Rencently amazon. com recommdation center seem to push this artist. According to them some of the people who bought Night Ranger or Def Leppard titles also bought his album so I think he is the similar vain to NR. Would someone introduce his music for me? Thanks Susumuhttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7203#msg-7203Sun, 26 May 2013 03:19:55 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7314#msg-7314 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7314#msg-7314However !!
'Fantasy' just rips the arse clean out of the Jefferson Starship riff in the classic song 'Jane'. His early work is less proficient than the more polished 'Subject' or 'Twitch'.
Later !!
Dave]]> Dave NI NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 19:25:55 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7269#msg-7269 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7269#msg-7269Tinger]]> Tinger NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 06:39:46 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7268#msg-7268 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7268#msg-7268
]]> Captain Chaos NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 06:26:22 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7267#msg-7267 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7267#msg-7267Nice Try!
Tinger]]> Tinger NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 06:14:03 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7264#msg-7264 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7264#msg-7264Susumu,

Aldo Nova is great!! As mentioned by another already, Subject is an awesome album from start to finish with astonishing creativity and melody. It is certainly in my top 20 albums of all-time. His first album contains his best song _Fantasy_, which is clearly one of the best songs ever, with the rest of the album being good, but not classic. Twitch is a good album, he went a little towards lighter AOR on this album. Blood on the Bricks is pretty bad, as far as I am concerned, but there seems to be widely varying opinions on it - people either love it or hate it. Nova's Dream is a cool concept type album, and I haven't listened to it enough yet to form a final opinion.

Is Heather Nova really Aldo's little sister?? I didn't know that.

Dave]]> DD Dave NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 04:29:36 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7247#msg-7247 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7247#msg-7247 Captain Chaos NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 02:27:52 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7243#msg-7243 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7243#msg-7243 marty s NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 01:52:20 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7241#msg-7241 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7241#msg-7241He is from canada. His first album, Aldo Nova, is, in my opinion, one of the best of all time. I think it is probably still available, was out on columbia associated label , I believe. Had 2 other albums after this, dissapeared for a while, and came back with 90's album. Nova's Dream.]]> marty s NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 01:42:53 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7240#msg-7240 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7240#msg-7240 Steve, Denmark NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 01:13:30 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7239#msg-7239 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7239#msg-7239
I am a huge fan of Aldo's work. It would be a shame not to mention that Aldo's keyboard work can be heard on Bon Jovi's "Runaway" from their debut. Jon and Aldo became good friends and I'd say Blood On The Bricks is one of the best melodic rock records in my collection. Songs like Bright Lights and Modern World really show off Aldo's amazing guitar work. He has been largely underrated as a musician. Speaking of underrated, his Nova's Dream from 1996 is one of the best instrumental works I've ever heard. He pays tribute to the great guitarists on this album (such as Carlos Santana, David Gilmore, and Jimi Hendrix). It's a phenomenal collection that showcases all of Aldo's talents.

From what I understand now, he is writing and producing for fellow Canadians, like Celine Dion. He has won numerous Grammy's and Juno Awards for his efforts.

Just a trivia fact: Aldo wrote, produced, and played nearly ever instrument on his debut album. This is mainly due to the fact that most people found him difficult to work with. He is also noted as being the man that began the leopard print pants fad in the early 80's.

Hope he returns to the scene soon,
Robert]]> Robert NoticeboardWed, 18 Oct 2000 01:07:38 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7233#msg-7233 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7233#msg-7233"Twitch" was IMO pretty awful. Very tame. "Subject" however is excellent from start to finish. Both the first album and Blood On The Bricks have something to offer, the production is better on BOTB but I don´t know that there is a standout song in the vein of Fantasy or Heart To Heart from the first album.
Anyone know what Aldo Nova´s doing now?
]]> Steve, Denmark NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 23:10:50 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7225#msg-7225 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7225#msg-7225 Susumu NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 17:36:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7224#msg-7224 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7224#msg-7224
No wonder Loverboy/Night Ranger/Billy Squire fans love his music.

Now I am enjoying David Coverdale's Into The Light and listening again to Whitesnake's Greatest Hits(actually it is vol.2). Love Is Blind, Don't Lie To Me are currently my favorite tracks from Into The Light.

Best regards

Susumu

Don wrote:
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...I'd recommend that you go to www.absound.ca and look up Aldo Nova. Not only do they have soundbytes, but they also carry his music (brand new copies) for very reasonable prices. In fact, his s/t debut is listed at under $5 U.S.!! It would also be a great place to start, except for the fact that, as I mentioned, his sound/songwriting did change considerably from album to album. Still, it's a classic album, IMO, and very cheap.
Don

p.s. - It's too bad that the soundbytes for each song are so brief. They don't get to any of the singing at all in "Fantasy." Very cool song. It's a great example of the way Aldo mixes crunchy guitar with keyboard layers and cool melodies.
Again, I hope this helps.
Don]]> Susumu NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 17:33:27 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7222#msg-7222 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7222#msg-7222Don

p.s. - It's too bad that the soundbytes for each song are so brief. They don't get to any of the singing at all in "Fantasy." Very cool song. It's a great example of the way Aldo mixes crunchy guitar with keyboard layers and cool melodies.
Again, I hope this helps.
Don]]> Don NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 17:16:39 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7220#msg-7220 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7220#msg-7220
Aldo Nova is a Canadian artist who came out with a self-titled album somewhere around '83 or '84, I think. Like our resident rock star, Danny Danzi, Aldo did pretty much everything on this album: vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, sonwriting, etc. He also became a fairly well-respected producer, I believe.

Musically, I'm not sure where I'd put his music. I'd imagine that just about everyone who posts on this thread will think of different artists to use as basis for comparisons. I'd say he generally fits in with the Journey/Survivor/Night Ranger - type sound, though. He has a pretty unique voice which, based on my experience, people either seem to really enjoy or consider to be weak. IMO, his music tends to contain lots of fat/warm/rich/crunchy guitar; some cool, swirly, "big" key sounds, as well as the typical emotive and layere vocals. He's a pretty well-rounded musician, but I think his guitar playing and producing are probably generally regarded as his biggest strengths.

The more I ramble on here, the more I realize that that's all I'm doing: rambling. It's time for someone else to give it a stab. I'll finish by saying this: His compilation entitled "A Portrait of Aldo Nova" contains quite a few tracks from his first three albums, which were his most famous/popular. Those albums were, in order of their release...
"Aldo Nova"
"Subject"
"Twitch"
It is readily available, and it would be a great place to start, as it'd give you a really good idea as to what Aldo sounds like and what each of these three albums sounds like. They are all considerably different from each other. Hope this has been at least somewhat helpful. Now will someone bail me out, please, I'm drowning...
Don
]]> Don NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 17:07:23 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7203#msg-7203 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,7203,7203#msg-7203
Would someone introduce his music for me?

Thanks

Susumu]]> Susumu NoticeboardTue, 17 Oct 2000 13:47:46 +1100