White Fox
2010
Every review of this album seems to include all of the connections for Pearl Aday. So I'll clear all those out two before we get to the music. She is Meatloaf's Daughter, wife of Scott Ian of Anthrax and she is a former Motley Crue back-up singer. Scott Ian plays on this album plus Ted Nugent and Jerry Cantrell are guests on it. Okay, there's all of the namedropping and attachments so let's get at what's really here. This is blues based hard rock with some classic rock elements thrown in although it's a bit sugar coated in places. I guess that helps it to be more accessible to a wider audience. It took me a few songs to really warm up to Pearl's voice. The opener "Rock Child" comes on at a strong steady pace, but her vocals sound a bit stiff on the is one. It wasn't until her cover of Ike and Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" that I think she really opens up her voice and begins to sound comfortable. From there on out she warms up and belts out a fairly good performance. Most of the songs are in the medium paced range as far as music goes. Still Pearl does a decent job of showing some versatility with her voice and pushing the limits from time to time. Although I think this is something I would like to see her do more of and take more chances on future releases becase I certainly think that she could handle it. I think that there is certainly room for this with today's musical audiences and that she has done a fine job of showing at least a good glimpse of what she is capable of brining to the music world.
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