''Diamonds Unlocked'' is the twelfth album by German

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Axel Rudi Pell Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German hard rock guitarist. Career Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (German band), Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such dr ...

. It is a cover album released in September/October 2007. The album consists of 10 cover tracks and 1 self-written introduction track. Axel Rudi Pell attempted to make cover versions of tracks from typically "non-metal" artists including

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and

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in order to show how these songs would be done in his signature melodic rock/metal style.

Track listing

# "The Diamond Overture" (

) - 1:41 # "Warrior" (

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) - 3:42 # "

Beautiful Day "Beautiful Day" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the first track on their tenth studio album, '' All That You Can't Leave Behind'' (2000), and was released as the album's lead single on 9 October 2000. The song was a commercial success, ...

" ( U2) - 4:46 # "Stone" (

Chris Rea Christopher Anton Rea ( ; born 4 March 1951) is a British Rock music, rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Middlesbrough. Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty-five studio albums, ...

) - 6:36 # "

Love Gun ''Love Gun'' is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on June 30, 1977. Casablanca Records and FilmWorks shipped one million copies of the album on this date. It was certified platinum and became the band's first top ...

" (

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) - 4:04 # "Fools Game" (

) - 3:58 # "Heartbreaker" ( Free) - 6:55 # "Rock the Nation" ( Montrose) - 4:05 # "

In the Air Tonight "In the Air Tonight" is the debut solo single by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released as the lead single from Collins's debut solo album, ''Face Value (album), Face Value'', in January 1981. It was selected as the s ...

" (

) - 8:38 # "Like a Child Again" ( The Mission) - 4:48 # "

Won't Get Fooled Again "Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute ver ...

" (

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) - 6:12 Charts: * Germany No. 60 * Switzerland No. 81

Personnel

- guitars *

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- vocals * Ferdy Doernberg - keyboards, acoustic guitar on "Love Gun" * Volker Krawczak - bass guitar, acoustic guitar on "Love Gun" *

Mike Terrana Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. Career His first professional work was in 1984, with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles a ...

- drums, percussion

References

External links

* ''Diamonds Unlocked'' at AllMusic.combr>''Diamonds Unlocked'' at Amazon.com
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