DANTE FOX – Six String Revolver (2025 reissue) , MP3+FLAC

As the original record label (AOR Heaven) which released their album ‘Six String Revolver’ ceased operations and the CD is out of print, DANTE FOX are reissuing themselves the record 2025.

A staple in the British Melodic Rock / AOR scene since the mid-Nineties, after their stunning 2016 album ‘Breathless’ DANTE FOX released this “Six String Revolver”, which includes re-recordings of ten favorite tracks taken from the band’s first two releases (long time out of print), refreshed, re-arranged, and sounding fuller than never before.
“Six String Revolver (2025 reissue)” includes material from DANTE FOX’s first albums Under Suspicion (1996) and The Fire Within (1999) with five songs being taken from each. These songs have been re-recorded from the ground up with love, respect, precision and an excellent state of the art modern production.
Essentially, DANTE FOX has taken the spirit of their past accomplishments and simply freshened them up for their third decade. And what a superb set of songs we have…

The band, as always, is driven by Sue Willetts-Manford’s utterly splendid vocals and Tim Manford’s elegant guitar work which complements the vocal harmonies so well. Throughout the album, you can feel the maturity come through in Willetts’s voice. It seems to take less effort these days to get better results than on the originals.
There is less vibrato at lower volume than back in the 1990’s and to me, the songs are better for it. This makes me sound like I didn’t like her vocals back in the day but you couldn’t be more wrong, her singing has been nothing short of spectacular since it all began.

“Six String Revolver” is jam-packed with AOR delights from the ’90s DANTE FOX canon, such as the opener ‘Firing My Heart’ which sets up the album superbly with the spine-tingling combo of vocals and guitar I love so much.

For a bit of variety ‘Remember My Name’ (“Remember” as was) delivers. Willetts-Manford gives it her best Ann Wilson on what could well be a HEART track that explodes late on with power and passion. One of the biggest makeovers comes on ‘I Can’t Sleep’ which now has a crunchy riff of an opening, more forceful vocals, and a generally upscaled rock feel. A definite improvement of an already quality track.
Other favorites include “Under The City Lights”, “Lost and Lonely Heart” and “A Matter of Time”.

“Six String Revolver” is a fine example of what the best AOR / Melodic Rock should be and although would be already familiar with the songs, DANTE FOX has certainly breathed new life into them.
This album is among the best that has been done in the genre in the last decades, full of top class melodies, sing-a-long choruses, superb musicianship and top notch production.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

01 – Firing My Heart
02 – Lonely
03 – Under the City Lights
04 – A Matter of Time
05 – Still Remember Love (Baby)
06 – Lost and Lonely Heart
07 – All That I Need
08 – I Can’t Sleep
09 – How Do We Learn About Love
10 – All That I Need (Acoustic Version)

Sue Willetts – lead vocals
Tim Manford – lead guitar, backing vocals
Alan Mills – bass
Eric Ragno – keyboards

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