Monte Pittman - The Power of Three (album review)
I
love good guitar albums. Monte Pittman’s
The Power of Three promises to be such an album. Monte Pittman boasts an
impressive resume. For those uninitiated, Pittman taught guitar to both Guy
Ritchie and Madonna. He’s even played guitar on her live tours staring in 2001.
Not impressed yet? Pittman also played guitar in Prong. Not yet? How about, he
performed at the 2012 Super Bowl. The Power of Three is a hard rock album for
hard rock lovers. The Power of Three is Monte Pittman’s third album. It’s chock
full of riffs, attitude, and head banging love. Kane Ritchotte helms drumming
duties and he is augmented by Max Whipple on bass. I say, buy the album because
Flemming Rasmussen produced and mixed it. C’mon, know you know it’s gonna sound
good.
The
Power of Three is a darn good guitar album with extra bits. The heavy guitars
interplay nicely with the steady beat of the drums. The bass line weaves
through to provide support. “Everything’s Undone” is a non-metal song. It’s
more a rock and roll song with some heavy bits. The harmonies are nice and
reminds me of the 1990s era of rock. A lot of the songs have compositions that
mix genres to varying results. Some of it can be a bit jarring like on “A Dark
Horse” and other times it works nicely.
Monte
Pittman’s The Power of Three is a good album. The guitars are awesome. But in
2014, the album sounds dated. The feel and power is very much 90s hard rock.
The executions are solid, but it isn’t an album I’d play the entire thing
through again. I’d cherry pick songs like “Away From Here” which is fluid and
heavy. It has an Alice in Chains feel to it. “End of the World” is another that
would get repeated play as it has an ethereal angst laden feel to it. Monte
Pittman’s The Power of Three is worth a listen as the over all sound quality is good and the guitars are impressive. Find the songs you like best from the album and play them.
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