''HTP 2'' is the second album by the

Hughes Turner Project Hughes Turner Project (HTP) was a musical project formed in the 2001 by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, etc.) and vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (formerly of Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Yngwie Malmsteen's Ri ...

, a collaboration between Glenn Hughes (

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, etc.) and

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, etc.); it was released in 2003 on MTM Music and Pony Canyon Records.

History

The second album followed 2002's '' HTP'' and the '' Live In Tokyo'' recording. Between the two releases both Hughes and Turner had issued solo albums, Hughes’ '' Songs In The Key Of Rock'' and Turner's '' JLT''. ''HTP 2'' follows similar musical territory to the debut; a retro

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sound infused with AOR and some

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, with vocal trade-offs between the two singers.

JJ Marsh Joakim "JJ" Marsh, born in 1966 is a Swedish guitarist and composer, and is probably best known for his long collaboration with Glenn Hughes. As a teenager Marsh recorded two albums with Spellbound, ''Breaking the Spell'' and ''Rockin 'Reckless ...

, Hughes’ regular guitarist features on the record and co-wrote many of the songs. Other musicians include Hughes’ keyboardist of the time

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and drummer

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. There are special guest appearances from guitarists

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and Jeff Kollman and

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(now Hughes’ regular) drummer

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. Smith, Kollman and Roth later formed the all-instrumental group Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, pulling in Kollman's former Edwin Dare bandmate,

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, on bass. The Japanese version of the album includes a bonus track entitled Keep On Shining.

later recycled the instrumental middle part of "Lost Dreams" for his own song "The Change" on his solo album "Songs from Planet Marsh". After the subsequent tour for the album Hughes and Turner agreed to put their collaboration on a permanent hiatus, so this is, to date, the final Hughes Turner Project recording. However the two did contribute vocals and lyrics to Moscow deputy mayor Mikhail Man’s 2005 album '' Made In Moscow''.

Track listing (U.S. / Europe Version)

#"Revelation" – 4:09 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Alone I Breathe" – 4:15 ''(Hughes)'' #"Losing My Head" – 5:28 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Going My Way" – 4:26 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Hold On" – 5:28 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Lost Dreams" – 6:35 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Time and Time Again" – 5:46 ''(Hughes, Turner)'' #"Goodbye Friday" – 4:58 ''(Hughes)'' #"Burning the Sky" – 6:14 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Sofia" – 4:47 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Let's Talk About It Later" – 5:54 ''(Hughes)''

Track listing (Japanese Version)

#"Revelation" – 4:09 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Alone I Breathe" – 4:15 ''(Hughes)'' #"Losing My Head" – 5:28 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Going My Way" – 4:26 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Hold On" – 5:28 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Lost Dreams" – 6:35 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Time and Time Again" – 5:46 ''(Hughes, Turner)'' #"Goodbye Friday" – 4:58 ''(Hughes)'' #"Burning the Sky" – 6:14 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Keep On Shining" – 4:40 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner) *bonus track not on U.S. / Europe version'' #"Sofia" – 4:47 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Turner)'' #"Let's Talk About It Later" – 5:54 ''(Hughes)''

Personnel

* Glenn Hughes –

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, bass *

– vocals *

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s *

–

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s *

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–

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on track 3 * Jeff Kollman – Guitar outro on track 9, Guitar solo on track 12 *

– drums on track 3

References

HTP 2 entry at glennhughes.com
{{Authority control 2003 albums Glenn Hughes albums Joe Lynn Turner albums Collaborative albums