Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73465 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2008-11-11
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Customer Reviews

High profile AOR as only the masters can deliver.
"The Dream" brings together two of the most accomplished AOR musicians: guitarist Josh Ramos ("Two Fires", "Hardline", "The Storm") and HugoValenti ("Valentine").

From the opening notes of the album which naturally derive from Josh's amazingly innovative style, you know that this stands far from the typical AOR release. Two arguments: For one you have Ramos who has the ability to deliver guitar riffs that reach classic status upon first audition; further more although in the light rock genre, Josh does not hold back his full scale solo attack which occasionally lasts over a minute. The second standout element is the unexpected line up inclusion of pedal master John Macaluso ("Starbreaker") on drums. Again taking into account that this is AOR, John hits hard and kicks twice as fast.
This fantastic trio delivers highlight such as "You're not alone", "All that I wanted",
"Bring back this love" and "I don't want to say goodbye".

Bizarrely, a number of rock/metal magazines stand unconvinced regarding the album and mark this release with 5-6/10.
From a personal perspective, the only minor fault with "The Dream" would be the fact that Hugo sings with his trademark "Valentine" vocals, while most of the songs here would require a more aggressive approach.
The truth is that the album overall is very, very strong. The more you listen the harder it seems to believe that "Ramos- Hugo" is simply an AOR project.
If you enjoyed the "Marcello- Vestry" album you just have to get a hold of this.

Incredible album!!!
I love this album!!! I think that it should be in the top 3 AOR albums of the year. All of the songs are well written and I feel that Josh Ramos and Hugo make an incredible team. I hope that they make more incredible music in the future because I will definitely be buying it!!!