{"id":851,"date":"2020-02-16T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T19:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=851"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T10:40:37","slug":"russ-ballard-its-good-to-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Russ Ballard &#8211; It&#8217;s Good To Be There"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russ Ballard \u2013 It\u2018s Good To Be Here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Label: BMG Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release date: February 21st, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: www.russballardmusic.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are any fans of RUSS BALLARD outside hoping to get an album in the vein of his 1984 AOR masterpiece, they can stop reading immediately. The ten new cuts are nearly complete the opposite \u2013 bluesy, with a modern twist but far away from catchy. I must confess that the record is a constant grower. First time I listened to it I was shocked about the absence of a single commercial approach. But hey \u2013 the man turned 74 recently and it\u2018s great to hear him coming up with new material. And the more spins I give the CD, the better it gets.\u201cThe Misunderstood\u201c and \u201cAnnabel\u2018s Place\u201c have a good melody same as the opener \u201cMy Awakening\u201c, but a song like \u201cColliding\u201c is way too depressing for me.&nbsp; In my opinion, \u201cProud Man\u201c is the highlight of this longplayer. More songs like these and I would really love the CD. For his younger fans he added re-worked versions of three of his classic cuts from the 70s and 80s namely \u201cNew York Groove\u201c,\u201cSince You\u2018ve Been Gone\u201c and \u201cYou Can Do Magic\u201c, which sadly are far from reaching the magic of the undying originals. It\u2018s really good to have RUSS back but nevertheless the album is a double-edged sword!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6,5\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andreas Hoehn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track List:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>My Awakening&nbsp;<\/li><li>Time Machine&nbsp;<\/li><li>Kickin&#8217; The Can&nbsp;<\/li><li>Annabel&#8217;s Place&nbsp;<\/li><li>Wasted (The Last Ride)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Colliding&nbsp;<\/li><li>Tidal Wave&nbsp;<\/li><li>The First Man That Ever Danced&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Misunderstood&nbsp;<\/li><li>Proud Man&nbsp;<\/li><li>New York Groove&nbsp;<\/li><li>Since You Been Gone&nbsp;<\/li><li>You Can Do Magic&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kickin&#039; the Can\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtMN88JbXcI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russ Ballard \u2013 It\u2018s Good To Be Here Label: BMG Rights Release date: February 21st, 2020 Website: www.russballardmusic.com If there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aor-melodic-rock","category-classic-hard-rock","category-media-reviews","wpcat-33-id","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-35-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}