Ray Majors - First Poison

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2000
Time: 62:13 
Size: 143,4 MB 
Label: First Poison
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Leave Me Be - 3:44
 2. The Killing Time - 5:05
 3. I'll Never Leave You - 4:40
 4. Love That Burns - 5:52
 5. Writing On The Wall - 5:05
 6. Soon - 4:31
 7. Errant Magic - 4:53
 8. Dangerous Liaison - 3:46
 9. Jam Rag - 2:30
10. Driftin - 3:16
11. Nobody Home - 3:22
12. The Dawning (Harry's Theme) - 2:31
13. Back Door Friend - 4:38
14. Walk The Line - 4:04
15. Carrie - 4:09

This, the first solo album by the former British Lions and Mott guitar player, is an interesting mix of styles. Across these 15 tracks Ray Majors encompasses heavy metal, blues and reggae to produce an album that is varied and full of surprises.Leave Me Be is a good, mid-tempo rocker which features Joe Elliott (of Def Leppard) on vocals. This just throws a curve, as The Killing Time shows distinct Eastern influences I thought, as indeed does Errant Magic which is an instrumental and would not have been out of place in the hippyish late 60's. I'll Never Leave You is different again, showing reggae overtones and with a very lightweight, almost minimalist arrangement. Half the tracks are, however, definitely blues-based, such as the excellent Love That Burns, the instrumental Jam Rag and Back Door Friend. Driftin' is a great mid-tempo rocker, while Ray turns the amps up even more for the crunching Soon, which is pure power-metal in style. If you bought Friends And Relatives then you'll already have heard Walk The Line, a powerful moody ballad which brings visions of the Deep South to mind.This debut album has been a long time coming. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, there should be something on here to suit most tastes. 

First Poison