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 Ещё одна ровная, но предельно качественная работа от немецкого гитариста Акселя Руди Пелла! Как не странно, но вокалист тот же – это Джефф Скотт Сото, которого мы имели честь слышать на предыдущем альбоме «Eternal Prisoner». Особых нововведений на альбоме нет – это всё тот же мелодичный хард-энд-хеви «Акселевского» толка – то есть открывающий скоростной боевик, средне темповые тяжёлые вещи, и, как всегда, блистательная баллада. И кстати в 1993 году все поклонники и в особенности поклонницы группы могли в полной мере насладиться романтическими балладами Пелла на альбоме-сборнике «The Ballads». Четвёртый альбом «Between The Walls» обладает неплохим качеством записи, сделанным так, что вокал выходит на передний план. Стоит заметить также то, что обложка диска выполнена весьма интересно – впервые на альбоме группы наличествует такой хорошо сработанный артворк. Не нарушая свою традицию, Пелл ставит в начале альбома диманичный боевик «Talk Of The Guns», который получился весьма сильным и цепляющим произведением. Хорошее впечатление производят мид-темповые боевики «Warrior» и «Cry Of The Gypsy», но самое увлекательное ждёт слушателя на медленном и могучем эпике «Casbah», который хоть и нуждается в немедленном укорочении, но равнодушным не оставит никого! Забойный и мощный боевик «Outlaw» является стопроцентным хитом и единственной вещью, которая может составить конкуренцию заглавной великолепнейшей песне «Between The Walls», с потрясающими гитарными партиями. Я нарочно решил упомянуть в конце последние две вещи, поскольку они наиболее сильно выделяются на общем плане – это чисто хард роковый номер «Wishing Well» (кавер на Bad Company), а также ещё одна прекрасная баллада «Innocent Child», как всегда, выполненная на высочайшем уровне. В целом, «Beetween The Walls» это типичный альбом Акселя Руди Пелла – без каких-либо откровений и неожиданностей, всё предельно просто и ясно, за что и ценят музыку этого человека. |
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You can't hide if you're chosen the victim
You won't be sacrificed
Can't escape from the screams and the anger
You can tell by the look in their eyes
Shoot your mouth again, can't get away from it
It's the talk of the guns
Get me out of here 'cause you can't turn your back
From the talk of the guns
Lost in the race, you're caught in the war zone
Standing in the line of fire
One foot in the grave, the other is running
The last words you hear: Hang'em higher!
You can't hide if you're chosen the victim
You won't be sacrificed
Can't escape from the screams and the anger
You can tell by the look in their eyes
Shoot your mouth again, can't get away from it
It's the talk of the guns
Get me out of here 'cause you can't turn your back
From the talk of the guns
Warrior
(Pell/Soto)
Just a lonely hunter
Always searching for another prey
Or another rival
He's a cold assassin
In a modern time of senseless hate
It's all about survival
Vicious and cold
With a passion to rule and control
In for the kill
With a hunger to take your mind and soul
Don't let go
Get it out - reign of the warrior
Get it out - it's the reign of the warrior
Enter into battle
More casualities lie just ahead
'Cause you fight 'till the end
Malicious contentment
You're on the front line of no man's land
Hunt you down again
Vicious and cold
With a passion to rule and control
In for the kill
With a hunger to take your mind and soul
Don't let go
Get it out - reign of the warrior
Get it out - it's the reign of the warrior
Get it out - fight of the warrior
Get it out - it's the fight of the warrior
Cry of the gypsy
(Pell/Soto)
You've been riding hard
And you've seen the face of heaven
The lawman has no mercy on your soul
One kiss and you're gone
Just like a timeless rebel
From an age of unsung stories told
So divine
This life you live with shattered lies
It's all the price you pay
When you're living for the night
Hear the cry, hear you calling
Hear the cry, cry of the gypsy
Hang'em high if you catch him
Hear the cry, cry of the gypsy
You can play the game
Though you sacrifice contentment
Always haunted by demons from the past
When your pride is gone
You'll be praying that it's not too late
'Cause you know that it won't last
In your eyes
No fear to demoralize
The heat is rising
Rising from the night
Hear the cry, hear you calling
Hear the cry, cry of the gypsy
Hang'em high if you catch him
Hear the cry, cry of the gypsy
Casbah
(Pell)
Here I go and make my final stand
Very far away, there's the promised land
Eagle came down and took me away
Puts me down in a hole, can't see the light of day
Ooh, riding on the wings of wonder
Ooh, can you feel?
Can you feel the fire from down under?
Oh, dreaming of the Casbah
Oh, dreaming of the Casbah
The wizard prays in his unbroken rules
With tears in his eyes for a ship of fools
Then we sailed away and the sun turned black
We saw the eyes of the lost and we're never coming back
Ooh, riding on the wings of wonder
Ooh, can you feel?
Can you feel the fire from down under?
Oh, dreaming of the Casbah
Oh, dreaming of the Casbah
Outlaw
(Pell)
Oh, so long
Hide your faces from the sun
From the distance I hear you calling
'Cause you're on the run
You're one out of millions
And there's no place that you call home
It'san endless turning circle
Nobody cared where you're coming grom
Where are you running to?
Escape from yesterday
Is this the price you have to pay?
Can't see the sun around
You're hiding in the cave
And if you don't care anymore
It will take you to the grave
You're an outlaw
Undercover in the night
You're an outlaw
There's no heart to jump inside
You're an outlaw
Broken hero in the night
You're an outlaw
Running wild
Hear me screaming
It's agony and fear
Shadows in the darkness
There's no life to appear
I can't go on without love
I'm lost behind the wall
I'm the guy who rides the devil
For whom the bells toll
Where are you running to?
Escape from yesterday
Is this the price you have to pay?
Can't see the sun around
You're hiding in the cave
And if you don't care anymore
It will take you to the grave
You're an outlaw
Undercover in the night
You're an outlaw
There's no heart to jump inside
You're an outlaw
Broken hero in the night
You're an outlaw
Running wild
Wishing well
(Rodgers/Kirke/Yamauchi/Bundrick/Kossoff)
Take off your hat, kick off your shoes
I know you ain't going anywhere
Running 'round town, singing your blues
I know you ain't going anywhere
You've always been a good friend of mine
But your heart, it bids farewell
And the only time that you're satisfied
Is with your feet in the wishing well
Throw down your gun, you might shoot yourself
Or is that what you're trying to do?
Put up the fight you believe to be right
Well, someday the sun will shine through
You've always got something to hide
Something you just can't tell
And the only time that you're satisfied
Is with your feet in the wishing well
But I know what you're wishing for
Love in a peaceful world
Love in a peaceful world
Love in a peaceful world
Well, you've always been a good friend of mine
Your heart, it bids farewell
And the only time that you're satisfied
Is with your feet in the wishing well
Innocent child
(Pell)
Hanging out on the street
With a face full of tears
And I couldn't understand why
Puts me down in a hole
I don't know where to go
And that's tearing at my soul
Endless pains going far too long
Broken souls could never be so strong
I'm an innocent child
Hear me calling
An innocent child
Hear me calling
I'm an innocent child
Hear me calling
An innocent child
Hear me calling
The nice guy was calling
He taught us not to fear
And don't go crying to others
But he was bad to the bone
With a heart made of stone
Naked bodies all alone
Endless pains going far too long
Broken souls could never be so strong
I'm an innocent child
Hear me calling
An innocent child
Hear me calling
I'm an innocent child
Hear me calling
An innocent child
Hear me calling
Between the walls
(Pell/Soto)
Bounded by the middle of a dream
Is it real or just a nightmare?
Lost behind the shadow of the night
Revelation of a new world
I'll take you there
Try to fight the walls from closing in
You can sense the reaper calling
Don't close your eyes or you'll be next in line
Nowhere to go when you're falling
Your time's coming near
There's nothing to fear
Between the walls
Between the walls - in the line of fire
Between the walls
Between the walls - takes you down to the wire
Losing ground of life and fantasy
With no footsteps to follow
The light above might be the only way
'Cause darkness only brings you sorrow
Your time's coming near
There's nothing to fear
Between the walls
Between the walls - in the line of fire
Between the walls
Between the walls - takes you down to the wire
Desert fire
(Pell)
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