Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra
Label: Music for Nations
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Tracks:
Left Brain Ambassadors
Wonderful World
Sedated
Angel of Betrayal
Blessed 
Per Aspera Ad Astra
Save Your Soul
Until The Morning
Escaping The Fools
On Dark Rivers
The Goddess
Mantra

Spiritual Beggars is a band for all of those who have spent hours playing air guitar to your parents old Deep Purple, Foghat and Mountain records, (yes records not CD’s). That big rock sound is back and when you listen to this CD you can almost imagine yourself at a stadium and hearing the thousands of cheering fans screaming their approval when the band breaks into overdriven guitar leads and “big rock” choruses. 

While the musicianship here is phenomenal and the songs are very cool, none of the tunes reach the readily identifiable realm of rock anthem that we expect from this style of guitar rock. This isn’t to say that this CD is a waste of time, not at all. You just won’t find a Smoke on Water, Hot Blooded or Mississippi Queen among the twelve tracks, although "Until the morning" comes close.  So you won’t get any rock anthems, you do get some kickass big rock tunes filled with powerful vocals, kickass guitars and hard pounding drums, in this day and age that is hard to find so if your guilty pleasure is the big rock sound, you can do a lot worst than Spiritual Beggars. A worthy buy for those who miss the days of stadium rock. 
 

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Posted by pesto:
Mantra is one of the greatest rock ballads