Love Helloween, both with Kiske and Deris, and this ain't Helloween, guess that's why it's called 'Place Vendrome'. I admit I wasn't entirely sold at first on MK doing what is basically hard rock/AOR and some of this stuff is a little dire (Tracks 7-9 are very ordinary), but about half the songs are really good and the closer is a rip snorter. But if you want a Helloween album you should check out Helloween - really good band actually ;-)
if you like Journey etc I guarantee you will dig this- thanks to PC69 members and M.Kiske (Helloween)
This should have been called Place Crap because that's what it is. All other reviewers say Michael Kiske from Helloween over and over again but Place Vendome is nothing like Helloween. Maybe elevator music Helloween or canned muzak Helloween.
What an album! Luckily, Michael left behind Helloween some years ago. Although it was part of his life, it is history now. This album shows with each song how melodic and powerful rock can be (and how positive attributes can assigned to it). Enjoy this album with every song - Michael's powerful voice is back, together with some musicians of Pink Cream 69 from Karlsruhe/Baden and Dennis Ward's high quality production!!!
I thought it would be good with Michael Kiske at the mike but nothing like this. Great guitar, great production, superb vocals and more hooks than a fishermans convention!!! With "Cross the Line" and "Sign of the Times" you have melodic hard rock, "Magic Carpet Ride" provides some class AOR and "Setting Sun" slows thing a little in the middle. Dennis Ward(Pink Cream 69) does a fantastic job in producing the best album of 1995. With all that said though it is Michael Kiske that makes this very, very special. Buy it!!!!!!
