Master Of Disguise Music Cd

Lizzy Borden - Master Of Disguise

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Master of Disguise      Artist : Lizzy Borden      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $11.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1994-07-05      Studio : Metal Blade      Label : Metal Blade      Avg. Customer Rating : (16 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Master Of Disguise      Not typical hair metal - undiscovered masterpiece      Rating:      So alot of people including myself didn't take LB very seriously but this album is completely stunning! Excellent songwriting and a level of maturity and intelligence that's very addictive. "Sins of The Flesh", "Phantoms", "Never Too Young", and title track are standout. This was supposed to be a solo album I learned later on. If LB is reading this, bravo to you! Do another like this and show the world!     Customer Reviews for Master Of Disguise Cd      re: Well worth every penny      Rating:      Many people wrote off Lizzy Borden in the mid-80's as another lousy, Hollywood hair metal band stuck on gore and killing. Well "Master of Disguise" puts that baby to rest. "Mature" is the most apt description for this metal wonderment. While more of a solo Lizzy effort than a "Lizzy Borden the band" release, "Master of Disguise" raised the level of metal songwriting to a new high in 1989. Too bad few other bands of that era except Queensryche were capable of this kind of storytelling. From the opening title track to the ending song "We Got the Power", Lizzy takes us for a journey through the underworld of Vampires and Sex addiction. Heavy stuff for a guy who wrote "Give "Em the Ax" just 3 years earlier. Lizzy paints lush, audio soundscapes ranging from outright power metal to soft and delicate emotionalism. Some songs do segue from one to another with sound effects or background ambience, but to me that just adds to the storytelling. Lizzy's vocals on this are nothing short of spectacular. He is a truly a very underrated singer. Some look at the added horns or orchestration as a bad thing but to me it just showed Lizzy was growing and expanding his musical palette. This isn't a pure metal album. Its progressive in its approach and delivery. I have been playing this album once every few months since 1989, and I never tire of it. I saw the band live supporting this record back '89 and they did almost the entire album - and it went over well - sampled orchestration and all. Lizzy has ventured more mainstream nowadays with his new band "Starwood" but "Master of Disguise" was his crowning achievement. Pick it up for $6.00 used, slap on some headphones and enjoy the truly lost art of mature metal songwriting. Pick up the album before this "Visual Lies" as its another Lizzy masterpiece.