Wild Rose - Dangerous

[Stefan]

Wild Rose releases their new opus 'Dangerous' on Feb 22nd through AOR Heaven. Featuring the new singer David A. Saylor (Push).

 

 

Tracklisting:

 

1. Alone

2. Hold On

3. I Can’t Stop Loving You

4. If You Still Love Me

5. Dream On

6. Awake

7. Tonight

8. I Won’t Forget You

9. Is This Love

10. Not A Day Goes By

[Kim_Hp]

Wow, those are some creative song titles!

[Geoff]

lol. Everything about this band (and Andy Rock) is very generic, bit i'll be damned if they're not making some damn good music in the process. Really looking forward to the new disc, and stoked it's due so soon already.

[Nightrain]

well I hope they're not trapped into LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM circle..

change the song title, change the lyric, and play the same chord

[Stefan]

[melodicrockoz]

Love the sounding of Wild Rose' s sophomore album so far

[Geoff]

I know these guys are not exactly setting the melodic rock world alight, but jeez I love this stuff. I really do. Yeah it's basic and quite safe, but just perfectly suited to my needs. I would LOVE to see these guys pick up an awesome producer to give the songs the edge they'd need to maybe give them a bit more exposure. But even as it is, I love this stuff. Can't wait for the new CD. Yeah it sounds like the debut and the Andy Rock disc, but if it ain't broke...

[Glen]

Err it was broke last time I listened. Lol. Dull, safe, non exciting. Any of the above.

[Glen]

Oh wow I just listened to those samples above. Whilst trying to stay awake, I was almost sick in my mouth.

 

Jeez what a bunch of cheesy clap trap

[Nightrain]

Don't know what's wrong with your AOR taste lately Glen cause this sounds good

[Geoff]

Don't know what's wrong with your AOR taste lately Glen cause this sounds good

 

Agreed. AOR Hater up there just hates good stuff.

[Glen]

Not at all - just waiting for some decent AOR in 2013 - not cringeworthy slush like this.

[Stefan]

[Geoff]

Haha, more super wimpy lyrics, but it's just great melodic rock. Love it.

[Jez]

Not a bad tune at all. I am seriously hoping that the rest of the album will be strong, as the last album was bog average and quite disappointing.

[melodicrockoz]

IMHO this Wild Rose album could well be one of the albums of the year for many a folk who'd give it a fair listening.

[AlphaMale]

Not bad.

[Nightrain]

One thing that's obvious if you listen to this album is they sure know how to make a great and lovely songs but the amateurish rhythm section definitely could kill the appetite. Tracks like 'Alone', 'I Can't Stop Loving You', 'Dream On', 'I Won't Forget You', or 'Not A Day Goes By' are greatly crafted AOR tracks, and perhaps only 'Awake' which I think is a bit dull for a ballad, but sometimes you hear a sloppy drum fill or a very average solo guitar, luckily the vocal is quite okay.

 

Production is very nice and since I like most of the songs here, I must give credits to the songs though replay value is dragged down because it's a bit samey and probably better if you can spin it once in a while because it wasn't varied much. Based on two spins, this is rated quite high for me, but to see if the songs holds, probably will see how it goes after 5-6 more months.

 

85%

[Glen]

You guys are forcing me to listen to this but I have a feeling I'm going to regret it lol.

[Geoff]

I love it, to ne honest. For me, it's the 3rd best album of the year so far, which is not saying much. A; beacuse it's only March and B; only WET and Vega so far have been anything to get too excited about. I think 85% will be a fair score for this. I've given it an initial 89% but won't be surprised to see it drop a little.

 

Totally agree about the drum fills and guitar, and even the keys are very basic too. And the lyrics. No doubt it's all basic stuff for sure, but it's just done so well. One thing, though, is that the production really isn't bad at all. Played it back to back with WET and was surprised that this didn't sound too weak afterwards. Yeah it sounded weaker, but yeah, not too bad. It's just good, harmless, nice stuff.

[Rockposer]

I really like it, makes a change from the samey sounding Frontiers releases (Pretty Maids not included)

[Stefan]

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXXIHXB0rt0

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaTzvc510M

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld9RhkbH_w

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Ajc7fwI84

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws5cy90_b3M

[Nightrain]

Still love it! Been pushed down after a string of better releases, but holding strong in my top 20

[Kim_Hp]

I respect what these guys are trying to do, and the new singer has a good AOR voice, but doing the same song 10 times over encompassing every tired cliche of the genre at every turn just doesn't cut it for me. More variety and improved lyrics is what this band needs.

[Geoff]

I know I shouldn't but I still love it too. One of the most listenable albums of the year, still, to me. It is so safe... but so good too.