Crimson Gold presents Europe 'Gold', the only Europe compilation you'll ever need. The Swedish band fronted by Joey Tempest, represent 1980s rock. With big guitar solos, playing stadium rock anthems, the band achieved 5 top 40 chart hits in the UK. The most famous being 'the final Countdown'. This definitive 3CD set features 45 tracks spanning the band's most popular career. 'The final Countdown' Reaching UK number 1 in 1986 alongside; 'rock the night' Uk 12, 'carrie' Uk 22, 'SUPERSTITIOUS' Uk 34 and 'I'll Cry for you' Uk 28. CD1 opens with his biggest hits 'the final Countdown', followed by the bands two big singles ' 'rock the night' And 'carrie'. Cd 2 features big rock songs 'Ninja' And 'heart of stone'. CD3 rounds off the set with a selection of other classics such as 'girl from lebanon', 'seven door hotel' And 'final Countdown 2000'.
Reading the full name of this release - Jakszyk, Fripp And Collins With Levin And Harrison - A Scarcity Of Miracles - A King Crimson ProjeKct - leads to one central and almost unbelievable thought: this must be a new King Crimson album after all these years (the last album was released in 2003). But it is just like Robert Fripp, King Crimson’s mastermind and guitarist, wrote in the album’s liner notes: listening to A Scarcity Of Miracles is “like meeting a close member of the (King Crimson) family for the first time”. The music on this album is consistently mellow, sophisticated prog, similar, but smoother than the soft tunes from the Belew era, perhaps closer in tone to the Sylvian/Fripp albums.
One of the pioneers of the progressive rock genre. The first official rehearsal of the band was on January 13, 1969. The first line-up comprised guitarist Robert Fripp, lyricist and lighting man Peter Sinfield (who “invented” the name of the band), composer and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, and drummer Michael Giles…
One of the pioneers of the progressive rock genre. The first official rehearsal of the band was on January 13, 1969. The first line-up comprised guitarist Robert Fripp, lyricist and lighting man Peter Sinfield (who “invented” the name of the band), composer and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, and drummer Michael Giles…
One of the pioneers of the progressive rock genre. The first official rehearsal of the band was on January 13, 1969. The first line-up comprised guitarist Robert Fripp, lyricist and lighting man Peter Sinfield (who “invented” the name of the band), composer and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, bassist and vocalist Greg Lake, and drummer Michael Giles…