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All rights reserved.In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy - Boone, Pat (CD 1997)
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| Track Listing 1. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 2. Smoke on the Water 3. It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) 4. Panama 5. No More Mr. Nice Guy 6. Love Hurts 7. Enter Sandman 8. Holy Diver 9. Paradise City 10. Wind Cries Mary, The 11. Crazy Train 12. Stairway to Heaven
Album Notes IN A METAL MOOD features Pat Boone's renditions of 12 hard-rock and heavy-metal classics, including Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven," Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" and Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City." Personnel includes: Pat Boone, Ronnie James Dio, Clydene Jackson Edwards, Merry Clayton, Carmen Twillie (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore, Mitch Holder, Dawayne Bailey, Dweezil Zappa, Dan Ferguson, Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Doug Cameron, Bruce Dukov, Michelle Richards (violin); Evan Wilson (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Tom Scott, Gary Herbig, Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, Terry Harrington, Tom Scott, Plas Johnson, Jeol Peskin (woodwinds); Frank Szabo, Chuck Findley, Wayne Bergeron, Rick Baptist, Chris Tedesco (trumpet); Dick "Slide" Hyde, Lew McCreary, Alan Kaplan, Bruce Otto, Dana Hughes (trombone); Dave Siebels (organ, keyboards); Andy Simpkins (acoustic bass); Marco Mendoza (electric bass); Greg Bissonette (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Sheila E. (timbales). Recorded at Ocean Way Studios and Brooklyn Sound, Hollywood, California and TIC Music, Vienna, Austria. Includes liner notes by Pat Boone. From the man who sanitized Fats Domino and Little Richard for your listening pleasure, here's a little not-so-heavy metal. Really. On IN A METAL MOOD, Pat Boone covers devil's-rock hits by Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Judas Priest and more. More Barney Bigard and Benny Goodman than Beavis & Butthead, Boone gives this material the big-band treatment. Some of the cover-ees even drop in to help reconstruct their pasts. Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple plays guitar on a bossa nova version of "Smoke On The Water"--really--while Ronnie James Dio can be heard singing backup on a rendition of his own "Holy Diver" that wouldn't be out of place on a '60s Sinatra album. After "fastening his seatbelt" on a salsa-like "Panama" (originally by Van Halen), Boone ends things with a swinging "Stairway To Heaven." Really. | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Reviews  Rock and roll distilled into white-bread essence.Review created: 08/04/08 by:  I'm rating this a good, mostly for the novelty factor. I am not a metalhead, but most of these songs were more mainstream rock and roll than Dark Funeral, for example. Having Ronnie Dio, Richie Blackmore and Dweezil Zappa play on here was a cool touch, but the guitars were down in the mix too much for my taste. Again though, since this was heavily jammed into an easy-listening mold, in your face guitars are not normally there. I see that Sheila E. is listed in the credits as well. Some see this as Pat Boone trying to cash in one last time (as he did with some rhythm and blues hits 50 years ago). Your parents/grandparents may easily enjoy this, without being familiar with the songs. It's good to throw into a mix to surprise people, but doesn't stand on it's own very well. Shock value does not equal good music. The actual production of the album is quite good, it was obviously done by pros. In addition to the mentioned stars, the session players are top-notch. Studio session players are an odd bunch, they usually play a lot of different styles, and this was probably very fun/funny for them. Pat Boone in an interview with Dweezil, admitted that he had never heard of any of the artists or songs before this project. This project (as per the liner notes) was proposed by some of Pat's crew. Pat's heart was obviously not in this music. If you love this music, that will probably offend you. If you can pick it up for a couple of bucks, it's good fun to slip in a few during your next party. If you enjoy this, you will like Paul Anka's "Rock Swings" where he covers more Top 40 rock covers. Review ID: 10000000008196383 Was this review helpful? Report this review No More Mr. Guy - So bad... it's good!Yes, it may have been a "JOKE" to his previously adoring fans of the yesteryear, but it's the ultimate Party Crasher. I played this for my co-workers to "test for effect", and they went nuts. First it was, "Oh my God!", then it wears on to you after the first half a dozen times. It is definately a ear-opener for some of the Rock / Metal classics. I am waiting for Volume II to come out. I am not ashamed to own this CD, and pass along it's soothing sounds to others. Review ID: 10000000005410505 Was this review helpful? Report this review no more mr. nice guyIt was very interesting to listen to. If Pat Boone where to do another one I think I would get it. I would like to hear him do a Def Leppard. Review ID: 10000000002926213 Was this review helpful? Report this review  The Best Christmas PresentReview created: 02/02/07 by: 0 of 1 people found this review helpful. This is truly the best Christmas present for someone you really care about. What in the world Pat Boone was thinking I have no idea. The music is so bad it cannot be measured with existing technology. Review ID: 10000000002835578 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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