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Haven't gotten mine yet....Should have it any day. I'm not sure if I'll like it or not....Basically just took a flier on it. I liked the first song Room To Run and the sneak peek trailer seemed to hold some promise. I wished I could've heard another couple songs in full before buying to really make up my mind but everyone I've seen with the album has had good things to say. And the trailer sounded okay. We'll see...optimistic.

My thoughts are almost opposite on every song lol. I don't care much for Redefined, Time On Our Side.....They're okay but neither does much for me and find them pretty boring. They're both about the same as We Rule for me....Songs that I view as okay for variety but not songs I find myself really getting into much at all. I guess I can appreciate what they were trying to do with these songs though in terms of just creating something different. I love Bastard, BLTB, Best Of The Broken...Great stuff and wish there were a couple more up tempo songs like these on the album. Shit City....Agree the lyrics/subject matter is pretty bland. I find the song to be pretty catchy though. It's sort of the same thing with Do You Want it....Definitely not a great song lyrically but still catchy and full of hooks. Eye of The Storm...Like that one a lot....great ballad. I like the title track a lot too....good closer and while I usually don't care for instrumental interludes, it works well in this song for me. I guess I don't mind most of the modern effects scattered in the songs either....don't even really notice them. I do agree that the last two albums were better. However, I really don't feel like this album is fundamentally all that different in their approach. For me, there was a lot of variety in song styles within the past couple albums and they've just done the same thing again. I think maybe this album has a little bit more variety is all which has struck a nerve with some. For me, still a pretty decent effort even though I clearly liked ATN and TDTW better.

I was going to do a track by track breakdown of this but frankly, don't think I need to. For me, every song is in the 9 to 10 range. The "10" songs for me are We Belong, Ghosts Of My Old Friends, Summer Of Our Lives and the ballad Everything You Meant To Me. I'm not a big ballad guy generally but this one is right there with If It's Love by Crazy Lixx and Eye of the Storm from H.e.a.t as my favorite ballads this year. The rest of the songs are all solid too though. I'd probably give Can't Wait For The Nights and Think About you a solid 9.5. While Nothings Like Losing You and I Just Can't Take It wouldn't be far behind. I'd guess the rest would all be around 9 as there just isn't a single song I don't like so no real need to go through them. I've been debating this album versus Crazy Lixx versus H.e.a.t as my favorite this year and the more I've listened to this, the more I feel like it's my favorite album this year just because there isn't a low spot on it for me. Crazy Lixx has one or two songs I'm lukewarm on (Another Shot Of Love, Kiss Of Judas)....H.e.a.t has one or two I'm lukewarm on (Time On Our Side, We Rule)....But this doesn't have anything I'm lukewarm on. Great songs, full of hooks and cool throwback vibe.

Listened to all their songs that have been posted so far after seeing somebody raving about the album on FB..... Not really grabbing me much at all.

Was close to ordering but I never ordered this....Waiting to hear some thoughts though. I kind of like the first song but still sort of one the fence. I just want to hear another couple songs before buying this one.

There's a couple songs I like better but whole album is pretty much in that style and would say that song is a fair representation. If you don't like that one I'd say hold off until you can sample more songs. I like Summer of our lives...catchy tune IMO

Ordered direct from AOR heaven as they said they'd ship preorders early. Pretty nice getting it a week in advance. Wish more releases would do this as standard procedure. Nice way to reward people that are willing to preorder.

Got my CD today....absolutely great IMO. Awesome that they sent out preorders a little early. Whole album follows the vibe of the songs we've heard....throwback 80's melodic rock. Only been through it a couple times so far so not too much to say yet....But this will definitely rank very high on my best of 2017 list.

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http://original.livestream.com/aiiradionet/video?clipId=pla_8efd4722-4c14-4a2b-96c3-818d6765455c Link to above podcast played 3 Wildness songs. War Inside My Head played right at the start of the podcast. Then go to the 2:22 mark for Down In The City followed by Welcome The Night. Digging what I've heard....These songs combined with others we're heard like Alibi, Collide and Turning The Pages are adding up to a solid release IMO and now I'm getting excited about this one. Midnite City followed by this release will make for a nice ending to this fantastic year.

I was a bit on the fence with the first song but this trailer sounds pretty good. Probably gonna have to order this....

From FB: *PRE ORDERS ARE IN!!!!** Hit the link below to order our debut album from our label AOR Heaven. The official release date is October 20th but orders will be sent out from next week (over a week early) if you order now. Hit the link right here to order; http://www.aorheaven.com/…/g…/midnite-city-midnite-city.html 'Their debut is a hymn for the late 80's melodic hard rock scene - 9/10' http://heavyparadise.blogspot.co.uk/…/review-midnite-city-m… 'A new sensation of Melodic Rock and one of the surprises of the year' http://megustaelaor.blogspot.co.uk/…/midnite-city-midnite-c… 'Remember when music used to be fun? Well I’ve news for you – it is again.This is an album that has it all ' https://www.therockpit.net/…/album-review-midnite-city-mid…/ 'These guys have given us an amazing album. Excellent, well-written compositions and fantastically performed tracks - 10/10'. http://minizine.berock-radio.com/…/midnite_city_midnite_cit… 'The eleven tracks bring back the hair metal of the nineties, if you like this genre, this record will catch you.' https://viriaor.wordpress.com/…/midnite-city-st-2017-aor-h…/ 'This album is very special indeed. All killer no filler is definitely an apt tagline.' http://www.uberrock.co.uk/…/19593-midnite-city-midnite-city… 'Midnite City is one of the best and most welcome surprises of the year. With a series of absurdly exciting songs' http://aorwatchtower.blogspot.co.uk/…/recomendacao-da-seman… 'Midnite City offers a nice surprise in the melodic rock/power pop field and an album that you’d be hard-pressed to find fault with.' http://www.rockeyez.com/…/rev-2017-midnite-city-midnite-cit… Absolutely stoked about this release and still feel like it has a shot to be my favorite album this year from what I've heard. Just fantastic throwback "Defiants style" melodic rock that is likely to sort of fly under the radar being a new band and not getting as much publicity and promotion as some other releases this year.

Been spending more time listening to these guys and I'm off the fence. Good sound and will be ordering this one which should cap off an amazing 2017 for melodic rock.

I'm with you guys....I'm expecting that this album could push for my top spot this year based upon the 4-5 songs I've heard. Absolutely love what I've heard so far. Just great Defiants-style throwback melodic rock IMO.

Love it too and will be my #1 album this year. I wouldn't put it ahead of TDTW but do still like it a lot. For me, TDTW was great and tough to top. I also liked ATN a lot too. My preference of songs would be: Bastard of Society Blind Leads the Blind Best Of The Broken Eye Of The Storm Into The Great Unknown Shit City FYI Miley (Japan Bonus) Do You Want It Redefined Time On Our Side We Rule I do like every song though and isn't like the bottom songs on my list are skips or something. They offer good variety but I just find myself getting into the up tempo songs a little more. I do really like Eye Of The Storm though....great ballad. The title track is pretty epic and is almost like H.e.a.t's version of Def Leppard's Rocket. I also like the Japan bonus song even though it's a pretty straight forward, simple rocker. I know many like Redefined a lot but it just doesn't do too much for me and I find it fairly boring until the middle of the song when it starts to gain some steam. Time On Our Side has grown on me some as I hated it at first but don't mind it now. We Rule is a song I can sort of take or leave...It's okay for something different and could work well live IMO. I just like these guys a lot so probably a little bias. They could sing nursery rhymes and they'd sound good to me.

Not bad. I like the second song a little more than the first. Will have to keep an eye on these guys.

Have had my eye on this one....Still on the fence. Have heard a couple other samples and my biggest hold up at the moment is the vocals. I don't know what it is exactly....Little accented or hard to understand on some of the songs I've heard. The music sounds really good though and it's right in my wheelhouse taste-wise. Just have to see if the vocals grow on me with repeated listens.

Agree. I bought this album recently. I've never paid much attention to these guys but thought I'd give it a chance since I'll likely be seeing them at MRF5 and wanted to get a little bit familiar with some songs. I'm struggling with it. The music and melodies are pretty good and love the Def Leppard style vibes....But just think the singer is pretty bad. I don't know if it's bad or just that I have a hard time understanding what he's saying 3/4 of the time. I like the production, all the hooks, some great guitar work and some good choruses. It's just the vocals that are holding it back for me. I pretty much find myself just listening to the music and choruses and sort of zoning out for the verses. Will probably give it a couple more spins to see if it can grow on me at all.

Great tune...One of my top songs on the album. Toss up for me between this and H.e.a.t's Eye of The Storm for my favorite ballad this year. I also like If It's Love by Crazy Lixx a lot.

Agree here....This is an album I find myself wanting to come back to. I was a bit harsh on this album when it first launched....Took a little bit for me to get into it for some reason. But it's still in my car and looking back on it now, really do like it. Agree on the production too...nicely done here. Hopefully there is another album from these guys in the future.

Agree...also don't like the first two. I wish they'd re-record some of the songs from the first two album...pick 10-11 of them and do a release. There are some good songs on those albums...just need to add a little beef and edge to some of them. I just think Erik brings a different dynamic and I like many of those songs when they're played live. Really not looking to start another Erik vs Kenny argument here. Just saying that Erik has a different style and the songs sound different when he sings them. In the Erik era, yes. I never got into the first two. But they are the worst H.E.A.T. discs for me.

Tried these songs today...ok but nothing drawing me to them. Passing here.

I'm right there with you...Agree about the WTF moments comment. Those things have turned into hooks for me. Also agree about We Rule and can see that in the live show for sure and probably as a closer. I understand the comments from people that don't like it though. If people want a balls out rock album full of up-tempo type songs, this isn't it. If people want a balls out AOR album like the earlier H.e.a.t albums, this also isn't it. Really though, I think this fits in nicely with the past couple H.e.a.t albums and follows the trends they've done with those. I mean, TDTW also really had a lot of variety...A few big rockers, a commercial song with Shot At Redemption, a piano ballad All the nights, the AORish We Will Never Die, the theatrical Mannequin Show, the power ballad TDTW, etc. I think they've just continued that trend here and maybe expands on the variety a little bit. There were a few songs I was pretty lukewarm on at first like Time On Our Side, We Rule, Do You Want It....But they've all grown on me big time. I like the variety and find it interesting to listen to throughout. My favorites are Bastard Of Society, Best Of The Broken and Blind Leads The Blind as I do prefer the up tempo version of H.e.a.t...But it's all pretty solid for me. Maybe I'm just too much of a H.e.a.t fanboy

I would definitely agree on the first part...Doesn't grab me like TDTW did either. But the album is definitely a grower at least for me. I really didn't care for a few songs at first but I really like everything on the album. Also have to add my Japan copy showed up today and the Japan bonus track F Y I Miley is pretty darn good although it's a little bit short at 2:49. However, I'd say it's probably the heaviest song on the album and is definitely a song they should've included on the standard release. I think it would've fit well right after Do you Want It.