Michael Kiske
Past in Different Way
Rating
Style: Acoustic Hard Rock
Release date: May 9th 2008
 

Recycling is good for the environment, so is recycling old Helloween tunes a good environmental move? Michael Kiske has re-recorded and re-arranged ten Helloween songs from the period he spent in the band. All ten songs were originally written by him, so all he has done is that he has taken a different look at the songs and have put them in a new sonic environment.

Chronologic the songs are: "A Little Time" (Keepers, Pt. 1), "You Always Walk Alone" & "We Got the Right" (Keepers, Pt. 2), "Kids of the Century", "Going Home" & "Your Turn" (Pink Bubles), "When the Sinner", "In the Night", "I Believe" and "Longing" (Chameleon) as well as the brand new track: "Different Ways".

I like the new versions of the songs, and some of the less successful songs have been given a new life and sound fresh. The all acoustic approach surely benefits the songs and I don't think Michael Kiske needs to prove to anyone that he is a great vocalist and songwriter any more.

A well done almost singer-songwriter album from one of my favourite vocalists and an album that proves that there is still room for Michael Kiske in the metal circles.


Tracklist
01. You Always Walk Alone
02. We Got the Right
03. I Believe
04. Longing
05. Your Turn
06. Kids of the Century
07. In the Night
08. Going Home
09. A Little Time
10. When the Sinner
11. Different Ways
Label: Frontiers Records
Provided by: Zink Music
Distribution: Bonnier/Amigo (Denmark)
Reviewed by: Kenn Jensen
Date: June 8th 2008
Website: www.michael-kiske.de