Pretty Maids - Wake Up To The Real World

Published Nov. 30 2006

*=Staff's pick	Wake Up To The Real World* All In The Name Of Love I Am The End* As Guilty As You Why Die For A Lie* Such A Rush* Where Beauty Lies Brave Young Breed Terminal Violence* Perfect Strangers Another Shot Of Your Love

Genre	Melodic Metal	Ronnie Atkins	Vocals
Tracks	11	Ken Hammer	Guitar
Runningtime	45 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Frontiers Records	Ken Jackson	Bass
Release	10 Nov. 2006	Allan Tschicaja	Drums
Country	Denmark	-	Keyboard
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Pretty Maids is one of those bands that almost can't do wrong in my book. They've released classics such as Red Hot & Heavy and Future World among others. All of their albums get a seven or higher rank from me, Stripped not included since I don't count that CD as a real release. Wake Up To The Real World, their twelfth album, is no exception to that and shows a band that continue on the same path as before. The path of great melodic heavy metal with excellent production and kind of unique vocals. Ronnie Atkins is one of the finest singers out there but unfortunately he doesn't use the rough voice as much as before. On the other hand I'm pretty sure he'd lose his voice totally if he continue to sing that way all the time.

This CD is a perfect mix of heavier stuff and typical Pretty Maids ballads. My personal favorites are the heavier songs such as I Am The Endand Terminal Violence. I have only two complaints about the disc and those are. 1: Why did they record Perfect strangers? I can't see the need for a cover version of the song that sound almost identical to the original version by Deep Purple. 2: The album lack catchy choruses. The songs are great but unfortunately they tend to be forgotten when the CD is finished.

If you like Pretty Maids this is definitely a safe buy. If you've never heard them before and you're into melodic metal they're still a safe buy. Hell…Pretty Maids is always a safe buy as long as you like metal.

See also revie of: Kingmaker , Louder Than Ever , Motherland , Pandemonium , Planet Panic , Future World

Production	Vocals	Compositions
9	8	7

Summary
7,5 chalices of 10 - Mattias