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Billy Idol was still a rock & roll bad boy despite being over the hill by the start of the new millennium. Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers captures that typical snarl without the bombast and returns to basics. The real rawness behind such classics as "Flesh for Fantasy," "Cradle of Love," and "To Be a Lover" is stripped, and the acoustic mix found on this album showcases Idol's appeal on a different level. The sexiness is still there, and Idol and guitarist Steve Stevens compose a magic as well. Fans should be pleased, for the tantalizing swagger of "Rebel Yell" is ageless. Renditions of Generation X's "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Dancing With Myself" are just as exciting, however it's the intensity of the punk anthem "Ready Steady Go" that brings everything together. While Billy Idol was issuing smash singles during a decade criticized for being unoriginal, Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers suggests otherwise.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
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Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Werner, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Composer, Author, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - William Bell, ComposerLyricist - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stella Soleil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony James, Composer - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2001 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stella Soleil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony James, ComposerLyricist - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2001 MTV Networks
Ritchie Cordell, Composer - Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TOM JAMES, Composer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Forsey, Producer - Bo Gentry, Composer - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bloom, Composer - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stella Soleil, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Steve Stevens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Idol, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN DENSMORE, ComposerLyricist - Jim Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Ray Manzarek, ComposerLyricist - Keith Forsey, Producer - Robert Krieger, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Bartley, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Ellis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McGrath, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Schulman, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Simon, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2002 MTV Networks
Albumbeschreibung
Billy Idol was still a rock & roll bad boy despite being over the hill by the start of the new millennium. Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers captures that typical snarl without the bombast and returns to basics. The real rawness behind such classics as "Flesh for Fantasy," "Cradle of Love," and "To Be a Lover" is stripped, and the acoustic mix found on this album showcases Idol's appeal on a different level. The sexiness is still there, and Idol and guitarist Steve Stevens compose a magic as well. Fans should be pleased, for the tantalizing swagger of "Rebel Yell" is ageless. Renditions of Generation X's "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Dancing With Myself" are just as exciting, however it's the intensity of the punk anthem "Ready Steady Go" that brings everything together. While Billy Idol was issuing smash singles during a decade criticized for being unoriginal, Billy Idol: VH1 Storytellers suggests otherwise.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:47
- Main artists: Billy Idol
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Viacom International Inc. ℗ 2007 Viacom International Inc. and EMI Music Distribution
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