{"id":32235,"date":"2013-10-13T20:16:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T01:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=32235"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:38:24","slug":"richie-scarlet-i-plead-the-fifth-vinyl-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/richie-scarlet-i-plead-the-fifth-vinyl-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Scarlet | I Plead The Fifth<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by John Kindred<\/span>
\n– Publisher —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"RichieAramis Records revisits Richie Scarlet\u2019s 2012 I Plead The Fifth<\/em> by re-releasing the studio effort on vinyl. The LP has been pressed on 180g red vinyl and is a limited-edition run of 500 copies. The album contains the same track listing and is being distributed by URP Music Distributors. <\/p>\n

Scarlet, who has been dubbed by his peers as the \u201cEmperor of Rock and Roll,\u201d has worked with Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Sebastian Bach, Mountain and members of Alice Cooper\u2019s band. It should come as no surprise that I Plead the Fifth<\/em> features several guest musicians, including John Regan, Dez Cadena (Misfits), Michael Klvana, Arno Hecht, Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper), Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal and Joey Molland. <\/p>\n

I Plead the Fifth<\/em> was produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by Tarik Solangi at Prime Time Studios in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The album contains nine songs and runs the gambit from hard rock to \u201880s-style ballads and most certainly tips its hat to \u201870s glam rock. For the most part, Scarlet delivers quality, if not pompous, rockers. <\/p>\n

The hard rock tunes are fueled with melody, sing-a-long-choruses and driving rhythmic progressions. The opening song \u201cLips Like Morphine\u201d gets the ball rolling and is a song that would be right at home on an Alice Cooper record. The momentum continues with \u201cBurning Through Life\u201d a whimsical rock \u2018n\u2019 roll romp. \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Die\u201d hits with a punkish vibe and a very hook-driven chorus. Of the two ballads, \u201cLove Will Find a Way\u201d and \u201cLost in My World,\u201d \u201cLove\u201d suffers from moments of cheesy lyrics, while \u201cLost\u201d begs for lighters to be held high. The only questionable song, if you want to call it that, is the James Brown cover of \u201cKing Heroin.\u201d The album harbors one instrumental song \u201cCarousel,\u201d which opens with a prog-keys and moves into a \u201870s-style rock groove. The instrumental eventually combines shredding guitar and prog-keys, taking turns at soloing before it crescendos into a Frehley-like chromatic rhythmic climb (Kiss \u201cEscape From the Island\u201d – The Elder<\/em>) that finally wraps up with heavy guitars and keys swirling around each other.<\/p>\n

This \u201cre-release\u201d will appeal to diehard Richie Scarlet fans who are into the resurgence of vinyl. In all, Scarlett delivers a nice collection of rock songs that deserve to be played on 11.<\/p>\n

Genre: Hard Rock<\/p>\n

Band:
\nRichie Scarlett – Guitars, Bass and Vocals
\nRuss Wilson – drums
\nPeter Gallinari – keyboards<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1. Lips Like Morphine
\n2. Burning Through Life
\n3. Love Will Find A Way
\n4. I Don’t Wanna Die
\n5. Lost In My World
\n6. Without Your Love
\n7. Indian Souls (1876)
\n8. King Heroin
\n9. Carousel<\/p>\n

Label: Aramis Records<\/p>\n

Web: http:\/\/www.richiescarletmusic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL VIDEO ‘Without Your Love’:
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