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Heaven and Earth Featuring Stuart Smith
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth Featuring Stuart Smith
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock
 
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The groundbreaking Heaven & Earth album that started it all. — Back in 1994 Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith along with drummer Richie Onori put together the Heaven & Earth project which ended up becoming a worldwide cl...  more »

     
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All Artists: Heaven and Earth
Title: Heaven and Earth Featuring Stuart Smith
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Black Star Records
Release Date: 12/2/2009
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 614511728928

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The groundbreaking Heaven & Earth album that started it all.

Back in 1994 Sweet guitarist Stuart Smith along with drummer Richie Onori put together the Heaven & Earth project which ended up becoming a worldwide classic for all rock fans and won Stuart Smith the award for "Best Guitarist" and "Best New CD" for three years running at the Los Angeles All Access Music Awards.

The CD features a star studded cast with vocal and musical performances from Richie Sambora, (Bon Jovi), Joe Lynn Turner, (Rainbow), Glenn Hughes, (Deep Purple), Bobby Kimball, (Toto), Kelly Hansen, (Foreigner), Steve Priest, (Sweet), Carmine Appice, (Jeff Beck Group/Vanilla Fudge/Rod Stewart), Howard Leese, (Heart) and many others.

Heaven & Earth features a mixture of diverse musical styles ranging from rock to blues to classical to power pop. The CD became an instant cult classic and brought Smith to the forefront of the guitar elite being compared in the press to Blackmore, Beck, Clapton and Page.

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Near perfect compositions and collaborations
George Dionne | Cape Cod, MA | 02/10/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Good

Kelly Hansen reaches down deep for his strong vocal performance on "Don't Keep Me Waiting". The track is loaded with seventies style keyboard tones and piercing solo work by Stuart Smith. Rock journeyman Joe Lynn Turner appears on three tracks. "Still Got the Blues", a pure blues track that has Stuart flexing his classical guitar skills a la Richie Blackmore, while JLT shows that he's on top of his game with raw and emotional vocals. "It's Got to Be Love" has JLT being backed up by familiar Rainbow-like keyboard melodies and a brass section. He delivers a great line to conclude the chorus: you know I hate you so much /its got be love. More classical guitar reigns supreme on "Shadow of the Tyburn Tree". Is that a pan flute I hear? It does fit appropriately with the songs 15th Century theme.



Stuart's fretwork takes a back seat to warm keyboard riffing on "Life on the Line", but he cuts loose when it comes to the break. Bobby Kimball handles vocals duties. Kelly Hansen returns for the power ballad "Do You Ever Think About Me". It's just Kelly's smooth vocals and a somber drumbeat during the verses, but it's not long before Stuart comes in with the riffs. Kelly brings it up a notch to put the chorus over-the-top. Hansen switches gears on "Trouble in Paradise". This time he's backed by a bluesy, boogie-woogie beat, complete with pounding piano keys and heavy riffs. Smith pulls off some great improvised guitar licks. "Howlin' at the Moon" features the weathered vocals of Paul Shortino. The meaty hooks really compliment his voice.



The Bad

Nothing



The Verdict

Blues-based hard rock has been missing from the musical landscape for a longtime. Fortunately, Heaven & Earth are here to fill that void with their near perfect compositions and collaborations.

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