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Kip Winger - From The Moon To The Sun - MVD
Kip Winger has seen it all. The storied days of playing bass for the Alice Cooper band to his amazing heights with his Namesake band Winger. After his departure from the band of his name he embarked on a solo career till now has been sadly low key in America where as he has had attention in Japan and Europe with his solo act. To me, he has now arrived and it is time for the whole world to take notice. Kip has dropped a solo record that should be a top 5 hit in America with its airy rhythms and amazingly smooth vocals. The opening cut is hard to define with its western type intro and nostalgic lyrics that blend what is classic Kip and a spate of electronics that goes with an electric acoustic blend. This should be a number 1 hit, period. If there was a hook to pull you into an album and through it this is it. Nothing finds a rougher Kip growling through the lyrics until he hit’s the chorus where he soars to great heights with his amazing vox. Where Will You Go is a typical Kip ballad and again deserves to be top 10 in America, in a perfect world that is. Ghosts is a different song given the fact that it is an orchestral light piece, just piano, cellos, harp and Bass. It’s a particularly moving piece and I was not expecting it. Pages And Pages is almost Beatlesesque in its nature and cruises at a slow to medium pace and just pulls you in. Do you get the jist of the CD? The vocals, the melodies and the instrumentation is phenomenal. Almost ghostlike and very hypnotic! There is not a band song on here and you will rediscover his talent once again.
CD review by Jeffrey Easton
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