Stefan Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 New album out July 15th. https://www.facebook.com/Loverboy Tracklist: Fire Me Up Counting the Nights Ain't Such A Bad Thing Come Undone Slave What Makes You So Special War Bride Doin' It The Hardway You Play The Star Crack Of The Whip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Excellent (but not the CD cover) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 These guys are great, that album from a few years back that I can't recall the name of was magic. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Not fussed about what the cd cover looks like....i just want it to be better then 'just getting started'....which was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV KIX Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 These guys are great, that album from a few years back that I can't recall the name of was magic. :-) If you are talking about "Just Getting Started" I couldn't agree with you more. I have 2 copies of that one... One stays in my car all the time. It's a great driving CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yep that's the one...couldn't think of the album name. That album was incredible IMO, played the heck out of it when it came out and it still gets a go every now and then at my place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I'm all over this one like flies on a rib-roast. Love me some Loverboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Production on the lead single sound pretty ropey. Style of the song is very similar to just gettin started but it sounds more like a demo to me. Pity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 The song is excellent. Hopefully it will sound better when we have it blaring out of the stereo..those tinny drums are worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Those who don't know where to find the new song: http://kool.cbslocal.com/2014/06/19/loverboy-still-working-for-the-weekend/ As for the sound / production... Don't get me started on this subject or I'll be dropping four-letter words all day. Paul Dean mentioned in a recent article the band basically lived at Little Mountain Sound Studio in Vancouver for six straight months during the recording of their debut, but now he records everything on his laptop and that it's "Much better." Bullshit it is! That Les Paul sounds dead on this tune, drums are weak, backing vocals are lacking, etc. Don't get me wrong, I dig the vibe, but the production sucks dikks. So typical of of today's recordings. I have 8-Track tapes that sound better than much of the stuff released now-a-days. Listen to a Steely Dan album on the TURNTABLE if you want to know how things should and could sound. Effing iPod generation pisses me off to no end. But I'm still looking forward to new Loverboy material, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacharyamelie Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Wow! That track sounds like shit. Frontiers should sign these guys and save the Loverboy name. I loved 'Just Getting Started' but now I'm thinking they should have called it 'Just About To End' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Little Pony KarpetRydOFunk Posted June 20, 2014 My Little Pony Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 That can't be the final product. Can it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 That can't be the final product. Can it? There's no backing vocals... no guitar fills, no bombastic keyboards... **** me I hope this is not the finished product. I swear to God if you gave me a 4-track system from the 80's and let me have all (5) guys in the room at the same time I could make them sound better than this. You CANNOT capture great sonics when recording, mixing, producing and editing on a Samsung Galaxy. Leave that shit for text messaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Listen to the whole album: http://www.amazon.com/Loverboy/e/B000AQ15IA/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 As for the sound / production... Don't get me started on this subject or I'll be dropping four-letter words all day. Yeah, same here. The sound is awful which is too bad since the songs are otherwise good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Wow. This sounds even worse than I was expecting. I get that these are demos as the title suggests, but they'd have a good album here if they'd actually "finished" them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Doods, I'm going to have to go against the grain here and say I don't mind the sound quality at all. I've heard many worse finished products. Yeah, these aren't fully polished, but they sound good to me. The thing that automatically kills a song for me, production-wise, is when the drums sound piss weak, which they don't hear. And it's all held together pretty well, imo. Unfortunately, it's not all good news, though. The sound quality is fine, but I'm not really sold on the songs for the most part. A few okay ones, but I can see why they're leftovers of sorts. I'll spin it more, but first spin left me a little unimpressed with the tunes on offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieZ Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 This isn't better than 'Just Getting Started' but at least there's something new coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gener8tr Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Damn, Loverboy had an opportunity here, too... or did they? "Just Getting Started" was AWESOME, and nobody outside this forum bought it. Those of us from the 80's who are now in our 40's... times they have-a changed, my friends. Journey hasn't released more than a few decent tracks in 15 years... and have a replacement lead vocalist... and put 16,000 asses in the seats the other night when I saw them here outside Portland, Oregon... and they were fantastic as per ususal! Full-length albums are DEAD outside our little niche. Glad I grew-up when I did... they cannot take away my memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I agree here with Geoff on the sound quality of this. I was expecting the worst after hearing a few sound bytes and some comments, but when I fired this up on the stereo, the production, although a little raw and unpolished on a couple of tracks ( 'Ain't Such A bad Thing' suffers from crackles throughout, albeit being a good tune) it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of this at all and the rest sound pretty damned fine for the most part. There are some really very good songs on here and it is really cool to hear some of these old 'Outtakes' from various sessions, especially noteable are 'Fire Me Up', 'Countin' The Nights' (cracking track) ''Come Undone', 'War Bride' (obviously a very early Loverboy track, but very cool to my ears) and the excellent two closers ''You Play The Star' and 'Crack Of The Whip'.which sound like sessions from the debut album. So far from the disaster I was half expecting and a very very enjoyable disc over all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Planet Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I agree here with Geoff on the sound quality of this. I was expecting the worst after hearing a few sound bytes and some comments, but when I fired this up on the stereo, the production, although a little raw and unpolished on a couple of tracks ( 'Ain't Such A bad Thing' suffers from crackles throughout, albeit being a good tune) it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of this at all and the rest sound pretty damned fine for the most part. There are some really very good songs on here and it is really cool to hear some of these old 'Outtakes' from various sessions, especially noteable are 'Fire Me Up', 'Countin' The Nights' (cracking track) ''Come Undone', 'War Bride' (obviously a very early Loverboy track, but very cool to my ears) and the excellent two closers ''You Play The Star' and 'Crack Of The Whip'.which sound like sessions from the debut album. So far from the disaster I was half expecting and a very very enjoyable disc over all. Agreed...I will pick this one up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Only one spin so far and I too don't see a big problem with the production and sound quality...I've heard a lot worse than this. Backing vocals are needed in places but the songs are mostly pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Well looks like I'll have to update my Loverboy collection after words from Jez while last visiting and after all the positive remarks here. I lost track after Wildside so I guess I'll get the last two releases at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Been playing this one a bit and I really am enjoying the album. Some excellent tunes on here all with that distinctive Loverboy style. I can't imagine too many fans of the band will be disappointed though going off earlier comments maybe I am wrong. Not up to the standard of 'Just Getting Started" but regardless I think it's a worthwhile release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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