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Love Def Leppard, but they didn't make it into my top 10. Retro Active has some killer ballads namely "Two Steps Behind" and "Miss You In A Heartbeat". Funny that they come in 2-3 versions each. "Miss You In A Heartbeat" is the secret song that comes after you think the album ended, always amusing with such kind of surprises. Favourite DL albums are Adrenalize, Hysteria and Pyromania. Yeah there is no shortage of brilliant songs in their discography. I like the ballads you mentioned but with Retro Active my fav songs are the first two - Desert Song and Fractured Love - hugely underrated tunes IMO.

Wait...what?? That stoned rant was about some of my old reviews on the main site? I missed that. Then again, I do remember back in the day a couple of people complaining about my fondness for metaphors, alliteration, hyperbole and other writing techniques. All I ever tried to do was not bang out generic reviews and put a little style into 'em. I don't have the time to review now--even quit my gig reviewing for Hardrock Haven--and have pretty much become nothing more than a lurker on the boards. That's a shame I used to love your Hardrock Haven reviews. Always thought you had a real talent for writing reviews.

I would have loved to include Def Leppard but not Hysteria. It's a brilliant album but for me I'm going to be controversial and say that Retro Active is their best album. It's not perfect but contains a bunch of absolute killers.

I was actually hoping to fit Warrant into my list but for me they don't have an album of nothing but killers - if I could combine my fav tracks off Dog Eat Dog and DRFSR + a couple from other albums then I would have a near 10/10 album. But yeah they would certainly feature on my list of best songs of all time, just not albums.

This is just too difficult, but I'll try anyway. No big explanations from me though, sorry....These albums are just superb. Whitesnake - 1987 Alias - s/t Harem Scarem - s/t Bad English - s/t Richard Marx - Paid Vacation Bryan Adams - Waking Up the Neighbours Skid Row - s/t John Waite - Temple Bar The Storm - s/t Eric Martin - I'm Only Foolin' Myself PS Geoff - excellent list and I am with you 100% on the BBABH album. Jacob, nice list mate, I agree with most of it. CTS...sorry mate but I tend to bot be into a lot of your choices but interesting read anyway.

He does, I think Fight The Good Fight demonstrates this the best, but he kind of dropped that style of singing, and went more rock sounding, as in Tears In The Rain, but he is one of the more elite voices in rock, and while we speak of elite Canadian voices, I always thought Cory Hart squandered what could have been a truly fulfilling voice for our kind of music, while Mr. Michael Saddler clearly sits as my top dog on list of not only vocalists from up north, but favorite ever!! More that I agree with! Both great vocalists. Really dig Corey Hart especially. Don't worry Leykis I'm not trying to rock the boat, just trying to have fun. In fact I think I'm actually starting to get your humour and appreciate your way of thinking / writing...just took a while. ?

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Well mate we don't agree on much but that post makes sense more than any you have ever written. Some brilliant examples there and I'm glad Mr. Curci got a mention in this thread.

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WTF

These guys have the worst album covers...this one is no exception. Fair point from Dan - how can you have a greatest hits with songs from a brand new album? They must be super confident about the new songs. Cool band regardless and I'll be getting this to add to the collection.

Always an enjoyable listen from these guys. Very versatile and never boring. Silver remains their best album IMO followed by USA UK. Last one was quite good as well. Never really got around to giving that boxed set a lot of attention but have been meaning to. Looking forward to hearing this new one but hate the album cover.

Agree with that statement completely. I recall liking Cocked N' Loaded the best but overall felt this band was overrated. However I would be keen to give them another try based on what I'm reading and would also be interested to see what people rate as their best 5 or 10 songs.

They're getting a higher profile right here....without having to do anything

That is creepy. Which one of us is going to make it three. Not me. I'm done. Congrats to you both though...good times ?

Congrats mate. Must be a full house at your place now!

I'll be downloading that album for sure ? after all we (his past fans) are all just a bunch of pricks according to him. What a jerk!

Welcome from Bris/GC! Agree with you about the cliqueyness of Sleaze Roxx - found it hard to fit in over there and generally not very open minded when it comes to music.

Love all of those albums!

Is that a USB drive around his neck? I thought it should be a key. Clearly I'm really not interested in this.

Never heard of them!

Yeah most likely different bands, I agree.