The Returners - Burnin (2005)

Martin Engelien and Glen Turner are The Returners. It's not over yet with a fine pun on the Sheffield English musician. An illustrious group of guests has recorded eleven titles together with the German / English friendship. With seven great compositions from the feathers of the two protagonists, four foreign compositions complete the tracklist.
Glen Turner had a very early musical relationship with Chris Cocker and co-starred with Joe Cocker and also played with Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band). In addition, Glen Turner was the guitarist in the orchestra of the original rock opera Tommy. In the mid-1970s, Glen Turner recorded the album "Tundra" with Chris Stainton in Nashville.
"Burnin '" ... more aptly the music on this album can not be called. Here, the radio rotates, here slaps the bass, here is sung brilliantly. On the menu are groovy songs with brass inserts until the level needle reaches the red area in the display unit. The madness is already going on with the title song "Burnin '". Christian Felke (including Reinhard Fendrich, Klaus Lage, Wolf Maahn), Ludwig Götz (Götz Alsmann, Reinhard Fendrich, Shirley Bassey Orchestra, PeeWee Bluesgang) and Peter Weniger (Till Brönner, Billy Cobham, Paul Kuhn, Mike Stern and many more) have at times the sound of a whole wind orchestra and such a record opening is really to the taste of the listener.
Sheffield, the hometown of Glen Turner used to stand for steel. This synonym is now more in the past. The CD not only symbolizes the feeling of heat already hinted at on the cover picture, but also a good dose of dynamite. What has been provided with a dreamy beginning, quickly develops into a hot iron of listening pleasure. The title track is a rocking-melodic track featuring a brass section that beats the ball and a keyboard by Tiziano Lamberti that easily blows the dust off the steel.
The songs from the own idea factory are all very successful compositions. With "Good Bye" The Returners have a wonderfully playful number on the agenda. That's where your heart is. With his well-balanced arrangement, the piece develops into a wonderful song with impressive vocals. "Maybe I'm Right (Health)" captivates with the acoustic guitar and a chorus with earwig character. Great! "Fightin '" rocks along the highway and at the end it becomes contemplative-melancholic with "Think Of You". If you close your eyes, you can almost see a sea of ​​lush green meadows with fluttering butterflies paying their respects to the colorful flowers. Of course, the violin of Mani Neumann (Farfarello) underlines the sublime sphere of atmosphere here.
Musically well packaged, The Returners also show their preference for the Beatles. In "Come Together" you can not necessarily speak of a normal interpretation. Of course, the lyrics were not changed, but musically the lyrics were underlaid with a tremendously inspiring radio. And then there are these winds again. The Returners bring new, fresh light into the long history of "Come Together". So foreign compositions must be created! Hammer!
The bubbling funk is only one side of the very good band. With identical instruments, the Annie Lennox / Dave Stewart piece "Sweet Dreams" bounces in a completely different direction. The Returners also stand for surprises, because the Eurythmics song is presented in reggae outfit. The always in the ear lying number "Grapevine" is rocked in the hands of the band and the wood or brass conjure an exciting atmosphere like in a thriller, whose screenplay was not yet written. The Returners are open to all sides of the rock. Who would be surprised at the end of the album, if you did not have a piece of sugar for the listeners? Buddy Holly's flattering song "Words Of Love" misses a distinctive Caribbean flair with everything that goes with it.
The Returners make a really great keg with "Burnin '". Since the listening pleasure at the eleven songs clearly got the best place. Great original compositions are the jack in the hand with class interpreted cover songs.(google)