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Some varied stuff for me this week:-

MEGADETH "The System has Failed"

MEGADETH "Cryptic Writings"

MEGADETH "Risk" (the only 2 missing from my collection, and both sound like stadium rock and were produced by Dann Huff of Giant fame)

DARREN HAYES "The Tension & the Spark"

VISION 180 "More to Believe In"

ASIA "Silent Nation"

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MEGADETH "The System has Failed"

BUTCH WALKER "Letters"

DARREN HAYES "The Tension & The Spark"

These were all in my car for this mornings commute, nice bit of variety!

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TNA "Finger on the Trigger" (thanks MJ!)

Nightwish "Once" (still playing it...)

Jean Beauvoir "Chameleon" (THE grower of the century - brilliant album)

From the Inside "S/T" (the first 3 songs being the best material he's ever sung)

Robin Beck "Wonderland" (her previous albums were near-enough A.O.R. this one's more like A.R.S.E)

Richard Marx "My Own Best Enemy" (surprisingly rocky and modern sounding, with a killer ballad "Ready to Fly")

SR-71 "Here We Go Again" (you gotta hear "Axl Rose" and "1985", hilarious)

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QUOTE (TIM (2) @ Aug 19 2004, 04:59 AM)

Jean Beauvoir "Chameleon" (killer return)

I was just listening to the samples on NEH & so far it sounds pretty good. Have you heard the whole thing yet?

Hi Christine,

Managed to get an advance CD of this, is very 'pop' sounding and you have to live with it a bit, but there are some very catchy songs on it.... (if you don't mind a bit of variety)

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Have been feeling in need of some more relaxing listening this week....

Jean Beauvoir "Chameleon" (killer return)

Rick Knowles "Rush" (Canadian pop/rock like Richard Marx)

Robin Beck "Wonderland" (sub-Celine Dion drivel)

and a couple of E.P's...

Pride of Lions "Black Ribbons"

Jeff Scott Soto "Believe In Me"

The Pride of Lions sounds amazing, and the live stuff is killer. Sounds like the new album could be a whole load better than the fairly mediocre first (Freddy doesn't visit here, does he?!)

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Hey dog2020,

Sorry but there are some things I have that I just wouldn't part with, and most of my huge collection of Scandi AOR is included... The 3 Da Vinci albums are the definition of what I love about this music, so sadly I'll keep them. I have seen this several times on eBay though, so keep your eyes open...

Cheers,

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Hey TIM,

The Glen Burtnick is a real disappointment for me. It sounds very modern (will try not to sound like Freaky Freddy here) and although I like nu-breed when it's done well -SR-71/Marvelous 3, etc- the standard of songwriting just isn't that strong. There's a great AOR track ("Cry") but otherwise the best track is his re-make of "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" which was nothing more than a filler on the last Styx album.

I really like Stan Bush but his solo albums have always suffered in production quality. Actually his latest ("Shine") is as good as any, but most of his albums just sound pretty flat. Get the "Stan Bush & Barrage" album from 1987 or his latest, and although his others will be dirt cheap on eBay you tend to get what you pay for...

Keep rockin'

TIM (2)

Hey relivinthe80's,

I hope you enjoy it more than I did, as my copy collected dust for years until a kind eBayer paid me hardly anything to take it off my hands... My recent purchases have been (pretty much in the order in which I like them...):

Nightwish "Once"

Grand Illusion "Ordinary Just Won't Do"

Stan Bush "Shine"

Richard Marx "My Own Best Enemy"

Threshold "Subsurface"

Paul Janz "High Strung"

SR-71 "Here We Go Again"

From the Inside S/T

Frontline "7th Sign"

Glen Burtnick "Welcome to Hollywood" (AARRGGGH!)

Have got the new Magnum and TSG on order for this week....

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Hey dog2020,

I have a cd-r of this too and I like it. Is slightly heavier than the first 2 but does have some real gems on it, and more of the cheese in the lyrics dept. The sound quality is very good, and it would've been a quality album (as their first 2 are)... Shame....

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