Riot - The Privilege Of Power
| Release date: | 28 February 1990 |
| Style: | Hard rock, Heavy metal |
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01. On Your Knees
02. Metal Soldiers
03. Runaway
04. Killer
05. Dance Of Death
06. Storming The Gates Of Hell
07. Maryanne
08. Little Miss Death
09. Black Leather And Glittering Steel
10. Racing With The Devil On A Spanish Highway (Revisited) [Al Di Meola cover]
02. Metal Soldiers
03. Runaway
04. Killer
05. Dance Of Death
06. Storming The Gates Of Hell
07. Maryanne
08. Little Miss Death
09. Black Leather And Glittering Steel
10. Racing With The Devil On A Spanish Highway (Revisited) [Al Di Meola cover]
Lyrics Tony Moore - vocals
Mark Reale - guitars
Robert "Bobby" Jarzombek - drums
Don Van Stavern - bass
Session musicians
Steve Gross - horns
Lee Thornburg - horns
Steve Kupka - horns
Emilio Castillio - horns
Greg Adams - horns
Lawrence Feldman - horns
Ron Cuber - horns
Dave Bargeron - horns
Jon Faddis - horns
Randy Brecker - horns
Guest musicians
Joe Lynn Turner - vocals
G. E. Smith - guitars
James "Blood" Ulmer - guitars
T.M. Stevens - bass
Bob Held - bass
Additional info
The horn section of the soul band Tower Of Power also play on the album alongside Randy Brecker.
Re-released via Cherry Red Records sublabel Iron Bird, November 2009 as part of a 2 CD set with Thundersteel.
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1512  |
To follow up a metal classic as Thundersteel isn't easy and even if this one doesn't match it's precedor it's still pretty damn good! It features a cool horn section in many of the songs and yet offers the same speed we got on Thundersteel. Two of my favourite songs are the pounding anthem "Metal Soldiers" and the speed metal monster "Black Leather and Glittering Steel". Two instant heavy metal classics!
---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1309  |
This masterpiece was also released in the 90´s? Ah, well... I remember listening to this for the first time right after Thundersteel and feeling disappointed. The Privilege Of Power is more varied and ambitious than any other record they have done, the lyrics have some actual substance other than being just awesome and metal and the varying songs themselves might take some time to get into, but they're cool. There's even some nice jazz cover in the end, it's surprisingly kickass. In fact, I think this is a kind of record the more you listen to it the more you will eventually grow to love it. After all these years, I might actually like it even more than the almighty Thundersteel itself.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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| John_Doe Posts: 5209  |
Solid album and the Al DiMeola cover was a very pleasant surprise.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5498  |
Not as good as their previous release, Thundersteel, but tbf it's a real challenge to follow up on a masterpiece such as that. Here Instead they opted for a new direction in songwriting, they slowed things down a wee bit, and concentrated on creating a more complex, and varied style and sound. The album as a whole didn't really click with me the same way as their previous release did. Unfortunately I didn't take to the long interludes at the beginning of most of the songs, and there wasn't enough stand out tracks for me either. Metal Soldiers" and "Black Leather and Glittering Steel" to me are by far the best songs on this album.
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| Tom Muller Posts: 314  |
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| Majesty1911 Posts: 194  |
I don't get why so much praise for this one. Interludes are boring, production again very gloomy and trumpets didn't work for me here too. And the worst thing - songs here just okay at best. 6/10 +1 point for trying somthing new, I guess...
---- Glory to the Nation!
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