Place Vendome (album)
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- For the Modern Jazz Quartet / Swingle Singers album of the same name, see Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)Place Vendôme is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet...
Place Vendome is the debut album of the melodic hard rock
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...
/ album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.-Music played:Most radio formats are based on a select, tight rotation of hit singles...
(AOR) project Place Vendome
Place Vendome (band)
Place Vendome is a melodic hard rock / album-oriented rock project, founded in 2004 by Serafino Perugino, ....
. The songwriting for this album was provided by Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69
Pink Cream 69
Pink Cream 69 is a German hard rock band founded in 1987 in Karlsruhe, Germany by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine Metal Hammer 's newcomer competition in Ludwigsburg one year after forming. In 1994, Andi...
), with further contributions from David Readman
David Readman
David Readman is an English singer. Since 1994, he has been with the German-based band Pink Cream 69. He joined the French progressive metal band Adagio in 2000, but left the band in 2004...
and Alfred Koffler.
The album received very positive reviews and was hailed as vocalist's Michael Kiske
Michael Kiske
Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist...
's glorious return to a heavier rock sound, since his exit from the German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Helloween
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
in 1993.
It was released in 10 October 2005 with cover art credited to Carl André Beckston.
Track listing
- "Cross the Line" - 4:56
- "I Will Be Waiting" - 4:56
- "Too Late" - 4:17
- "I Will Be Gone" - 5:12
- "The Setting Sun" - 4:48
- "Place Vendome" - 3:58
- "Heaven's Door" - 4:06
- "Right Here" - 4:13
- "Magic Carpet Ride" - 4:01
- "Sign of the Times" - 5:16
Japanese bonus track
- "Photograph" - 4:40
Band members
- Michael KiskeMichael KiskeMichael Kiske is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist...
– vocals - Uwe Reitenauer – guitarsGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
- Dennis Ward – bassBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Kostas Zafiriou – drumsDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
- Gunther Werno - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...