Angels Never Die
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Angels Never Die is the fourth solo album of the German female hard rock
singer Doro Pesch
. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by Jack Ponti
and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with Alice Cooper
on the hit single "Hey Stoopid
" and had produced minor glam metal
bands like Surgin’ and Baton Rouge
. The sound and musical style of Angels Never Die is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album, alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses with power ballads, in the vein of the declining pop metal that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade.
The album was not published in the USA and had limited success in Europe. However, the video for the song "Bad Blood" was voted best anti-racism video during the first MTV Europe Music Awards
ceremony in 1994.
Angels Never Die remained for 13 weeks in the German Longplay chart, peakin at position No. 21.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
singer Doro Pesch
Doro (musician)
Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by Jack Ponti
Jack Ponti
Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant.-Career:Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant who started his career in the music business playing guitar in the rock band...
and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
on the hit single "Hey Stoopid
Hey Stoopid
Hey Stoopid is the 19th studio album by heavy metal singer and shock rock-legend Alice Cooper. It was released on July 2, 1991 with guest appearances from Slash , Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars .After Cooper's smash 1989 hit album Trash, Cooper...
" and had produced minor glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
bands like Surgin’ and Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge (band)
Baton Rouge were an American hard rock band, formed in 1986 in Mississippi. The band produced two albums and enjoyed limited success during the final part of the hair metal explosion in the early 1990s, before disbanding...
. The sound and musical style of Angels Never Die is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album, alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses with power ballads, in the vein of the declining pop metal that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade.
The album was not published in the USA and had limited success in Europe. However, the video for the song "Bad Blood" was voted best anti-racism video during the first MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...
ceremony in 1994.
Angels Never Die remained for 13 weeks in the German Longplay chart, peakin at position No. 21.
Track listing
- "Eye on You" (Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
, Jack PontiJack PontiJack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant.-Career:Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant who started his career in the music business playing guitar in the rock band...
, Vic Pepe) - 3:06 - "Bad Blood" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 4:09
- "Last Day of My Life" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 5:31
- "Born to Bleed" (D. Pesch, Gary Scruggs) - 4:21
- "Cryin'" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe, Elizabeth G. DailyElizabeth DailyElizabeth Ann Guttman , better known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an American voice actress, actress, singer-songwriter, and musician...
) - 3:54 - "You Ain't Lived (Till You're Loved to Death)" (D. Pesch, Craig WisemanCraig WisemanCraig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
) - 4:03 - "So Alone Together" (D. Pesch, G. Scruggs) - 5:40
- "All I Want" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 3:44
- "Enough for You" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 4:48
- "Heaven with You" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 4:50
- "Don't Go" (D. Pesch, J. Ponti, V. Pepe) - 5:28
- "Alles Ist Gut" (D. Pesch, Henri Staroste, W. Plass) - 3:29
Personnel
- Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
- vocals, arrangements - Jack PontiJack PontiJack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant.-Career:Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant who started his career in the music business playing guitar in the rock band...
- guitars, bass, keyboards, producer, arrangements, mixing - Vic Pepe - guitars, producer, arrangements
- Eric GalesEric GalesEric Gales is an American blues-rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. Gales has recorded ten albums on major record labels, and has done session and tribute work...
- guitar solos on "Heaven With You", "Born To Bleed" and "Bad Blood" - Eugene Gales - guitar solos on "Last Day Of My Life" and "Don't Go"
- Nick Douglas, Matt Nelson - bass
- Harold Frazee - keyboards
- Joey FrancoJoey FrancoJoe Franco is an American drummer best known for his work with the band The Good Rats in the late 1970s and later as a replacement member of Twisted Sister.-Biography:...
- drums - Jon Mathias - engineer, mixing
- Garth Micheal, Barry Steiman - assistant engineers
- George Marino - mastering