Rainy Nights - Angra

Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Angra / Single / Audio CD released at Unknown Label

Newest Review: ... essentially a B-side that didn't make it onto the final album (apart from a bonus track in some versions) being so lavishly ... more

... treated here. For being an original, non-album song, this is automatically more valuable than the singles that merely re-use material available elsewhere, but also unlike other singles it's a little too self-consciously "singley," by which I mean it sounds like it was composed with the intention of selling to a mainstream audience. This isn't necessarily a bad thing of course, and many of Angra's softer songs lend themselves to a mainstream audience (with a bit of editing here and there), but the poppy chorus...more

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Rainy Nights - Angra: Three Consecutive Rainy Nights (379 words)
by - written on 21/01/08 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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You have to really like 'Rainy Nights' to go anywhere near this single. Enough to listen to it three times in a row, first in a slightly snipped radio edit that's all but indistinguishable from the real thing, and the third and final time as an instrumental lap of honour that actually works better than I imagined. Unfortunately, while it's a good enough song, I'm not as fond of the material from the 'Fireworks' era this hails from, though it's interesting to see what is essentially a B-side that didn't make it onto the final album (apart from a bonus track in some versions) being so lavishly treated here. For being an original, non-album song, this is ... Read the complete review