I think it's a very good album overshadowed by one outstanding song "Make It Right".That song is killer early 80's pomp.
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Van Stephenson - Suspicious Heart is in my Top 10 AOR albums of all time, listen to the production on that vinyl album, pure perfection!!! His solo albums let me dig into the Blackhawk stuff and what can I say I LOVE all of them mentioned above by Jodes....those perfect harmony vocals...stunning!
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Idiosyncrasy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Walk in the Fire arguably has better songs and > more variety. Some filler on Native Sons for me > (e.g. Shake the Seven) but you can't get much > better than standouts like Goodnight LA and (my > personal fave) Empty Streets! Shake the Seven is a killer song! Always prefered Native Sons, better
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Hugo sounds awesome. I'm just about to rediscover his 1996 debut album, it's filled with great songs like Walk Away, So Many Tears Ago, Standing Alone and the "Faithfully twin ballad" A Tear in LA.. Fantastic stuff. i just wish he would come to Germany with his tribute band ....
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mhenders Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > - Korea: s/t 1992 Canada > > > I've had that Korea album for years and pulled it > off my shelf after seeing it on your list: It's > truly great! Very moody, atmospheric, polished > AOR tinged with just the right amount of > keyboards. Love it! > > Here's one of their son
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check your email Don, enjoy :)
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Cain_Abel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Stun Leer was fantastic... but they also have one > the worst cover arts in Melodic Rock history ;-) > > Will give Refugee a listen as people think its > good... Both the Refugee albums are not only good, they are phenomenal. I remember being on a holiday trip 15 years ago in the south of Germany
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Check out the CD Fate - If not for the Devil (2013) if you haven't already, discussed here a couple of years ago https://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1006938,1006938#msg-1006938 It's in "The Magnificent" style, a fantastic album track after track and cheap as well, look here... https://www.ebay.de/itm/Fate-If-Not-For-The-Devil-1-2013-Special-Ed-Pretty-Maids-Skagarack-Ali
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I can still remember my OWN birthday many many years ago. I was young and still living at my parents house whilst the latest edition of AOR Classics dropped through the letterbox. I locked myself into the toilet and studied this very edition for at least 2 hours while the guests happily enjoyed coffee and cake in the living room. Those were the priorities!
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Nice to see so much love for this AOR/Pomp benchmark classic here.
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Robby Valentine - The Sulky Shuffle Amaranthe - That Song Alliance - Make It Right Survivor - Jackie Don't Go Intruder - Hearts In The Loose Le Roux - Turning Point Dreamer - Ufo Connection
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https://youtu.be/-49noOAFsG8 This is the song that hooked me to rock/metal more than 30 years ago
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Treat - You're The One I WWant https://youtu.be/rqHXv_y3MSA Robby Valentine - I Believe In You https://youtu.be/FNPhfdSCYME
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I love the Valentine 1990 album (Rock Candy CD sounds killer) and the first Hugo CD from 1996 so a new album from Hugo or Valentine is long overdue.
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bmg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who's that album by? Sorry if I should have known Sorry forgot It's the Spys s/t 1982
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Don't Run My Life She Can't wait Ice Age Danger Over Her Desiree Don't Say Goodbye Into the Night Hold On (When you feel you're falling) No Harm Done
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My favorite song on the album, excellent early 80's AOR/Pomp https://youtu.be/8R-3Pz7tCb0
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Yes I have the s/t and Somewhere I´ve never Travelled on vinyl, but to be honest, I have no clue what they sound like. Think I have to dig them out now... One Eighty is fantastic too and better than Road Island I think
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Terry K. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Forgot one...Ambrosia w/ David Pack rejoining. > Or--just a new album with the current band. It's > been promised forever... T Wow Terry.....Ambrosia! This band is utterly essential. I had Life Beyond LA in my collection for years and somehow it clicked with me only recently and is now on heavy rotation
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Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer I'm playing the shit out of it recently and think it's as good as Bat out of hell. For me this is definitely Bat out of hell II Great album that got undeserved reviews at the time of release.
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a-change-of-seasons Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Absolutely brilliant album, right out of the top > drawer. Have You Forgotten? is one of my absolute > favourite AOR tracks ever ever ever. > Count me in!
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Saxon - The Eagle Eagle Landed The band is on fire a joy to listen to, pure bliss
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Seventh Wonder - Waiting in the Wings Valentine - Believing is Seeing Both killer albums, would love to have them on vinyl
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Brothers Of The Southland = just Henry Paul & Dave Robbins
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BLACKHAWK are fantastic with the late AOR god Van Stephenson. The first 6 albums are brilliant and me being from Germany with no radio airplay when they were originally released in the 90´s I have only discovered them last year. If you want unbelievable melodies listen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5cJe7QQZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTbgE5ef3SA https://www.youtube.co
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Carl1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seriously, this is what you're worried about? > There's always someone somewhere who manages to > come out with something ridiculous when people are > suffering. The world is an unprecedented crisis > situation right now and the delayed release of an > album isn't something anyone should be twisting &
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RNRPREACHER1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good question Terry … so now we have 2 Priests > touring … kinda' familiar thing eh? :p I wonder > which band there will be two of next??? We already have two "Saxon"
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What Carl said
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Heat - Same female german band similar to Heart, Laos, Sacrlet Rose ultrarare, brilliant melodic rock / AOR https://www.discogs.com/Heat-Heat/master/1622704
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Refugee - Affairs in Babylon
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