Gary Moore – Old, New, Ballads, Blues (2006/2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gary Moore – Old, New, Ballads, Blues (2006/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:45 minutes | 659 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sanctuary Records

Old, New, Ballads, Blues is the fifteenth solo album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer Gary Moore.Since the early ’90s Belfast guitar whiz Gary Moore has returned again and again to the blues, leaving his metal phase far behind. Old New Ballads Blues is exactly what the title says it is, a mix of old blues (covers of songs by Elmore James, Willie Dixon, and Otis Rush), new blues (five Moore originals), ballads (half the album) and, well, blues (by one definition or another, everything here passes for blues). The real surprise is that the strongest songs are the original Moore-penned ballads, as Moore gives powerful and atmospheric performances (both vocally and as a guitarist) on “Gonna Rain Today,” “No Reason to Cry,” and a solid horn-augmented remake of one of his best songs, “Midnight Blues,” from what is easily his best album, 1990s million-selling Still Got the Blues. The James and Dixon covers (“Done Something Wrong” and “You Know My Love” respectively) seem disappointingly by-the-numbers, while the Rush song, “All Your Love,” fares a bit better, but Moore’s own compositions shine brightest here, giving him plenty of room to weep on the old Les Paul, which is a very good thing, since vocals have never been Moore’s strongest suit and his lyrics are often on the slight side. All of that vanishes when his guitar takes over a song, and on the instrumental “Cut It Out,” Moore’s muscular guitar tone says as much or more about life inside the blues as any of the vocal numbers. – Steve Leggett

Tracklist:

01. Gary Moore – Done Somebody Wrong (03:07)
02. Gary Moore – You Know My Love (07:17)
03. Gary Moore – Midnight Blues (2006) (05:45)
04. Gary Moore – Ain’t Nobody (04:51)
05. Gary Moore – Gonna Rain Today (04:40)
06. Gary Moore – All Your Love (2006) (04:29)
07. Gary Moore – Flesh And Blood (04:52)
08. Gary Moore – Cut It Out (05:35)
09. Gary Moore – No Reason To Cry (09:01)
10. Gary Moore – I’ll Play The Blues (06:04)

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