M Pire
Chapter One
(Long Island, 1995)

 
 
Producers: Denis Degher, Long Island Records & M Pire

Known Formats
CD – catalog # LIR 00057, lyrics included - yes

The Band
Michael O'Mara – lead vocals
Joshua Perahia – lead guitars, vocals
Joey Rochrich – bass guitar, vocals
Peder Rudling – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Eric Stoskopf – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians
Diane Arens – keyboards
Laura Petchul – backup vocals
Kerstin Ullberg – backup vocals
Elisabeth Vandall – backup vocals

Songs
1. Concrete Jungle (4:30)
2. You Want It All (5:10)
3. Steady Weapon (5:32)
4. One Night Is Not Enough (4:24)
5. Long Way To Heaven (5:25)
6. Dark Days (4:47)
7. It Must Be Love (4:52)
8. Tears Of Joy (5:47)
9. Bad Man (4:49)
10. Walk Into The Light (3:52)
11. Devil's River (5:33)
12. Right On Target (4:39)

Total Time – 59:19
 

Comments:  After his 3rd album under the band name Joshua, longtime guitar hero Joshua Perahia returned from a long absence with this album.  Long Island Records went under shortly after its release.  Luckily, this was reissued in 2001 along with 2 of Joshua's other albums and a new album, but it was reissued as a Joshua album instead of M Pire.  What's strange about this album is that Joshua rips one of his own songs.  Track 9, while being a different song lyrically, is a complete musical rip of "Living On The Edge" from Intense Defense, with a virtually identical guitar solo.