Nightrain

RIP Pete Way i love some songs from his Waysted project Need to dig in some UFO and early Fastway too

A balance album but not really great. I like 'Spirit of The Night', 'South Side Billy', and 'Get Over It'. Plus point is I don't see any crappy songs at all. 77% from me

'Kingdom of The Night' and 'Just One Night' is the clear winner here Sadly, I think this album doesn't have any song that exceed the 8.5 points and too many are in the Overall a good album, probably worth around 80%

That song and 'Midnight Cruiser' is IMHO the strongest pick of the bunch

ARCTIC RAIN 'The One' is one of those albums that has potential to be in the category of 'all killers, no fillers' although I can see room for improvement for some songs here. Picked around 5 tracks from the albums but could grow more with more spins. Excellent release ! HELL IN THE CLUB definitely has plenty of enjoyable tracks among the four released albums and the last single is also great. Happy to add the killer tracks from all albums, let me know if I missed some HESS 'Just Another Day' and 'Living In Yesterday' are a pleasant release with an appropriate amount of pop element with the latter lean toward modern AOR. Some great tracks snapped from both albums ! HURRICANE 'Slave To The Thrill' remains my fave album of them although I can safely say that they're pretty mediocre compared to the giants of the 80s but at least 4 tracks are worthy for the list! JOE LAMONT 'Secrets You Keep' has probably one of the worst and embarassing covers lol the first track is a nice cut and I think the ballad 'Victims of Love' is pretty nice as well. 'Enemy Lines', 'No Explanation' and 'One Rumor Too Many' are quite good but not enough to make it to the list. Quite overrated album on the main page I guess, a decent 74% is about right KIP WINGER's Songs From The Ocean Floor and From The Moon To The Sun surely has a place in eclectic prog fans heart even though it's categorized AOR. Definitely hard to find any catchy and immediate songs here but if you have time to listen and learn, this could be rewarding. I picked the two harmless songs here : 'California' and 'Where Will You Go' LIONVILLE 'Magic Is Alive' is another proof that they never disappoint. The first half is really strong, although the quality dip a bit in the second half, it's all a very solid release and I took away half of the songs for the list! PALACE's first album is definitely the stronger one and I really love the ballads 'Part of Me' and 'Matter in Hand'. The second one is still good but hopefully they're able to top or exceed the debut in the future RICHARD MARX 'Rush Street' is one delicious album on the border of pop rock and AOR. Four tracks go straight to the Ballads list and 'Take This Heart' is my real favourite. Random additions : ADRENALIN - Michael, Freedom Road FASTWAY - The Stranger, All Fired Up HEARTS ON FIRE - Falling Into You, Rainbow's End, Holding On HEAVEN AND EARTH - I Don't Know What Love Is HEAVEN'S GATE - We Want It All, We Got The Time HELIX - Don't Get Mad, Get Even HOLY SOLDIER - Dead End Drive, Crazy, See No Evil, Stranger HOTEL - Blind Side of Love, How It Feels HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - We Should Be Making Love, Best of Me HUGO - Crazy, Walk Away, We'll Find A Way IRON MAIDEN - The Prisoner RUSH - In The Mood, Bravado, Heresy

The first half is definitely the strongest

Probably watch till the end and post here that you're not doing anything and just walk straight home :D

Very interested to hear that although it's very rare nowadays for old bands to put out such great albums anymore

Liked the two released singles on Spotify, sounds like a very promising band, can't wait to check the whole stuffs

Best cuts here are 'Danger Callin' and 'Frozen Tears' followed by 'Shot at My Heart' and 'Out For Blood'. Last time I checked my note, gave this one 82%

Not really interested TBH but still gonna check it out

on to the list : DEGARMO & KEY 'Streetlight' is surprisingly good and enjoyable although towards the end, it's packed with weak fillers, shame actually because it started pretty well and at least 3 tracks here were nailed for the list. The opening 'Every Moment' is a clear winner ! HARDREAMS 'The Road Goes On..' is better with a less-accented vocal actually but this album is pretty enjoyable especially 'Rebel Heart' and 'Bad Times Are Gone', but overall I don't think the whole album is a keeper. Same also goes with their other albums, you can pick one or two from each but that's about it HARLOT 'Room With A View' has plenty of gems but I picked 4 strongest tracks here : 'Kecia', 'Out All Night', 'So Much For Happy Endings', and 'Bring Home Your Love'. Several songs taken from HOUSTON's discography including the Reload covers. The latest track is also a nice addition and hopefully the whole album is a blast ! PREVIEW s/t really started strong but like most albums in the early 80s, they tend to go weaker in the second half but luckily it picked up toward the end. 'All Night' and 'So Blind' are two faves here and too bad FIORE's catalogue hasn't listed yet SEVENTH KEY s/t is good but not really great. I think the follow-up is better but nevertheless, this album still hold some gems like 'When Love Is Dying' and 'Broken Home' TONE NORUM 'One of A Kind' is definitely one of those albums that overall not really great (rated around 79%) but got several enjoyable gems especially ballads out of it for the list. I really like 'Stranded' and 'And I' and her girlish vocal (like ISSA) maybe not suitable for some but very interesting to check out, especially backed with the classic EUROPE gang TRIUMPH 'Surveillance' is a cool album and 'Headed For Nowhere' is really superb, love that song ! Shame it's plodded with fillers in the middle. 'On And On' is also a classic, nice song TWO FIRES 'Ignition' is a safe album, not really great, the debut is slightly better I recall, got the CD, shame that Spotify hasn't listed it yet. I like 'Somewhere Far Away' and 'This Night', and the very slow ballad 'I'm Falling' is pretty good as well but it works best if you play that after 3-4 heavy songs UNRULY CHILD 'Worlds Collide' is pretty strange with several tracks packed with very average/awful verses but good choruses. Some gems worthy for the list are : 'Read My Mind', 'Tell Another Lie', 'Very First Time', and 'When We Were Young' Random additions : + 220 VOLT - Young and Wild + BRYAN ADAMS - Hidin' From Love + FOGHAT - Drivin' Wheel + GARY MOORE - Always Gonna Love You and Falling In Love With You + GRAND PRIX - Give Me What's Mine and Somewhere Tonight + GURU - Straight To Your Heart + GYPSY ROSE - Promise To Stay + HARDREAMS - Count On Me + HARTMANN - Amazing and High On You + HEARTBREAK RADIO - My Hearts Just Missing You, I Will Love You, Love on Fire + LYNYRD SKYNYRD - I Know A Little, What's Your Name + PAUL SABU - Angeline and Cassie + RICHIE KOTZEN - The Enemy + ROUGH CUTT - Take A Chance, Never Gonna Die, and Piece of My Heart + SAVATAGE - Edge of Thorns, All That I Bleed + VAN HALEN - Stay Frosty

I think some catalog exist but not all. Hopefully they got most of the classics, i missed many early CDs that have been sold out

The latter is the clear sensible explanation, such a shame cause heard that over 70 people dead ?

well if this is the best band Baltimore have, then must be the worst place to live right now ? :D

Won't complain much cause Bon Jovi actually has become a new band since 'Crush', well HAND has some good old hooks but basically we have to accept it's a modern BON JOVI and I myself don't really dig it except few songs here and there Last time I saw him live couple years ago is also quite painful to see he's singing off key quite a few times. Gone is the mighty soaring voice of the 80s, it's all distant memories now. This new album will be forgotten soon by us here :( Sad thing

Yes I once experienced it with DOKKEN Broken Bones, i think i got two tracks out of it and then it vanished but that's about all. Some good albums aren't available in my country, that's a shame Anyway .. here's some thoughts and additions recently: AC/DC 'Powerage' has three great tracks and I think 'Rock and Roll Damnation' and 'Up To My Neck In You' is the best pick. CRYSTAL 'Collection' is a nice short compilation from the two albums they released in the 80s (but not in CDs I guess). Co-produced by Elefante brothers. I like half of the songs here and the rest ain't bad either. Hopefully someday they'll release the complete albums! 'One Life' and 'I'm A Dreamer' are two gems GUN 'Gallus' is an interesting album. Too bad many songs are just good but not great. I think 'Steal Your Fire', 'Long Road', and the closing ballad 'Watching The World Go By' is the highlights! HEAVY PETTIN 'Rock Ain't Dead' actually has potential but it's kinda ruined by the vocal. I think 'Sole Survivor' is the best track here and almost happy to add 'Rock Ain't Dead' and 'City Girl' but don't think it's good enough HUNTER L.A Crossfire can be squeezed into one great EP. I like at least 4 tracks and another 2 ain't bad too. How good 'Long Nights' is .. just wow, sensational track ! SIC VIKKI 'Kiss Me In French' has at least 4 killer tracks (the rest is okay, nothing bad) and I really love the party vibe of 'Baby Talks Dirty', really took you to the height of late 80s when this album was actually released in 93 where that party was over lol and the closing acoustic track 'Cry' is just smooth, very nice ! SINNER 'Dangerous Games' is pretty good as a melodic rock album but strangely not really good enough to compete in the A league, if you know what I mean. Most of the songs are enjoyable and some tracks are decent enough to be added such as 'Concrete Jungle', title track, and 'Back In My Arms' STAGE DOLLS 'Commando' is such a pleasant and silky smooth AOR album. Love the first two tracks, the slow-paced ballad 'Yesterday's Rain' is just gold, and 'Who's Lonely Now' is soothing. Couple of fillers but overall a great record ! STAN BUSH 'Shine' is a solid return to form, definitely among the top albums of 2004. 'The Chance You Take' is the clear winner, followed by 'I Will Be There', 'I Turn To You' and 'Say It Ain't Love' Just discovered STEFFANIE 'Pink Noise' today, recommended by a friend, and she nailed a pretty good album with this. A little bit like a light version of commercial LOUDNESS, I think 4 tracks are worthy enough for the list. Will find time to check out her earlier album too Random additions : + 17 CRASH - Brighter Day + ALLIES - Something In Your Eyes + BRIAN MCDONALD - I Don't Wanna Want Your Touch + GUNNER - From Heaven and Until She Comes To You + JUDAS PRIEST - Heading Out To The Highway and Hot Rockin' + KANSAS - Memories Down The Line + KINGDOM COME - several tracks from 'In Your Face' and 'Bad Image' + MARK SPIRO - several tracks from his latest compilation 'Best of + Rarities' + MICHAEL BOLTON - several goodies from early albums + RICK SPRINGFIELD - Living In OZ and Souls + RIO - I Don't Wanna Be The Fool + SHINING LINE - several tracks from this great project

Slightly better compared to the debut but definitely still a long way to go to the top. I think this should be rated below 70%. The first single, 'Ignite The Sky' is solid but the rest just veered off a cliff

Kinda average as a whole to me but 'Say Goodbye' is a gem !

I'm a fan but this one is definitely the weakest so far. I truly love 'How We Live', a sensational track. I dig 'Don't Fool Yourself' as well but Glen are you sure it's the best of the bunch ? i think they got better songs off their discography. 'Save Me From Myself' and 'Done With Me' also deserved attentions, but the rest are just subpar compared to Vega's true quality, don't you guys think ?

Checked out PETRA - Beyond Belief again and I think it's still a good album. Managed to add three tracks from the album, sadly the two ballads are not that strong, and love to explore more of their old discography. Anybody love this band ? Next one is DARE - Beneath The Shining Water and strangely it is so frustratingly slow but not a bad album by any means, although it sounded too samey. I think 'Sea of Roses' and 'Silent Hills' are the best pick of the bunch Added several fave tracks from GRAND DESIGN discography, strangely the replay value is quite low and I can only pick a few from the bunch, maybe the problem is the singer Revisited TEN's classic 'The Name of The Rose', I think it's overrated and many songs are too long but definitely the early days are better. I picked 'The Rainbow', 'Standing In Your Light' and 'Turn Around' CHER's 'Heart of Stone' definitely has many keepers to choose but her vocal IMHO not her strong suit. Enjoyable album but apparently not loved by many judging on the rating on the main page THE POODLES 'Performocracy' suffered with many average verses, shame actually cause plenty has good verses. Best tracks for me here 'As Time Is Passing', 'Vampire's Call', 'Bring Back The Night', and 'Cuts Like A Knife' Not overly convinced by the highly rated LOVERBOY 'Just Getting Started' cause I think the modern style doesn't really suit them but at least the three great ballads made their way to the list QUEEN 'The Works' might be way too poppish but hard to deny that classic tracks like 'Radio Ga Ga' and 'I Want To Break Free' are really candy to my ears. Some other songs such as 'It's A Hard Life', 'Is This The World We Created ... ?' and 'Hammer To Fall' are equally fun! UGLY KID JOE - America's Least Wanted is a very memorable album, especially during my high school years, and although stuffed with several fillers, some killer tracks like 'Neighbour', 'Busy Bee', 'Everything About You', 'Cats In The Cradle', and 'Mr. Recordman' definitely deserved some spots in the list Got several gems as well from GUN discography. 'Word Up' is totally memorable song, reminded me of my high school year Several random additions : + ALLIES - If You Believe + BENTWOOD ROCKER - You + BOB CATLEY - End of The World + DEF LEPPARD - Waterloo Sunset and No Matter What + GARY MOORE - Once In A Lifetime and Run For Cover + GILBY CLARKE - Shut Up + GORKY PARK - Peace In Our Time + HELL IN THE CLUB - We'll Never Leave The Castle (new single) + RUSS BALLARD - Once A Rebel + TIGERTAILZ - Love Bomb Baby and Twist and Shake + URIAH HEEP - Angel

Probably because of copyright ? Well don't really mind cause I still have plenty of CDs to play and we have thousand of songs to choose anyway :D

Paul surely somehow 'beefed' up the band but Danger Danger for me is about the sugary flavor of the debut which really suited Ted's soaring vocal. Love both singers though, it's fun to see both takes on Cockroach

Plenty of NEWMAN's albums are missing at Spotify and the latest compilation, Decade, was listed under a different artist but you can just type 'Newman Decade' in case anyone's interested. Got some classic gems out of the compilation. 'Ignition', 'Primitive Soul', and 'Siren' albums are available there. Revisited SHY's self-titled album, the gem picks remain the same : 'Pray', 'Only For The Night', 'Over You', and 'Save Me'. A bit overrated at the main page and am happy with those 4 and maybe add the first 3 tracks to make a fantastic EP ! Can't believe it's 9 years since Steve Harris passed away and Tony Mills is also gone. Also too bad the great 'Excess All Areas' album is not available yet. Anybody know what happened to Lee Small ? Too bad his solo album not listed in Spotify, i remember his rendition of 'End of The Road' is sensational ! Also got the chance to spin DIO's Strange Highways, what a shame, such a dreadful album with only one potential 'Bring Down The Rain' but that's not good enough for the playlist I guess RIP Master Dio, and sadly that also went the same way with CHARLIE's 'No Second Chance' BTW, Marcello / Vestry is not listed there but anybody who's dying for some gems from that album can browse and check FRANK VESTRY's compilation album Some other additions this week : CHEAP TRICK 'Tonight It's You' and 'Love Comes' from 'Standing On The Edge' DIRTY LOOKS 'It's Not The Way You Rock' and 'Get It Right' from 'Cool From The Wire' FOGHAT 'Drive Me Home' and 'Take It or Leave It' from 'Fool For The City' FREAK OF NATURE 'Love Was Here' and 'Need' FREDERIKSEN/DENANDER 'Never Try To Love Again' Some songs from FREE SPIRIT 'All The Shades..' and FROZEN RAIN s/t KISS 'Hell or Hallelujah' and 'All For The Love ..', two tracks that I like off 'Monster' QUIET RIOT 'Run To You' and 'Don't Wanna Be Your Fool' from the 1988 self-titled with Paul Shortino Several songs from ROB MORATTI's three solo albums and ROCKARMA 'Bring It' STAGE DOLLS 'Queen of Hearts' and 'Shout' from 'Soldier's Gun' Some goodies from T'BELL's one and only 'Replay' album and TUFF's fun debut TNT 'Without Your Love' and 'Break The Ice' from 'Knights of The New Thunder' Have a nice weekend boys

Brother Firetribe will need to take a little bit of risk with their sound. I agree with Geoff, last albums sounded samey, well hopefully this new one is better