FRANK GAMBALE - Thunder From Down Under (1990) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

As promising as Frank Gambale's work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band was, his first sessions on his own weren't remarkable -- generally decent, but not remarkable. While Thunder from Down Under isn't in a class with Gambale's accomplishments under Corea's leadership, the jazz-rock-pop date has its strong points -- which range from "Samba de Somewhere" (a confident piece featuring Corea on electric keyboards) to the insistent "Humid Beings" to the pensive "Mamojambo." The Brazilian-influenced numbers "Obrigado Fukuoka" and "The Land of Nowhere" are pleasant enough, but never really take off. Quite often, Gambale fails to go that extra mile as he did with the Elektric Band. Switching from fusion guitarist to pop/rock singer on such forgettable material as "Obsessed with Life" and "Faster than an Arrow," Gambale sounds like a poor man's Sting. by Alex Henderson
Tracklist :
1    Humid Being 5:19
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Gregg Bissonette
Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Gambale
Keyboards [Additional] – Freddie Ravel
Percussion – Luis Conte
Synth – Kei Akagi
2    Faster Than An Arrow 4:35
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Gregg Bissonette
Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Frank Gambale
Saxophone, Electronic Wind Instrument [E.W.I.] – Steve Tavaglione
3    Samba Di Somewhere 5:54
Bass – Tim Landers
Drums – Joey Heredia
Electric Piano [Rhodes Piano] – Chick Corea
Guitar – Frank Gambale
Percussion – Luis Conte
Tenor Saxophone – Steve Tavaglione
4    Kuranda 4:54
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Tom Brechtlein
Flugelhorn – Gary Grant
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Frank Gambale
Percussion – Luis Conte
5    Obsessed For Life 4:11
Alto Saxophone – Steve Tavaglione
Bass – Abe Laboriel
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals – Frank Gambale
6    Leave Ozone Alone 5:56
Bass – Tim Landers
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Gambale
Percussion – Luis Conte
7    The Land Of Wonder 5:03
Bass – Abe Laboriel
Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion [Electric], Vocals – Frank Gambale
8    Obrigado Fukuoka 4:58
Bass – Tim Landers
Drums – Joey Heredia
Electronic Wind Instrument [E.W.I.] – Steve Tavaglione
Guitar, Vocals – Frank Gambale
Keyboards – Freddie Ravel
9    Robo-Roo 5:38
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Joey Heredia
Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Gambale
10    Forgotten But Not Gone 5:13
Alto Saxophone – Steve Tavaglione
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Tom Brechtlein
Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Gambale
11    MamboJambo 4:48
Bass – Steve Kershisnik
Drums – Joey Heredia
Electronic Wind Instrument [E.W.I.] – Steve Tavaglione
Flugelhorn – Gary Grant
Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Gambale
Percussion – Luis Conte
12    One Not Two 1:27
Synth, Vocals – Frank Gambale