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III Sides To Every Story [2LP Holland Import] Vinyl

Vinyl Black 2LP 180g
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Extreme's III Sides to Every Story is the record where a band famous for one acoustic ballad swung for the rafters, here on 180-gram black double vinyl imported from Holland.

Released in 1992, it followed Pornograffitti and the runaway success of "More Than Words," and it refused to make the same album twice. Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt and singer Gary Cherone built it around three sections, titled Yours, Mine and The Truth, moving from hard-hitting rock through more personal material to an orchestral finale.

The opening section comes out swinging. "Rest in Peace" is muscular, funk-flecked hard rock, Bettencourt's riffs as nimble and showy as ever, and the band sounds hungry to prove there was far more to them than a campfire singalong. Later, "Tragic Comic" brings a light, whimsical acoustic charm that recalls their best-known hit without copying it.

The final section, a suite called Everything Under the Sun, is where the ambition really shows. "Rise n' Shine" and "Am I Ever Gonna Change" stretch out with sweeping strings and dramatic dynamics, closer to Queen-sized theater than Boston bar rock.

It's an album that rewards patient listening, and it has grown in stature with every passing year. On heavy vinyl, its shifts from crunch to grandeur land with real weight.

UPC:8719262031241

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