track comments:
In My Blood - I wanted the opening track to have a lot of character. Also, right from the start this sets the album up for the rock listener.
Lost In The Zone - For me this is a true classic rock song. I could have written this song while I was in Trapeze.
Gasoline - I wanted to have a real Purple MKIII sounding track with me doing what Coverdale and Hughes would have done alone.
Higher Places - As soon as the drum groove was established I wanted to dedicate it to John Bonham. This is a great vibe song.
Stoned - Had a lot of fun recording this track. Another song that could have been done in Trapeze. Chad Smith is awesome.
Written All Over Your Face - My epic song on the album. In the early stages of writing the song I could hear it finished. one of my favorites.
Standing On The Rock - This album needed this kind of song. I needed a track that had tremendous energy. It is very exciting and was a first take, as most of the vocals are on this album.
Courageous - I wanted a 60's type song with hypnotic vibe between the guitar and bass. I think the chorus is fabulous and it is very melodic.
Secret Life - Another track that could have been recorded by Trapeze and another of my favorites on the album.
The Truth - I wrote this song while I was at a movie cinema. I love it because it is simple and I love it at the end where I sing 'so give it to me yeah yeah yeah'
Wherever You Go - I wanted to have a MKIII type song to finish. Instead of closing with a ballad I wanted to close with a more up-tempo song.
Born on August 21, 1952 in Cannock, England Glenn Hughes left school at the age of sixteen to play in various local groups. One of them, Finders Keepers, changed their name to Trapeze and went on to rise to world fame. The band's illustrious line-up (apart from Hughes, the band included Whitesnake guitarist-to-be Mel Galley and drummer Dave Holland, who went on to join Judas Priest at the end of the Seventies) brought out a total of three albums, with particularly “You are the Music”, “We're Just the Band” (1972) causing a sensation. June 1973 saw the two Deep Purple members Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, leaving the band.
The strong-voiced musician followed the call of Deep Purple, turning down an offer by Electric Light Orchestra. Vocalist David Coverdale was enlisted simultaneously to replace Ian Gillan and Deep Purple reached another zenith of their creative power. The “Burn” album is without doubt one of the best Purple releases of all time and its successor “Stormbringer” was similarly impressive. Particularly the complementing combination of front man David Coverdale whose bluesy timbre suited the new tracks extremely well and Glenn Hughes with his seemingly unlimited vocal range, turned out to be an unbeatable team. “David Coverdale is without a doubt a great shouter, but he couldn't do the high passages, which is where I came in. As far as I'm concerned, we were the perfect combination”, says Hughes.
Hughes also maneuvered Deep Purple into a more funky open direction and was probably one of the main reasons why guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left the group in 1975 to found Rainbow. Former James Gang guitarist Tommy Bolin replaced Blackmore and they recorded the album “Come Taste the Band” (1975). Tragically, Bolin died of a heroin overdose in 1976, which meant the end of Deep Purple. “Tommy was my best friend he was like a brother to me”, recalls Hughes. “I had no idea he was using heroin. His death was the biggest shock of my life”.
The end of the band was the beginning of Hughes' extensive travels through the whole hard n' heavy scene. The list of bands, projects and solo albums by other artists in which he participated over the course of the next 25 years seems almost endless. From Black Sabbath's Seventh Star (1986), to the KLF's “America: What Time is Love” a US mega hit in which the KLF dubbed him “The Voice of Rock”.
His solo albums have also been hugely successful starting with funky rock on “Play Me Out” (1977) to the legendary rock release Hughes/Thrall with guitarist Pat Thrall in 1982, to his 1994 album “Burning Japan Live”. 1995 saw the more soulful “Feel” to his most recent “Return of Crystal Karma” (2000). His release in 2001 of “Building the Machine” had a special intensity due to its excursions into the spheres of funk and soul and received rave reviews on a worldwide basis.
In 2002, Glenn joined up with his good friend, Joe Lynn Turner, to form and record an incredible creative journey entitled “HTP”. Never before had the industry seen such a powerful pairing of two of the greatest singers in Rock and Roll. The fans agreed as the album and worldwide tour was met with unbridled enthusiasm and success. This success has set the stage for the forthcoming follow up album and tour.
2003 is the year in which Glenn Hughes releases his next solo effort: “Songs In the Key of Rock”. This is a strong return to Glenn's rock and roll roots. The album features Glenn's signature vocals combined with a vintage, yet fresh approach capturing the essence of some of the great Rock and Roll classics. This brand new set is sure to mobilize the legions of fans worldwide waiting to hear from “The Voice of Rock”, Glenn Hughes.
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