Released: November 2016
Personnel:
- Ronnie Atkins – vocals
- Ken Hammer – guitars
- Rene Shades – bass
- Allan Tschicaja – drums
Guest:
Kim Olesen – keyboards
Tracklist:
- When God Took a Day Off
- Kingmaker
- Face the World
- Humanize Me
- Last Beauty on Earth
- Bull’s Eye
- King of the Right Here and Now
- Heaven’s Little Devil
- Civilized Monsters
- Sickening
- Is That What You Wanted (Look What You’ve Got)
I almost started this, um, review (excursus might be more to the point; bear with me), by calling my new obsession a “guilty pleasure” – but you know what? Screw that. I am not in the least embarrassed by stumbling on this stuff, and if you other folks fail to appreciate some of the best damned metal I have ever laid ears on, then that’s not my problem. I’m just going to try to convince you otherwise.
I checked out Pretty Maids because a good friend is a passionate fan, and I am always interested in learning what greases my friends’ musical wheels. Often the explorations don’t amount to much, but sometimes something sticks. And I am surprised, I will admit: Pretty Maids is a glam rock/hard rock/metal outfit out of Denmark, who formed up way the hell back in 1981 and released their first album in 1984: in short they have been around for more than three decades and I had never heard of them.
