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I think it's a great album. I just love it. I think it's their finest moment up to date. Wikström kan really write good songs. But 100 %, no but it will be very high up in the my album of the year list.

So why do I think this is such a great Treat album. The songs are really good, Wikström has grown as a song writer and can really write great, catchy songs nowadays, especially with Thomander. Robban Ernlund has never sung so good, He sings his heart out on this album (and he is 52 now, unbelivable). I think he was one of the weakest links in early Treat (some will propably kill me for this), especially live. I saw them live a number of times in the eighties and he was way out now and then during the gigs. The production is also good (not just copied the Treat sound from 80-90-ies) with some modern inluences.

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Cheers for the great trade Stefan. Allways a pleasure trading with you mate.

Sounds good to me. Wolf seems to be in a great shape. This can be really good despite no UDO in the ranks.

I hear some classic Accept elements in there which is a good sign.

Is it just me or do Tony Mills and Jorn Lande look identical. Chubby faced guys with long blond hair...the comparisons end there.

Tony Mills is a great singer. I have allways liked him especially in Shy. But he is all over the place at the moment and I'm start to get tired of him. He is close to be what Jeff Scott Soto was in the 90-ies and Jorn lande was a couple of years ago. A singer might be really great but when you hear him on almost each and every release you tend to get tired of hearing him.

Geoff how can you not like the "Fearless" disc???????????

None of the solo albums are offensively bad, just all painfully average. I just throw him in the pack with Joey Tempest, Mike Tramp etc. Great in their bands, but just bland on their own.

 

As for the debut being a masterpeice, let's not get crazy now folk. A handful of stunning, perfect songs on that CD but it's hard to overlook the fact that half the CD is filler.

I'm kind of with you there Geoff but the strongs songs of the album is some of the best songs from that time. Forever young is one of the best songs melodic rock songs ever written IMO. It doesn't really matters if you have a couple of fillers here and there it is still a very strong album since the good songs are so freakin good.

Not melodic?

Must be listening to a different album to me as its full of melodic Ratt N Roll.

While I agree that its closer to Detonator than earlier stuff (hell, Last call has a very lovin you's a dirty job, sound to it), its no less melodic than anything produced by Ratt in there heyday, and I would go as far as to say that Detonator was probably their most melodic as it was less sleazy than earlier stuff.

 

I also cannot hear anything wrong with the bass. Sounds perfectly fine to me!

For me the more melodic side of Ratt is Round and Round, Lay it down, You're in love,What you give is what you get, Back for more, wanted man etc. Sorry mate but I can't hear songs like that on this album apart from Best of me.

I listen to the whole album today and I must say that I'm not impressed at all. Kind of dissapointed after the promising Best of me track. I can't see the simularities to Out of the cellar except for the great Best of me.

It's not that melodic like the earlier stuff, it's more rockin like the Detonator album. So if you are into that Ratt sound this is your bag.

This one of these bands that have made some of the best melodic hardrock songs (albums) from the 80-ies. It have been hard for them to match these releases. Spooked was really good and I kind of like Planet Panic as well. But apart from these two releases I don't think later albums have been good. I hope this album will be something like spooked since you can't really hope for a new Future world.

Funny, I actually thought 'Wake up to the real' world completely destroyed 'Planet Panic.' I like all Pretty Maids albums but 'Planet Panic' was one of their weakest for me.

I like it since it's different style (more modern and hardhitting) compared to the other albums in their discography. I hated it in the beginning but I found it really cheap used and after a number of spins it really grew. It can't beat the best moments of Pretty maids.

I chose the self-titled disc. I just loved that damn disc!! "Don't Wait For Me" and "Ship Of Fools" were my favs.

Great songs mate my faves on that album as well. I like Digital dictator too. Really havn't listen to the suff after Carl Albert passed away.

This one of these bands that have made some of the best melodic hardrock songs (albums) from the 80-ies. It have been hard for them to match these releases. Spooked was really good and I kind of like Planet Panic as well. But apart from these two releases I don't think later albums have been good. I hope this album will be something like spooked since you can't really hope for a new Future world.

Very interested in what the bonus tracks might be on Heavens Edge and Witness

I hope the great melodic piece 'Eyes of a stranger' from the demo collection "Missing pieces" is on the Heavens Edge release. One of the better song they have done. Absolutely essential for all fans of Heavens Edge. Below is a link for you to listen. It's not the reatest sound but It's a great track.

http://goto.glocalnet.net/heavensedge/sounds.htm

A million to one is one of the best songs by Kiss. A really underrated Kiss song IMO.

Okay guys, lesson me.

 

In my current collection, and I like both CDs:

 

'Destiny'

'Solid Ball of rock'

 

Bought and sold these two because I hated them:

 

'Power And The Glory'

'Forever free'

 

So basically, I really have no interest in their early stuff or anything that sounds anything like 'Power and the glory', but based on Wes' comments, is it worth checking out 'Innocence is no Excuse' and 'Rock the Nations'? Just looking for good melodic hard rock... no galloping Iron Maiden styled metal or anything like that. Thanks for any tips or recommendations.

I think you would like the Innocence album Geoff. At least the first six songs which I think is really good. The whole album is really good IMO . More commercial but without losing their soul from the earlier.

If the whole CRusader album would have been as the song Crusader it would have been their best and a monster album desopite the pretty rubbish and weak production by Kevin Beamish.

Received this one today and what can I say? I had high expectations and they were more than fullfilled!

 

Fantastic album which I can't stop playing, no fillers and (as always when Chris Laney is involved) a million-dollar bucks production. Seriously, this one along with Treat's "Coup de Grace" belongs in every collection! Instant classic, period.

 

Yeah I agree mate. Fantastic album from start to finish. This along with Treat are a long way ahead of the pack IMO.

Backed 100 %. I'm pround to be Swedish this spring and Crash Diet and Heat hasn't landed yet

What a start of 2010 with so many great albums in this genre. And now this,,,

IT feels like Ratt is really back again,,, can't really wait for the album.

Restless Love

Treat: Coup

Dream POlice: st

Kind of good triple of Beautiful Bombs,,,,

The debut Drowning Pool debut album was just a killer album IMO.

I only bought this album for the great cover and tray . Fantastic logo you don't don't see many covers like this these days.

 

And the music. As many other has stated earlier, this album really starts from track 4 with som electric songs. best for me is Beautiful bombs, Romance, Sex and Back to Paradise.

 

For me me it is the weakest album out of Treat, Crazy lixx and Crash Diet.

 

Wow Crashdiet must be up there then....nice to hear

I have heard most of the songs and I think it's their best so far. Think they have progressed one step on everything this time. And the two songs that were on the Sweden Rock magazine taster EP was just amazing and are not even on the regular album.

I believe this is going to be one of the top albums of the year.

I only bought this album for the great cover and tray . Fantastic logo you don't don't see many covers like this these days.

And the music. As many other has stated earlier, this album really starts from track 4 with som electric songs. best for me is Beautiful bombs, Romance, Sex and Back to Paradise.

For me me it is the weakest album out of Treat, Crazy lixx and Crash Diet.

I'm with Tim here. I really like loads of the modern stuff like All that remains, Spineshank, Soilwork, Stone Sour, Sonic Syndicate, Papa Roach Scar Symmetry etc. Some of these bands even have more hooks that that the bands that plays 80-ies melodic rock of today IMO. yes the some of the albums might be a little overproduced but mostly it suits the music.

You know you can love both. I just also love the 80-ies hardrock. Which genre I listen to goes up and down. I suppose it depends which mode I'm in.

I ordered a coulple of both the ST album and the No rules around albums a year ago and they were silver pressed and with very professinal booklets.

Seems like me and you Geoff has a very similar taste when it comes down to 80-ies melodic rock. Me and you usually tends to think almost the same songs rocks these type of albums

I think it's fairly good. Especially the first part of the album. Stump's shredding is really good as usual and kind of uplifting for this kind of music.

maybe one of the tracks from the Sweden Rock cd:s. Both great but Tonight is propably the best track they ever have recorded IMO.