John Miles – More Miles Per Hour, 1979 (2008)
John Miles – MMPH with Bonus Tracks
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Lemon Recordings © 2008, EU | CD LEM 107
mp3 CBR 320k – 120Mb | covers | 3% recovery | rs.com & mega
Lemon Recordings © 2008, EU | CD LEM 107
1. Satisfied
2. It's Not Called Angel
3. Bad Blood
4. Fella in the Cellar
5. Can't Keep a Good Man Down
6. Oh Dear!
7. C'est La Vie
8. We All Fall Down
Bonus Tracks
9. Sweet Lorraine
10. Don't Give Me Your Sympathy
11. If You Don’t Need Lovin'
Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards – John Miles
Bass – Bob Marshall, Drums – Barry Black, Keyboards – Brian Chatton
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Andrew Powell
Produced and engineered by Alan Parsons
First time ever on CD for the fourth album by John Miles his last one for Decca Records. Originally issued in 1979 this album reached # 46 in the UK charts, the Top 10 in both Norway and Sweden and the Top 50 in Holland. Contains the singles ‘Can't Keep a Good Man Down’ and ‘Oh Dear!’, plus another three rare non-LP bonus tracks.
This is the highest caliber 70's Rock!
John Miles should have been one of the major rock stars of the last 30 years period. Had it not been for a series of record company legal wrangles and the inability of the public to grasp that a musician that could actually write songs with different styles and musical genres then he would have been. This was John's 4th release, and marked a return to the partnership with Alan Parsons and Andrew Powell as producer and orchestra arranger respectively that had such a dramatic impact with his first release ’Rebel’.
’MMPH’ contains the usual wide range of styles from rock to funk, to ballads and even a bit of country, sometimes within the same song! On songs like ‘Can't Keep a Good Man Down’ he rocks out with the best of them, he is an outstanding guitar player and some of the solo's on songs like ’We All Fall Down’ and ’Fella in the Cellar’ are fantastic. Some would argue that the production is over the top and the solo's and rock edge are slightly lost in the complex arrangements and orchestral backing, but it does make for a thrilling musical experience, in some ways ahead of its time. It must have broken a few old Hi-Fi systems in the 1970's! The slower songs such as ’It's Not Called Angel’ and ’Oh Dear!’ do benefit from the extra production layers…
~ Mr. Richard Townsend "DickieT", UK