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Pat Boone - In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy Audio CD

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Pat Boone Band: Pat Boone
Title: In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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Release Date: 1997-01-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: You've Got Another Thing Comin' 2: Smoke on the Water 3: It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll) 4: Panama 5: No More Mr. Nice Guy 6: Love Hurts 7: Enter Sandman 8: Holy Diver 9: Paradise City 10: Wind Cries Mary 11: Crazy Train 12: Stairway to Heaven

My 5 Cents and Stars Worth


Originally thought as a full blown parody of sorts- a musical hasbeen such as Mr. Its ALWAYS quite amusing how Americans are 'OBSESSED WITH THE ABSURD!' Says a lot about the individual really!

This ten year plus disc still stands the test of time for many reasons. Pat having the audacity to cover such awfuls as I-I-I-I John Micheal Osborne and the one time soulful known Mr. Erin Everly was beyond consciablity.

Well to overcome this 'handicap' Pat with his clean cut Americana image made this a perfect match made in Heaven!

Re-arranging the worse of dredge had its musical advanatages-esp when sworn to a slant of irrestible big band like arraangements. With the caliber of players/musicians that injected LIFE into these otherwise rather hackneyed romps, says a plenty!

Mebbes Pat thought this lot of ruckess a snafu of satire, but to take something as lame as M'tl-ack-a's 'Enter Sandman' pushes the musical envelope to another dimension. And to have the added attraction of Mr. Ritchie Rainbow along with the Vile Foamy Liquids Pharmacist hisself really extends THAT hilarity of expressing their admiration of such polarity to undertake their mess and beat it into shape far better than they could possibly imagine!

So with that being said and I really COULDA hammered away at this lot. . . . this release shouldnt be ignored cause of so-called imbued novel means!

Long Live Pat Boone! .


I was drunk when I bought this
I think the shine in the eye drew me in. But I'm not really regretting it. I'd forgotten I'd ordered it, and when it came I was a little wary of putting it on. But when the horns kicked in on the first track, I knew that Pat was in it for real. It is a serious effort, which is funny enough, and, at times, it succeeds. The band is killer, but don't be fooled into thinking they're metal. The weakest point is Pat's voice. I really wanted to hear his innocent crooning, but his voice sounds aged. I guess that's to be expected.


Puts ME in a Metal Mood!
Pat Boone's IN A METAL MOOD: NO MORE MR. One has to remember that Pat Boone did this in the 50's when he sang the likes of Little Richards' "Tutti Frutti" to sanitize the new form of musical expression; Rock 'N' Roll for a mass audience. NICE GUY did not surprise this reviewer. What was surprising was that it offended some conservative church-going folk who just didn't get the joke. This is a pretty good compilation of hard rock, heavy metal covers in big band & jazzy arrangements. There is a certain ingeniousness for all involved when one thinks about it. Who would think Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" could be arranged to sound like something one would hear on A. M. radio. This reviewer is waiting for IN A METAL MOOD: PART 2.


One instrument shy of a great album
But that was just a P. Pat Boone caught a lot of flack for making this album, in which he allegedly crossed the line and enbraced the dark side. R. game. This isn't Mr. White Bucks reinventing himself -- the cover photo and talk show appearances were all just brilliantly staged media theater. No, this is his clever shot at reimagining an array of metal tunes on his own terms, as fully realized big-band charts.

In many ways, it works. The arrangements are top-notch, and the musicianship of the ensemble is of a uniformly high caliber. For this reason alone, it's worth a listen.

The main drawback (and metal purists may disagree with me) isn't the choice of repertoire here, but the lead vocalist himself. Pat's pipes are simply no longer strong enough to compete with a band of this power; and let's face it: even when he was in his prime, he was more a balladeer than a swinger.

In contrast, think of David Clayton Thomas' soulful blues-shouting over the massive horns of Blood, Sweat and Tears. Or Tom Jones' amazing work with Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. Either one would have knocked this right out of the ballpark.

It's a great concept, but the wrong frontman. And with the swing revival a pleasant memory, we're probably not going to hear the likes of it again. .


Greatest Concept Album Ever
Not only is it totally hilarious hearing Pat Boone talking about "getting stoned" on his long way to the top if you want to rock and roll, the production values are outstanding. Seriously, if the concept is how to arrange a ton of rock songs into snappy, Frank Sinatra-esque arrangements this albums is top notch. I will literally snap my fingers to some of the gems on here. Even the songs that don't seem to fit work in some bizarre way (like Love Hurts). I cannot recommend this album any more. It is truly a high water mark of our civilization.
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