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BRIAN MAY - 1992 BACK TO THE LIGHT DE LUXE EDITION rem. 2021 2cd.
Back to the Light (1992), Brian May’s first solo album allowed May to express himself clearly as a solo artist and not just simply as the guitarist in Queen. However, it also served as a cathartic experience for him and a way to work through the depressionand misery he was facing in the early 1990’s.
The late 1980’s and early 1990’s had been very hard for Brian May: he had recently split up from his wife .The deaths of his father and Freddie Mercury weighed heavily on him and he perceived himself as both a failure of husband and father. Indeed, he has said on many occasions that he felt like suicide during this time in his life.
Brian May described the making of Back to the Light as ‘therapy’ and thus many of the songs are very autobiographical and vocals are emotive and powerful, and you can clearly feel the anguish he is going through in every syllable.
Back to the Light is a fantastic album that chronicles one of the worlds greatest guitarists overcoming his demons.In the latest DE LUXE EDITION are 2 cd's and the album features several significant guest artists as well –
Queen’s John Deacon makes an appearance on bass guitar, as well as Don Airey (Deep Purple) on keyboards,
Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath / Rainbow / Whitesnake), plays the drums on several songs on this record,
and Neil Murray (Black Sabbath / Whitesnake) plays bass as well on a few songs,
both of which would form the backbone of May’s touring band.
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