''Show Me How to Live'' is the eleventh studio album by
Royal Hunt. The album marks the return of American singer
D.C. Cooper
Donald Christopher Cooper (born August 22, 1965) is an American singer.
Career
Cooper started his career playing in several local bands and touring local clubs in the Pittsburgh area while studying singing under renowned opera coach Charlotte ...
after thirteen years away from the band, as well as the band's return to "classic Royal Hunt sound".
Track listing
All songs written by
André Andersen.
# "One More Day" - 6:12
# "Another Man Down" - 5:13
# "An Empty Shell" - 4:32
# "Hard Rain's Coming" - 5:12
# "Half Past Loneliness" - 5:36
# "Show Me How to Live" - 10:03
# "Angel's Gone" - 5:12
Personnel
Band members
*
D.C. Cooper
Donald Christopher Cooper (born August 22, 1965) is an American singer.
Career
Cooper started his career playing in several local bands and touring local clubs in the Pittsburgh area while studying singing under renowned opera coach Charlotte ...
– vocals
*Jonas Larsen – guitars
*
André Andersen – keyboards, producer
*Andreas Passmark – bass
*
Allan Sørensen
Allan Sørensen (born 24 April 1973) is a Danish drummer.
Biography
Allan began playing drums at the age of 4, influenced by his parents. In the beginning he was influenced by Danish pop and rock acts. Soon he discovered the world of metal from ...
- drums
Additional musicians
*Kenny Lubcke, Maria McTurk, Alexandra Popova, Michelle Raitzin - backing vocals
Production
*Mixed at Roasting House Studios in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
, Sweden
*Recorded at North Point Studio, Denmark.
*Mastering by Jan Eliasson at AudioPlanet in Copenhagen
*Album cover by Kai Brockschmidt
Reception
In ''Trucking'' magazine's regular music reviews Shaun Connors wrote, "Music with balls for people with balls," suggesting listeners "Forget Royal Hunt’s pigeonholing prog rock/metal moniker and for SMHTL think more hardish rock with mild symphonic (keyboard-laden) twist, all enhanced by stadium rock level melody and hooks..."
About.com gave the album a four-of-five star rating, commenting: "Royal Hunt does a good job combining hooks and melodies with more intricate arrangements. Songs like “Another Man Down” is memorable and catchy, but also has depth and atmosphere along with some quality guitar work from Jonas Larsen, who has a positive impact on his first album with Royal Hunt."
Charts
References
External links
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Royal Hunt albums
2011 albums
Frontiers Records albums