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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

Hmmm best of the millennium? Fair enough. It's an excellent album no doubt about it. First Signal wasn't as good but still very enjoyable. Neither would be my best album of the millenium but then I'm not really sure what is - will have to dwell on that some.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

 

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!

First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

 

Not for me. Love/like all those, but not better than Treats CDG.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

 

Not for me. Love/like all those, but not better than Treats CDG.

 

 

He also completely ignored The Magnificent.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.
Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

Not for me. Love/like all those, but not better than Treats CDG.

Yeah you know I'd be happy to include CDG in that list. It's as good as some of those albums IMO. The question of best album of the millennium- I'm still not sure but Loverboy and Frontline are superb releases. I suspect my answer might be a non HH band though will have to think more about it.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.
Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

Not for me. Love/like all those, but not better than Treats CDG.

He also completely ignored The Magnificent.

Hmm can't really comment- I think the hype surrounding them was at a time when I was a bit preoccupied with life and not paying much attention to new releases...will rectify this problem now.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

 

 

From your list only these are as good imo

 

Harem Scarem - Higher

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Work of Art - s/t

 

Some others are WAY off the quality. Sorry

 

I know its all opinions but a few of those listed would only just scrape 80% if I'm honest

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Just off the top of my head all these are better than Coup De Grace.......imo of course.........

 

Theshold - Subsurface / Dead Reckoning

JSS - LITT

Work of Art - all 3

Degreed - last 2

Vega - all 3 (and probably the new one ;))

HEAT - ATN

First Signal

Crashdiet - RIS / Generation

Hinder - TITTL

D2 - Revolve

WET - s/t (and probably the 2nd too)

Marcello/Vestry

Brother Firetribe - at least the debut...possibly the others too

Allen / Lande - The Battle

HS - Higher / WOTW

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

 

Plus a few modern releases..........

 

And there's prob more too.............

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Just off the top of my head all these are better than Coup De Grace.......imo of course.........

 

Theshold - Subsurface / Dead Reckoning

JSS - LITT

Work of Art - all 3

Degreed - last 2

Vega - all 3 (and probably the new one ;))

HEAT - ATN

First Signal

Crashdiet - RIS / Generation

Hinder - TITTL

D2 - Revolve

WET - s/t (and probably the 2nd too)

Marcello/Vestry

Brother Firetribe - at least the debut...possibly the others too

Allen / Lande - The Battle

HS - Higher / WOTW

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

 

Plus a few modern releases..........

 

And there's prob more too.............

All nice selections and some I forgot eg WET.

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I'm honestly not sure how 'CDG' would stack up for me in the new millennium. Will be rating it kinda soon now. Just based on what I've rated so far, I do notice that the First Signal album is actually quite high. What I have above it at the moment so far, from the new millennium, is;

 

Cauterize - So Far From Real
Cauterize - Disguises
Cauterize - Paper Wings
Waltham - Wicked Waltham EP
Silly Fools - The One
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power
Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
White Widdow - White Widdow
Vega - What The Hell
USA!USA!USA - What's Your Name
White Widdow - Serenade
Peepshow - Brand New Breed
H.E.A.T - Address The Nation
Blind Date - Blind Date
Loverboy - Just Getting Started
Sunstorm - Emotional Fire

 

I'm always amazed by how well the First Signal album rates as in my mind it's not that amazing, but I guess when it's on the stereo, it delivers.

 

A few other gems on close to the same score which are easily just as good;

 

Toby Hitchcock - Mercury's Down
Crashdiet - Generation Wild
Destine - Illuminate
Silence - City (Nights)
Lionville - II
Wigelius - Reinventions
Hess - Living In Yesterday
Dallas - Over The Edge EP
Find Me - Wings Of Love
Yellowcard - Paper Walls
Safetysuit - These Times
Vega - Stereo Messiah
Faber Drive - Seven Second Surgery
A Change Of Pace - Prepare The Masses
Work Of Art - In Progress
Thief Club - My Heavy
Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
Trust Company - Dreaming in black & white
H.E.A.T - H.E.A.T
Raine - Peace
Loud & Clear - Disc-Connected
Frontline - Almost Unreleased
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yes mine was purely off the top of my head, but for sure Destine (all 3), Toby Hitchcock, Safety Suit, Steel Panther (all 3) plus maybe some SOTY (certainly Black Swan) would all rank above Coup......would prob put Coup down around 40-50th ?? Still a great album.

 

That Hess solo is EXCELLENT too.

 

Not sure about Blessed by a broken heart............that would be around No 500 for the millennium :whistle:

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I'm honestly not sure how 'CDG' would stack up for me in the new millennium. Will be rating it kinda soon now. Just based on what I've rated so far, I do notice that the First Signal album is actually quite high. What I have above it at the moment so far, from the new millennium, is;

 

Cauterize - So Far From Real
Cauterize - Disguises
Cauterize - Paper Wings
Waltham - Wicked Waltham EP
Silly Fools - The One
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power
Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
White Widdow - White Widdow
Vega - What The Hell
USA!USA!USA - What's Your Name
White Widdow - Serenade
Peepshow - Brand New Breed
H.E.A.T - Address The Nation
Blind Date - Blind Date
Loverboy - Just Getting Started
Sunstorm - Emotional Fire

 

I'm always amazed by how well the First Signal album rates as in my mind it's not that amazing, but I guess when it's on the stereo, it delivers.

 

A few other gems on close to the same score which are easily just as good;

 

Toby Hitchcock - Mercury's Down
Crashdiet - Generation Wild
Destine - Illuminate
Silence - City (Nights)
Lionville - II
Wigelius - Reinventions
Hess - Living In Yesterday
Dallas - Over The Edge EP
Find Me - Wings Of Love
Yellowcard - Paper Walls
Safetysuit - These Times
Vega - Stereo Messiah
Faber Drive - Seven Second Surgery
A Change Of Pace - Prepare The Masses
Work Of Art - In Progress
Thief Club - My Heavy
Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
Trust Company - Dreaming in black & white
H.E.A.T - H.E.A.T
Raine - Peace
Loud & Clear - Disc-Connected
Frontline - Almost Unreleased

 

 

 

Some killer albums there, love the vast majority of them. Probably I only have Illuminate really near, but below Universal Will to Become that's Coup, Out Of This World, Prisoners.

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It's probably the best Melodic Rock album of the millennium. Closely followed by First Signal, perhaps.

First Signal... Lol. Come on I don't think it was even in my top 10 that year ;)

First Signal was/is awesome and was in my top 5!!!
First Signal > Coup de Grace

 

Neither are the best album of the millenium tho.

What is then? Seriously. I'm obviously missing out.

Here's a few that are WAY better than First Signal IMO. Treat wouldn't be far off this list with CDG. I could list more contenders from bands that don't quite fit the HH mould.

 

91 Suite s/t

AdrianGale - Crunch

Blanc Faces - s/t

Frontline - Against the World

Guild if Ages - Citadel

Harem Scarem - Higher

Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End

Journey - Revelation

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Pink Cream 69 - In10sity

Place Vendome - s/t

TNT - My Religion

Work of Art - Artwork

 

Not for me. Love/like all those, but not better than Treats CDG.

 

 

He also completely ignored The Magnificent.

 

Yes!

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I'm honestly not sure how 'CDG' would stack up for me in the new millennium. Will be rating it kinda soon now. Just based on what I've rated so far, I do notice that the First Signal album is actually quite high. What I have above it at the moment so far, from the new millennium, is;

 

Cauterize - So Far From Real

Cauterize - Disguises

Cauterize - Paper Wings

Waltham - Wicked Waltham EP

Silly Fools - The One

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power

Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk

White Widdow - White Widdow

Vega - What The Hell

USA!USA!USA - What's Your Name

White Widdow - Serenade

Peepshow - Brand New Breed

H.E.A.T - Address The Nation

Blind Date - Blind Date

Loverboy - Just Getting Started

Sunstorm - Emotional Fire

 

I'm always amazed by how well the First Signal album rates as in my mind it's not that amazing, but I guess when it's on the stereo, it delivers.

 

A few other gems on close to the same score which are easily just as good;

 

Toby Hitchcock - Mercury's Down

Crashdiet - Generation Wild

Destine - Illuminate

Silence - City (Nights)

Lionville - II

Wigelius - Reinventions

Hess - Living In Yesterday

Dallas - Over The Edge EP

Find Me - Wings Of Love

Yellowcard - Paper Walls

Safetysuit - These Times

Vega - Stereo Messiah

Faber Drive - Seven Second Surgery

A Change Of Pace - Prepare The Masses

Work Of Art - In Progress

Thief Club - My Heavy

Steel Panther - Feel The Steel

Trust Company - Dreaming in black & white

H.E.A.T - H.E.A.T

Raine - Peace

Loud & Clear - Disc-Connected

Frontline - Almost Unreleased

Another great list - love lots of those albums too. Finally heard that Dallas EP the other day- excellent stuff. Forgot about that Trust Company CD will have to revisit that one.

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Reporting back on this album and I just got it a little over a week ago...Yeah...I know I'm a little late on this one....Just never got around to it. It was only the new album coming out that made me think I finally needed to check it out.

 

Well...after a few spins through the album, I'm kinda lukewarm on it. There are a handful of songs I really like quite a bit and I'd classify as pretty darn awesome (Paper Tiger, Roar, Tangled Up, Heaven Can Wait, We Own the Night). However, there is also quite a bit that feels kinda generic and isn't doing much for me. I pretty much find myself just wanting to skip through listening to the songs I mentioned.

 

One thing though is that I'm sure if I had listened to this back in 2010 I'd be thinking much more of it and it probably wouldn't have sounded as generic in spots to me as it does now. I mean, there has just been a lot of good stuff that's come out since then that kinda overshadows it for me now.

 

It's definitely a quality album though and was worth checking out. I don't know what kind of number I'd throw on it....Probably an 80 or something. I'm not even sure it's fair to put a rating on it 6 years after the fact though. Heck, back in 2010 it could've been a 95 compared to what was out back then.

 

I'm pausing a bit on the new Ghost of Graceland album though as I've seen a couple comments saying it's more toward the lighter side of AOR than CDG. I'll need to give it a listen somewhere to decide on it.

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Reporting back on this album and I just got it a little over a week ago...Yeah...I know I'm a little late on this one....Just never got around to it. It was only the new album coming out that made me think I finally needed to check it out.

 

Well...after a few spins through the album, I'm kinda lukewarm on it. There are a handful of songs I really like quite a bit and I'd classify as pretty darn awesome (Paper Tiger, Roar, Tangled Up, Heaven Can Wait, We Own the Night). However, there is also quite a bit that feels kinda generic and isn't doing much for me. I pretty much find myself just wanting to skip through listening to the songs I mentioned.

 

One thing though is that I'm sure if I had listened to this back in 2010 I'd be thinking much more of it and it probably wouldn't have sounded as generic in spots to me as it does now. I mean, there has just been a lot of good stuff that's come out since then that kinda overshadows it for me now.

 

It's definitely a quality album though and was worth checking out. I don't know what kind of number I'd throw on it....Probably an 80 or something. I'm not even sure it's fair to put a rating on it 6 years after the fact though. Heck, back in 2010 it could've been a 95 compared to what was out back then.

 

I'm pausing a bit on the new Ghost of Graceland album though as I've seen a couple comments saying it's more toward the lighter side of AOR than CDG. I'll need to give it a listen somewhere to decide on it.

I agree mate, its a good album but I'll never understand the amount of praise it always seems to get, as you say a few great songs, i'd probably throw skies of Mongolia into your list personally

Btw have you ever listened to Maverick's quid quo pro album, judging from your general comments, i'd reckon its one you might like if you haven't checked it out already that is

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Check out the bonus track, "Turn the Dial."

 

Knowing your taste, you'll probably like it better than the rest of the album.

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Reporting back on this album and I just got it a little over a week ago...Yeah...I know I'm a little late on this one....Just never got around to it. It was only the new album coming out that made me think I finally needed to check it out.

 

Well...after a few spins through the album, I'm kinda lukewarm on it. There are a handful of songs I really like quite a bit and I'd classify as pretty darn awesome (Paper Tiger, Roar, Tangled Up, Heaven Can Wait, We Own the Night). However, there is also quite a bit that feels kinda generic and isn't doing much for me. I pretty much find myself just wanting to skip through listening to the songs I mentioned.

 

One thing though is that I'm sure if I had listened to this back in 2010 I'd be thinking much more of it and it probably wouldn't have sounded as generic in spots to me as it does now. I mean, there has just been a lot of good stuff that's come out since then that kinda overshadows it for me now.

 

It's definitely a quality album though and was worth checking out. I don't know what kind of number I'd throw on it....Probably an 80 or something. I'm not even sure it's fair to put a rating on it 6 years after the fact though. Heck, back in 2010 it could've been a 95 compared to what was out back then.

 

I'm pausing a bit on the new Ghost of Graceland album though as I've seen a couple comments saying it's more toward the lighter side of AOR than CDG. I'll need to give it a listen somewhere to decide on it.

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2010 was a great year in rock

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Thats because it is better than the rest of the album lol.

See, this is how I know you're crazy. You need to quit doing drugs.

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