Love it or leave it is definitively the last album of Rise and Fall of a Decade. Reunited in 2006, the bands new creative effort was soon brought to an end by the sudden death of singer Pierre Fran?ois Maurin-Malet in May 2007. All lyrics had been recorded before and composer Thierry Sintoni did an emotionally disturbing job in finishing the yet incomplete songs. This process resulted in an album that presents us a grown and genius band that was no longer bound to any genre limitations and even processed influences of the side-project Cube like People. Especially the ballad In the time when, a collaboration with guest singer Carla Picchiantano and Pierre Fran?ois, proves that Rise and Fall of a Decade still belong to the most important bands of that genre. As special bonus, the album comes up with an additional CD called A missing friend tribute - full of mixes and cover versions done by bands like Collection DArnell-Andrea, Speaking Silence, Hide and Seek, Nemo Sandman, O Quam Tristis. and now, after 20 years - after two decades - the journey has come to an end and we say goodbye to one of the greatest bands - and great people... Merci.
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