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Nice Place to Visit

For the episode of The Twilight Zone, see A Nice Place to Visit.

Nice Place to Visit is the second album by the Canadian band Frōzen Ghōst, released in 1988.[1][2] It had sold more than 50,000 copies before the end of the year.[3]

Nice Place to Visit
Studio album by
Frōzen Ghōst
Released1988
StudioArnyard Studios, Toronto
GenreRock
Length44:43
LabelWEA Canada
Atlantic (USA)
ProducerArnold Lanni
Frōzen Ghōst chronology
Frōzen Ghōst
(1987) 		Nice Place to Visit
(1988) 		Shake Your Spirit
(1992)

The album was recorded in a studio set up by the band in a Toronto warehouse.[4] Arnold Lanni used the album to experiment with electronic instrumentation and sampling.[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [6]
Kerrang!     [7]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the band sounds as if it has been mastered by the AOR sound as much as it has mastered it."[8] The Vancouver Sun called the album "prog-rock pop, with dumb lyrics."[9] The Ottawa Citizen deemed it "a sleepy wash of overdubs channeled into soft-sell protest music."[10] The Kingston Whig-Standard concluded that, "in going for a commercial sound, sometimes you end up sacrificing the soul of your music, and that seems to be what's happened here."[11]

Track listing

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All songs written by Arnold Lanni.

  1. "Better to Try" - 4:42
  2. "Pauper in Paradise" - 4:45
  3. "Selling Salvation" - 4:57
  4. "Step by Step" - 3:50
  5. "Mother Nature" - 3:48
  6. "Echo a Miracle" - 4:30
  7. "Round and Round" - 4:22
  8. "Dream Come True" - 4:19
  9. "Perfect World" - 4:25
  10. "Suspended Humanation" - 5:05

Album credits

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Personnel

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  • Arnold Lanni - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Wolf Hassel - bass and vocals

with:

  • Phil X - additional guitar
  • John Gargano - additional guitar
  • Phil Poppa, Tony Carlucci, Mike Massaro, Doug Gibson, Serge Molella, Tony Moretta - additional background vocals

Production

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References

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  1. ^ Barr, Greg (12 Aug 1988). "Frozen Ghost: Their new album a welcome departure". Ottawa Citizen. p. B3.
  2. ^ Delean, Paul (25 Oct 1988). "Frozen Ghost breaks the ice". The Gazette. Montreal. p. E6.
  3. ^ MacInnis, Craig (18 Nov 1988). "Frozen Ghost: Arnold Lanni is caught between two worlds". Toronto Star. p. B12.
  4. ^ Shaw, Ted (3 Dec 1988). "Frozen Ghost a fresh approach". Windsor Star. p. C5.
  5. ^ Barr, Greg (29 June 1989). "Ghosts 'R' Us". Ottawa Citizen. p. C3.
  6. ^ Stone, Doug. "Frozen Ghost Nice Place to Visit review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  7. ^ Oliver, Derek (24 September 1988). "Frozen Ghost 'Nice Place to Visit'". Kerrang!. Vol. 206. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. p. 31.
  8. ^ Dafoe, Chris (18 Aug 1988). "'Nice Place to Visit...' Frozen Ghost". The Globe and Mail. p. C5.
  9. ^ Mackie, John (27 Aug 1988). "Recordings". Vancouver Sun. p. D2.
  10. ^ Erskine, Evelyn (9 Sep 1988). "Frozen Ghost Nice Place to Visit". Ottawa Citizen. p. B6.
  11. ^ Burliuk, Greg (5 Nov 1988). "Nice Place to Visit Frozen Ghost". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
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