Never Say Never (Alias album)
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Never Say Never, released in 2009, is the second album from the 1990s hard rock
band Alias
.
In early January 2009, Alias
announced the release of their long awaited second album. This album, appropriately titled “Never Say Never”, sat unreleased for nearly 18 years. It was recorded in 1992 and was planned to follow the self-titled debut album Alias
. However, due to the rapidly evolving music scene of that time where the grunge
movement was growing in popularity and metal
was fading, it was never released. A few of the songs from this album were re-recorded and appeared on lead vocalist Freddy Curci
’s solo album Dreamer’s Road, but many tracks remained unreleased.
Bonus tracks:
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...
band Alias
Alias (band)
Alias was a Canadian album-oriented rock/hard rock supergroup band, formed in 1988 by vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier.The band released its self-titled debut...
.
In early January 2009, Alias
Alias (band)
Alias was a Canadian album-oriented rock/hard rock supergroup band, formed in 1988 by vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier.The band released its self-titled debut...
announced the release of their long awaited second album. This album, appropriately titled “Never Say Never”, sat unreleased for nearly 18 years. It was recorded in 1992 and was planned to follow the self-titled debut album Alias
Alias (album)
Alias is the debut album from the Canadian rock band Alias, released in 1990 by Capitol Records.The single "More Than Words Can Say" reached #1 in Canada and #2 in the United States. A second single, "Waiting for Love", was released in early 1991 and peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-...
. However, due to the rapidly evolving music scene of that time where the grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
movement was growing in popularity and metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
was fading, it was never released. A few of the songs from this album were re-recorded and appeared on lead vocalist Freddy Curci
Freddy Curci
Freddy Curci is a Canadian AOR rock vocalist and songwriter best known for his stints in Alias and Sheriff.Curci has a multi-octave vocal range and holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Note Held in a pop song, for 30 seconds, timed and submitted by University of Houston, for the ending note...
’s solo album Dreamer’s Road, but many tracks remained unreleased.
Track listing
- "Woman Enough" (Curci, DeMarchi, Baker, Dei Cicchi)(4:31)
- "XTCOI" (Curci, DeMarchi, Baker, Dei Cicchi) (3:42)
- "How Much Longer Is Forever" (Curci, DeMarchi, Ribler) (4:10)
- "Give Me A Reason To Stay" (Diamond, Lorber) (4:36)
- "Wild Wild One" (Curci, DeMarchi, Meissner) (4:47)
- "Pleasure And Pain" (Baker, Dei Cicchi) (4:47)
- "The Warden" (Curci, DeMarchi, Baker, Dei Cicchi) (5:12)
- "Bare Necessity" (Curci, DeMarchi, Schwartz) (4:04)
- "All I Want Is You" (Harms) (5:03)
- "Call Of The Wild" (Curci, DeMarchi, Burgess) (5:36)
- "Diamonds" (Curci, DeMarchi, Stewart, DeMarchi) (4:13)
- "Play Me A Song" (Curci, DeMarchi) (2:00)
- "We Want It All" (Curci, DeMarchi, Baker, Dei Cicchi) (5:23)
Bonus tracks:
- "Perfect World" (Krikorian, Burtnick) (4:33)
- "Into The Fire" (Curci, DeMarchi) (4:37)
- "Who Do You Think You Are" (Curci, DeMarchi) (4:07)
- "When I'm With You" (Lanni) (live acoustic version) (3:46)
Musicians
- Freddy CurciFreddy CurciFreddy Curci is a Canadian AOR rock vocalist and songwriter best known for his stints in Alias and Sheriff.Curci has a multi-octave vocal range and holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Note Held in a pop song, for 30 seconds, timed and submitted by University of Houston, for the ending note...
- Lead vocals, background vocals, additional keyboards (tracks 3 & 13) - Steve DeMarchiSteve DeMarchiSteve DeMarchi is a Canadian guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the bands Sheriff and Alias...
- Guitar, background vocals, bass guitar (track 16) - Marco MendozaMarco MendozaMarco Mendoza is an American musician. He spent his formative years living with his grandmother in Tijuana, Mexico. He started playing the guitar at an early age, adopting the bass when he was invited to join a band that needed a player....
– Bass - Larry Aberman - Drums
- Robert O'Hearn - Keyboards
- Denny DeMarchiDenny DeMarchiDenny DeMarchi is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. Aside from being a prolific singer/songwriter and experienced live rock concert performing musician, he is also proficient in production, engineering and recording roles in a recording studio environment...
- Keyboards, background vocals
Additional musicians
- Eric Troyer - background vocals
- James Christian - background vocals
- Rick Neigher - background vocals
- Ross Stewart - additional guitar (track 11)
- Mike Baird - drums (track 15)
- CJ Vanston - additional keyboards (track 16)