Dark Days in Paradise [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1997 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Dark Days In Paradise' (hidden track), 'Burning In Our Hearts' & 'There Must Be A Way'. Virgin. 2003.

Tracks:

One Good Reason
Cold Wind Blows
I Have Found My Love In You
One Fine Day
Like Angels
What Are We Here For
Always There For You
Afraid Of Tomorrow
Where Did We Go Wrong
Business As Usual
Burning In Our Hearts
There Must Be A Way
Bonus Track 1

Album Description

UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1997 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Dark Days In Paradise' (hidden track), 'Burning In Our Hearts' & 'There Must Be A Way'. Virgin. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

In a word, putrid..........2006-12-11

This album is proof positive for me that Gary Moore has forgotten how to write memorable melodies. I am a fan of all of his rock output in the 80s and even of a couple of tracks from his blues albums of the late 80s. This stuff, however, is putrid. I'm not even complaining that this amounts to little more than a pop album from one of the best rock guitarists around. Simply put, these songs played in any style would not appeal to anyone looking for a solid musical statement. Part of the issue in my opinion is that Gary seems to have been much more interested in writing the lyrics (which, ironically, are not that bad) rather than worrying about the musical aspects of these songs. Many of the tracks are limited to one or two musical ideas, making them repetitive and fairly boring, especially as most of them cross the 6-minute mark. In my attempt to be fair to this album, I gave it repeated spins over the span of three days. What I found is that, with one exception, Dark Days In Paradise is Gary Moore's least inspired output of his career. The exception is the 5th track, "Like Angels" which is a nice medium-length ballad with clear pop leanings but with solid music. "Afraid Of Tomorrow" is another song that clocks in at 7 minutes but only has an idea in the first minute which just gets repeated ad nauseum. "Where Did We Go Wrong" is a long, meandering mess which is somewhat saved by a very nice guitar solo towards the end. Everything else, including the three awful bonus tracks, is unadulterated crap. Very disappointing...

off the usual track.......2005-11-23

I remember buying this CD as an import when it was first released, as usual there was no fanfare surrounding a new Gary Moore album and I was lucky to stumble upon it.
This is a very different Album from Gary, I don't claim to know to much about him outside of his many recordings but there is deep emotion expressed here and the lyrics really seem to explore his inner self and his feeling of the time. There are strings, sequencers, various drum programmings and musical styles very out of the ordinary for this artist. It is a deep and engaging album, the track, Business As Usual really hits home. Gary is always changing in some way and this is another excellent step in his long and varied career.

Average customer rating:

Dark Days in Paradise
Gary Moore
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00006ITY3

Tracks:

One Good Reason
Cold Wind Blows
I Have Found My Love In You
One Fine Day
Like Angels
What Are We Here For
Always There For You
Afraid Of Tomorrow
Where Did We Go Wrong
Business As Usual
Burning In Our Hearts (Bonus Track)
There Must Be A Way (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1997 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Burning In Our Hearts' & 'There Must Be A Way'. Virgin. 2002.

Average customer rating:

Well worth it

Dark Days in Paradise
Gary Moore
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006THK
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

One Good Reason
Cold Wind Blows
I Have Found My Love In You
One Fine Day
Like Angels
What Are We Here For?
Always There For You
Afraid Of Tomorrow
Where Did We Go Wrong?
Bussiness As Usual

Album Description

1997 album featuring the singles 'One Good Reason' & 'I HaveFound My Love In You'. 10 tracks total. Full color picture disc. A Virgin Records release.

Customer Reviews:

Well worth it.......2001-06-30

Many die hard Gary fans slam this album, and I didn't really like it much initially. But after a few playings, the retro sound of the music grew on me. There really is nothing to compare this record to as far as Gary's past offerings. Definetly a bit of an early 70s feel to it. The down side is the guitar playing is very understated, and, let's face it, that is why we listen to Gary.

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Dark Days in Paradise
Gary Moore
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000A2P94K
Release Date: 2003-05-16

Album Description

UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1997 album includes three bonus tracks, 'Dark Days In Paradise' (hidden track), 'Burning In Our Hearts' & 'There Must Be A Way'. Virgin. 2003.

Average customer rating:

STICK TO ROCK, GARY.
LOST HIS WAY
Dark Days in Paradise

Dark Days in Paradise + 1
Gary Moore
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U8X0

Tracks:

One Good Reason
Cold Wind Blows
I Have Found My Love In You
One Fine Day
Like Angels
What Are We Here For?
Always There For You
Afraid Of Tomorrow
Where Did We Go Wrong?
Business As Usual

Album Description

Japanese edition of his 1997 Virgin album featuring the title cut as a hidden bonus track, for a total of 11 tracks (though the disc only scans as 10). Also includes the singles 'One Good Reason' & 'I Have Found My Love In You'.

Customer Reviews:

STICK TO ROCK, GARY........2001-08-21

I respect the fact that Gary Moore is now playing the thing tha influencied him to start playing: the blues. But his voice is just not suited to the blues, not at all. He is no Eric Clapton, I assure you that !! His first effor in the new area, STILL GOT THE BLUES, was a grateful surprise, but clearly Gary was not capable of repeating it. In this DARK DAYS, he released his worst blues album ever.

LOST HIS WAY.......2001-03-31

Gary Moore lost himsefl in this record, one to be forgotten by his fans ( like myself ). I love him playing hard rock, I love him playing blues. But in this CD he plays none of them. It's just a confusion of sounds going nowhere, really annoying. Skip it.

Dark Days in Paradise.......2001-03-16

This is a killer album. I'm suprised it has not been released domestically in the United States. This is well worth the investment. You will not be dissapointed. He has departed from the blues genre for this cd and has generated some very creative songs in a pop/rock format. I consider this music "bright" days in paradise.

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