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AXEL RUDI PELL Releases Compilation Album ‘The Ballads VI’
April 21st, 2023

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell issued compilation album The Ballads VI on April 21st, 2023 through Steamhammer / SPV.

“Looking back, there is not a single ballad during the almost 35 years of my solo career that I need to be ashamed of, quite the contrary: some of them are still among my favourite songs today,” commented Axel Rudi Pell.

The Ballads VI includes two newly recorded instrumental tracks (‘Revelations’ and ‘Hidden Secrets’), two new cover renditions (‘Diamonds And Rust’ and ‘Dust In The Wind’), and a new original song (‘Morning Star’).

Previous installments were released from 1993 through to 2017.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Revelations’
02. ‘Diamonds And Rust’ (Joan Baez cover)
03. ‘Morning Star’
04. ‘Dust In The Wind’ (Kansas cover)
05. ‘Hidden Secrets’
06. ‘Gone With The Wind’
07. ‘She’s A Lady’ (Paul Anka cover)
08. ‘Room With A View’ (Tony Carey cover)
09. ‘Fly With Me’
10. ‘As Blind As A Fool Can Be’
11. ‘I Put A Spell On You’ (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover)
12. ‘Beyond The Light’
13. ‘Quarantined 1’

Axel Rudi Pell’s line-up is as follows:

Johnny Gioeli (lead and backing vocals)
Axel Rudi Pell (lead and rhythm guitars)
Volker Krawczak (bass)
Bobby Rondinelli (drums)
Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards)

An official lyric video was created for the track ‘Morning Star’. “Lyrically, ‘Morning Star’ is about a love doomed from the start,” Axel Rudi Pell said. “Musically a typical ARP ballad with a very emotional guitar solo from me at the end. The solo is taken from my demo version that I recorded at home.”

The clip can be viewed below.

Nineteenth studio record proper Lost XXIII was released in April 2022 via Steamhammer / SPV.