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(More customer reviews)People go on about Schenker's material being much better in his early UFO or MSG days, or about his 'personal problems'. But they just don't get it: Schenker repeatedly emerges from the darkness into the light. Repeatedly there are problems, but repeatedly he comes up with something fantastic. He knows this - that's why he had his guitar fashioned on a black and white motif. As a rule I would say that, as somebody owning all but one of his studio albums, his guitar-work is as a whole unsurpassed in the history of rock - it is his personal experience that goes from black to white and vice versa, not his music. Thus, as I expected, Tales of Rock 'n' Roll is another masterpiece. It is heavy, intense, full of complex and powerful riffing that makes most heavy rock sound weak and uninventive, and provides plenty of tasteful, original, and sometimes stunning lead breaks, often in completely different styles. The album is intense, all 19 tracks merging with one-another, but deserves the 5 or 6 listens required to 'get into it'. Of course, Schenker's own view that the album requires 100 listens sounds completely egotistic and OTT. However, the sophistication of the work is such that it probably will indeed take that many listens to fully appreciate. Schenker is not so much being egotistic as blunt and matter-of-fact. After about 25 listens, my view is that the 19-track blend works well for the first 15 tracks, which in itself is a fantastic achievement. The album really does sound like one great long track up to that point, which makes listening to it a real commitment. The last four tracks seem more like bonus tracks to me - three bonus tracks rather, followed by an outro. In my view, the outro should fade out on a stunning guitar solo of the sort found at the end of Old Man with Sheep on Mars on Adventures of the Imagination. Then, the outro track should be blended with the end of track 15 to form a 16 track unit, followed by the three bonus tracks. Yet, this is to split hairs. If you want the highest quality heavy rock, this album is where you will find it. Buy the CD and let Schenker blow your head off.
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Tales of Rock N RollProduct Description: Guitarist Michael Schenker continues to count among the most important and most admired guitarists of the international rock scene. Whether as a member of the SCORPIONS, British rock act UFO, short-lived CONTRABAND or as a solo artist with his own act, MSG, Schenker has been involved in countless classic bands in the history of rock music. Now signed to Armageddon Music Germany's favourite guitar hero returns with his latest opus TALES OF ROCK N'ROLL. Armageddon Music. 2006.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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