Tyketto
Artist: Tyketto
Album: Dig In Deep
Personnel:
Danny Vaughn: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion
Michael Arbeeny: Drums, percussion, vocals
Brooke St. James: Guitar, coral sitar, vocals, percussion
Jimi Kennedy: Bass guitar, vocals
Track Listing:
01. Faithless
02. Love to Love
03. Here's Hoping It Hurts
04. Battle Lines
05. The Fight Left in Me
06. Evaporate
07. Monday
08. Dig in Deep
09. Sound Off
10. Let This One Slide
11. This Is How We Say Goodbye
Stand Out Track: The Fight Left in Me
Review:
If you think of melodic hard rock you’re bound to think of the album ‘Don’t come easy’ by Tyketto. Released in 1990, it epitomised the whole ‘80s rock sound. Unfortunately it came slightly too late to make huge stars of the Tyketto boys.... ‘Bugger’ is all I can say, because it should’ve made them international rock stars. (I blame Kurt Cobain myself!) ‘Don’t Come Easy’ had it all. Power ballads to die for, Rock to blow knickers off girls and THAT voice. Danny Vaughan had one of the best rock voices in the business back then and here we are today, in 2012, and he proves that the voice has not only retained its knickers loosening quality, but has matured into a powerful, all encompassing voice, dripping with golden rock nectar. Dig In Deep has all the original Tyketto sound but, in my opinion, more soul and certainly more Rock than that debut album. Danny, Brooke, Jimi and Michael have, like the rest of us, matured over the years and it shows in the deep understanding they seem to have on this album. The musicianship is outstanding and combined with the more mature lyrics and almost perfect production, with Dig In Deep Tyketto have not only made a stunning return to form, but surpassed everything that we, as rock fans, ask from an album. No two ways about it, this album Rocks. Although Dig In Deep contains trademark Tyketto songs with stunning melodies throughout, they haven’t rested on their laurels and tried to reproduce the albums of yesteryear that everyone knows them for. Here they have produced an album that is right up there and significant in 2012.
Dig In Deep is Tyketto’s fourth studio album and their first since 1995’s Shine (Featuring Steve Augeri on vocals). With the original line-up from the debut album back, Tyketto fans could be forgiven in thinking this is a follow up and will sound identical. It doesn’t. As I’ve said, the Tyketto sound is here, but that sound is more rounded, more Rockier and more mature. The song writing is more expansive and expressive, both lyrically and musically. The album is a collection of styles, all done the Tyketto way and all working perfectly together to form a cohesive album. From the all out rockers, Faithless, Dig in Deep and Sound Off, to the Country rock tinged likes of Love To Love, Here’s Hoping It Hurts and Battle Lines to the beautiful ballad This Is How We Say Goodbye. Tyketto have proved that, like Europe, they have grown and have produced the best album of their career so far. It’s obvious that Tyketto’s best days are ahead of them, starting right now with Dig In Deep.
Reviewed by: Andy
WebSite:
http://www.tyketto.de
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tyketto-The-Official/272013509510636
http://www.myspace.com/tykettoband
Album: Dig In Deep
Personnel:
Danny Vaughn: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion
Michael Arbeeny: Drums, percussion, vocals
Brooke St. James: Guitar, coral sitar, vocals, percussion
Jimi Kennedy: Bass guitar, vocals
Track Listing:
01. Faithless
02. Love to Love
03. Here's Hoping It Hurts
04. Battle Lines
05. The Fight Left in Me
06. Evaporate
07. Monday
08. Dig in Deep
09. Sound Off
10. Let This One Slide
11. This Is How We Say Goodbye
Stand Out Track: The Fight Left in Me
Review:
If you think of melodic hard rock you’re bound to think of the album ‘Don’t come easy’ by Tyketto. Released in 1990, it epitomised the whole ‘80s rock sound. Unfortunately it came slightly too late to make huge stars of the Tyketto boys.... ‘Bugger’ is all I can say, because it should’ve made them international rock stars. (I blame Kurt Cobain myself!) ‘Don’t Come Easy’ had it all. Power ballads to die for, Rock to blow knickers off girls and THAT voice. Danny Vaughan had one of the best rock voices in the business back then and here we are today, in 2012, and he proves that the voice has not only retained its knickers loosening quality, but has matured into a powerful, all encompassing voice, dripping with golden rock nectar. Dig In Deep has all the original Tyketto sound but, in my opinion, more soul and certainly more Rock than that debut album. Danny, Brooke, Jimi and Michael have, like the rest of us, matured over the years and it shows in the deep understanding they seem to have on this album. The musicianship is outstanding and combined with the more mature lyrics and almost perfect production, with Dig In Deep Tyketto have not only made a stunning return to form, but surpassed everything that we, as rock fans, ask from an album. No two ways about it, this album Rocks. Although Dig In Deep contains trademark Tyketto songs with stunning melodies throughout, they haven’t rested on their laurels and tried to reproduce the albums of yesteryear that everyone knows them for. Here they have produced an album that is right up there and significant in 2012.
Dig In Deep is Tyketto’s fourth studio album and their first since 1995’s Shine (Featuring Steve Augeri on vocals). With the original line-up from the debut album back, Tyketto fans could be forgiven in thinking this is a follow up and will sound identical. It doesn’t. As I’ve said, the Tyketto sound is here, but that sound is more rounded, more Rockier and more mature. The song writing is more expansive and expressive, both lyrically and musically. The album is a collection of styles, all done the Tyketto way and all working perfectly together to form a cohesive album. From the all out rockers, Faithless, Dig in Deep and Sound Off, to the Country rock tinged likes of Love To Love, Here’s Hoping It Hurts and Battle Lines to the beautiful ballad This Is How We Say Goodbye. Tyketto have proved that, like Europe, they have grown and have produced the best album of their career so far. It’s obvious that Tyketto’s best days are ahead of them, starting right now with Dig In Deep.
Reviewed by: Andy
WebSite:
http://www.tyketto.de
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tyketto-The-Official/272013509510636
http://www.myspace.com/tykettoband
