Track Listing

1. Future Shock
2. Night Ride Out Of Phoenix
3. Ballad Of The Lucitania Express
4. No Laughing In Heaven
5. Sacre Bleu
6. New Orleans
7. Bite The Bullet
8. If I Sing Softly
9. Don't Want The Truth
10. For Your Dreams
11. Trouble
12. Your Sister's On My List
13. Mutually Assured Destruction
14. Maelstrom
15. Take A Hold Of Yourself
16. One For The Road
17. Bad News

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40379 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Customer Reviews

...pride cometh before a fall...
Continued from Glory Road

But you can't fault the work ethic as 8 months later "Future Shock" arrived, an album I still think of fondly. It's not a classic but it's the last really good thing Gillan the band did. Of course, it also co-incided with a spate of cover versions and Top Of The Pops appearances, which may not have been a good thing, with the benefit of hindsight, as it was one of those that led to Bernie Torme getting fired! But on the album, there were enough gems to let me hang on to my hopes - 'Night Ride Out Of Phoenix', 'If I Sing Softly' and 'For Your Dreams' still bring back pangs of longing for those long teenage nights, playing records and planning on ruling the world. This was also a time when bands looked out for their fans, as a cornucopia of stand alone singles - 'Trouble' and 'Mutually Assured Destruction' - and B-sides (six of 'em!) fill out the album with 'Your Sister's On My List', still a favourite, largely because of its chorus! Hey! I was sixteen!

Continues on Double Trouble

As reissue packages, these are well done, although there is absolutely nothing new or unreleased on offer for the serious collector. But it will save me digging through the crates of vinyl, something that makes life a whole lot easier, and with brief notes from Ian Gillan with each one alongside the lyrics and plentiful photos, Edsel have done a bang up job.

Classic Gillan...... nuff said
This is without doubt the bands crowning glory. there musical peak. Gillan were on a roll, the band playing as well as ever, they hit the studio and produced this, what is now, classic album. Good old British rock n roll, heavy metal, call it what you will. Lets see, you have out and out fast rock tracks like " Lucitania express " and " sacre bleu " to the very funny " No laughing in heaven " as is Sacre bleu, giggle.
Then your hit with the commercial " New orleans ", but still damn good,but to me one the most beautiful song you'll hear anywhere hits you. " If i sing softly " is a real breath remover of a track, after all the ram bash of the other tracks it hits you hard. and as for the flute section, fits perfectly. Great great album. And of course there are the add on's. Stuff that didnt quite make it, You'll giggle at " Your sister " and off course the two other singles from the period, "Lucille " and " Trouble ", good fun rock n roll tracks.
If you aint got any GIllan, and if not why not, start here, or anywhere really, but to me this is a good place to start. Enjoy

Gillan Band at their Peak
This is a stunning album superbly re packaged with lots of contemporary pictures and also sleeve notes by Ian Gillan,however its the music which stands out, some brilliant tracks with Ian and the band producing some of the best material ever laid down by ex Purple people. Stand out tracks are Bite the Bullet,Dont Want the truth,Sacre Bleu the list goes on.Sensibly priced,great value for money.