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HOPE & DESPAIR
CLIFFHANGER
1998 , HOLLAND - EURO 14.50
Label: LABRAD'OR RECORDS
ALBUM REVIEW
HOPE & DESPAIR contains 6 previously unreleased tracks combined with new versions of 3 tracks from their first offering Cold Steel. All music has been recorded live in the studio, straight to 2-track, with a small audience to build the atmosphere. No additional recording has been done. What they did is what you get. In this way HOPE & DESPAIR combines the bands best elements: great musicianship and strong melodies as well as typical Cliffhanger ingredients as vintage '70 keys (loads of Mellotron), soaring lead synths, effective guitar-arrangements (this time combined with some excellent accoustic playing), distinctive leadvocals, and complex basslines.
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