Richie Solo Album: "Aftermath Of The Lowdown" - September 18th Release Date

Richie Album
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICN-1018

Aloha !

Yeah, I'll wait with a pre-order. Last time with The Circle they claimed it'd contain bonus footage and all we got were bonus clips on the DVD. Those bonus tracks will have to be of better quality than what's on the album now or I won't order from Japan. I'm not going to spend 20E on 2 tracks that are absolutely rubbish.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Inbefore the bonus tracks are from these disastrous live performances.

I finally listened to the download and I'm still just "eh" about it. Not sure why..for me, it's like all the Richie solo stuff, I try and try to like it but it always falls short for me. That said, I am for sure going to buy the cd when it comes out.

the bonus tracks might be the two previews that have not yet been discovered.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWp46ZYZNHA#t=01m02s

Not sure if the cover has been posted already or not;


http://abcnewsradioonline.com/storag...=1342127258327

ahh, what a stupid cover!

I like the cover art but they really need to shoot their graphic designer for the placement of the artist/title text.

"Richie Sambora" gets totally lost as it's positioned too close to the line separating the cityscape from the roof. The "R" is lost in the mess of his pose as well. The design should have been developed a little further as it seems a bit unfinished to me.

Good Cover.

As I’ve said about 30 pages back, I haven’t downloaded any of the leaked songs and still don’t intend to. I am glad to hear there’s more people doing the same. It looked first there aren’t too many of us, but now it turns out that it isn’t that bad.
But since the new single was sent officially I decided to download it and listen to the new song. I have to admit that I wanted to skip this too, and wait till September, but then I realized it will show up in the radio or MTV soon anyway, so there would be no chances to avoid it that long. There were no chances to avoid WWBTF before the release of TC too, and I also did not listen to any other song until November back then, except for the lead single (I hate snippets).
Anyway, back to the song. I have to say that I absolutely love it. I think I have listened to it about 50 times so far, or more. It’s on a constant repeat when I drive to work and another few listens when I am back home. And still I am not bored with it. Not at all. I think it is miles better than HTCE, which as far as I remember was the lead single to US. I love the melody and the lyrics. It is so optimistic, so promising, so full of hope. Very simple and catchy, and sometimes a song needs to be just like that. It suits perfectly for the summer season with the sun and great weather outside the window.
I love the piano work and the drums. Surprisingly guitar is the part that is kind of losing a bit as it sounds a little bit like one big noise, but I blame production for it, and I think it will sound much better during the live shows. And I actually am not so sure whether those effects in the vocals are a good decision, but my wife loves it, so it’s just a matter of taste probably. It’s not bad, but clear vocals would sound better in my opinion. I just love Richie’s voice, it’s timbre/colour (not sure how to say it in English), it’s roughness and the clearer it sounds the better for me. Solo is simple and short but does the job as it should. And I think the acoustic guitar at the end is just perfect with the clear vocals I love. Gives that extra touch and is a cherry on the cake for me.
I always love the moment when I play and sing any BJ song on guitar for the first time, and it was no different this time. As a self taught guitarist myself if I enjoy playing the song, it automatically is taken to another level and for sure this one does that for me. Great to play by the camp fire or at home.
And last but not least, usually the lead single is not my favourite song on any BJ album ( I think with exception of KTF and IML), which means there will be songs on the album that will be even better for me and will absolutely blow me away. Not that it surprises me because I felt from the very beginning this album will be special, but now my excitement for the record is even bigger. This song is a great introduction and a promise of what’s coming soon. So can’t wait for the rest. But this one is more than enough for me until September. It was 14 years so only 2 months away is like nothing compared to that