Review
In the late '80s, the calmly cracking campfire tone of singer Mike Tramp - born in Denmark and brandishing a blond mane worthy of his band's name - set White Lion apart from the hair-metal pack. Back now with a new, keyboard-augmented lineup, Tramp's best when he's most ambitious - Battle of Little Big Horn and the eight-minute Sangre De Cristo are complex compositions, exuding a spooky history-book buzz. Live Your Life and Finally See The Light are pristine hard pop, made anthemic with Thin Lizzy changes and choruses hooked like the Who or Bay City Rollers. Jamie Law's power chords thrash loud enough to compensate for intermittent moments of mush. And while live reprises of a pair of 20-year-old are less exciting overall, the Bad Company riff opening When the Children Cry is a neat touch

Product Description
All the trademarks of the classic White Lion sound can be found again on Return Of The Pride, the sequel to their biggest album: Pride. White Lion was formed by Mike Tramp in 1982. Pride, released in 1987, was White Lion's breakthrough album, bringing them to world-wide prominence, thanks to the hits Wait (#8 on the Billboard Hot 100) and the gentle ballad When The Children Cry (#3), but the rest of the album is also well constructed pop metal, with little of the over-the-top testosterone-heavy posturing of their peers, as well as a low sleaze factor. In addition to the socially conscious Children, Pride contained the positive anthems Don't Give Up and All Join Our Hands. Pride went on to sell over 2 million albums and became one of the landmark albums of the era. After several more albums and world tours, the band retired. Fast forward to 2007 (the 20th anniversary of Pride). Reflecting on the changes in music and the world in general, Mike felt it was time to return to the lyrical themes and musical territory of their classic album. Return Of The Pride kicks off with Sangre de Cristo, a thunderous epic that ventures into the lyrical and musical territories better heard than described. Battle At Little Big Horn is the album s other soaring epic, a musical reenactment of one of Native America s most significant historical events: Custer's Last Stand. Hook-laden rockers such as Dream, Live Your Life and Finally See The Light maintain a positive musical and lyrical vibe throughout the album, and Gonna Do It My Way and Let Me Be Me reflect the spirit of rebellion and individualism.

1. Sangre De Cristo
2. Dream
3. Live Your Life
4. Set Me Free
5. I Will
6. Battle At Little Big Horn
7. Never Let You Go
8. Gonna Do It My Way
9. Finally See The Light
10. Let Me Be Me
11. Wait (live) - bonus track
12. When The Children Cry (live) - bonus track

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Why?

Public demand?

No doubt a stadium tour is right around the corner. If they can get Cinderella on the ticket it'll be HUGE.

Bump ~ this album will be getting a domestic release, with two live bonus tracks, on April 29th. See updated details in the first post.

Why? Because the children cried.

This is another case of the 1 original band member+friends syndrome to milk the cash cow. White Lion-Vito Bratta=Soiled Whining Cub. I won't even bother...