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Bubble Gum Orchestra
Bubble Gum Orchestra II

Album US 2012 on Bubble Gum Orchestra Records label
Rock (Power Pop)

“As a follow up album to the late 2011 / early 2012 CD release of Out Of This World, singer-songwriter Michael Laine Hildebrandt returns at the end of 2012 with Bubble Gum Orchestra II, the second album from his band Bubble Gum Orchestra. Although much younger then his mentors from the original classic rock crowd from the mid to late 1970s, Hildebrandt maintains a reverence for the classic bands from that era including Electric Light Orchestra, The Buggles, ABBA and scads of other top 40 favorites and he gets to live out his sonic fantasy once again with BGO II. Hildebrandt's upbeat musical demeanor is quite contagious on tracks like “Today Is Beautiful”, “Oh Can We Save It” and “Loving One Another”. Sure you can hear traces of upbeat Steve Miller meets The Buggles meets Jeff Lynne but there’s also a cool futuristic 21st century thing in play on the new BGO CD. The CD packaging is excellent and the enclosed lyrics booklet shines a light on just how well BGO mix words and m” - Robert Silverstein, Mwe3.com " BGO II " has just made "Power Pop Station's" (Brazil) Top 50 ( #39) albums of 2012! - Paolo Milea, Power Pop Station “Going through the burgeoning pile of music for additions to the Pure Pop Radio playlist, day 3. Today's first listen is to Bubble Gum Orchestra's second album, titled II, a smart, pleasing immersion in the sound of the Electric Light Orchestra, orchestrated by Michael Laine Hildebrandt, who knows the territory well and guides the listener through it with great skill. This is the kind of album you can lose yourself in, as the orchestrations and elastic melodies wash over you. The mood is buoyant, the music is joyous, the feeling you get is one of euphoria. What more could you ask for? Songs like the in-your-face celebration of life, "Today is Beautiful," really take you away. I'll be adding a few songs from II to the Pure Pop Playlist in the next few days. Don't miss this one!” - Alan Haber, Alan Habers Power Pop “BGO II is filled with soaring songs, classical elements, uplifting lyrics and more than a little ’70s retro vibe.” - Mario Tarradell, The Dallas Morning News “Former Muscatine resident Michael Laine Hildebrandt enjoys a life of creating pop rock playlists that can do both. His most recent album “Bubble Gum Orchestra II,” was released in October 2012. It mixes the past and the present including help from renowned trumpet player, Steve Howard of Paul McCartney & Wings on the song “Blowin’ Away.”” - Melissa Caliger, Muscatine Journal Arts and Leisure (Dec 05, 2012) “ This is the kind of album you can lose yourself in, as the orchestrations and elastic melodies wash over you. The mood is buoyant, the music is joyous, the feeling you get is one of euphoria. What more could you ask for? Songs like the in-your-face celebration of life, "Today is Beautiful," really take you away. 'Don't miss this one! ” - Alan Haber, Alan Habers Power Pop

Musicians

	Bubble Gum Orchestra , US album by
	Douglas Hildebrandt acg, US acoustic guitar, electric guitar, art direction, design
	Michael Laine Hildebrandt , art direction, design, lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, percussion, vocoder, music by, lyrics by, orchestrated by, arranged by, producer
	Les Farrington key, voc, piano, solos
	Steve Howard tr, voc, trumpet

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