Top 5 CDs in your stereo!

[TIM (2)]

BONFIRE - Fireworks

BONFIRE - Point Blank

BONFIRE - Knock Out

BONFIRE - Free

BONFIRE - Strike X

 

After the thread on Bonfire v Frontline I thought I'd dig out some of Bonfire's catalogue, which is truly the most hit & miss of any band ever.  2 classics, 1 that's ok ("Strike X") & 2 that are complete & total garbage.

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Wow Tim (2), you think 'Knock out' is garbage? is my presumption correct? I'm quite fond of that disc... worth it alone for 'Take my heart and run'.

 

Top 5 that have recently gone through my stereo would be:

 

Friction - 'Baby Talk'

White Eagle - 'Bustin Ass'

Vice - 'Hot... just lookin' at ya'

Frontline - 'Circles' (advance)

Bashful - 'Down for the count'

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Hey Geoff,

Yeah I hate "Knock Out". Mostly because it came off the back of 2 such immense albums that it is just so incredibly far short of them. If it was their debut CD I probably wouldnt have minded it so much. The first tune is ok, so are 1 or 2 towards the end, & "Rivers of Glory" is utterly haunting, but otherwise...

[Geoff]

Hmmm, just a quick check I was doing for myself which I thought I may as well post here... just because our tastes are usually pretty similar... but here are my thoughts on the disc:

 

1. Streets of Freedom - terrible opener and a shame to get started on such a filler.

2. The Stroke - just disgusting. Awful stuff.

3. Dirty Love - mundane, but a decent hard rocker. Not a good song by any means, but enjoyable enough.

4. Rivers of Glory - very nice ballad, as we agree upon.

5. Home Babe - Again, pretty mundane but a good commercial rocker. I really actually like this one. Musically great and a cool vibe.

6. Shake Down - average hard rock.

7. Hold You - great anthem-type hard rocker. Like this one a lot... huge hook in the pre-chorus bridge. Love it.

8. Down and Out - awesome hard rocker and one of my faves off the album. Gotta like this one surely?

9. Take My Heart and Run - One of my favourite Bonfire songs ever and easily on par with almost anything off 'Fireworks' or 'Point Blank'. One of my favourite songs of all time... was on every compilation I ever made for YEARS!

10. All We Got - again, very mundane but has a moment or 2. Not great.

11. Fight For Love - Another album highlight. Really dig this song a lot. Beautiful commercial mid-tempo tune.

12. Tonmeister - awful stuff. Should've never been recorded or put on this disc.

 

So there you go, my overall thoughts on the disc. Sorry to go off-topic, but I'm surprised you think it's THAT bad. A letdown, yes, but as an album alone not TOO bad, I don't think.

[TIM (2)]

Hmmm, just a quick check I was doing for myself which I thought I may as well post here... just because our tastes are usually pretty similar... but here are my thoughts on the disc:

 

1.  Streets of Freedom - terrible opener and a shame to get started on such a filler.

2.  The Stroke - just disgusting. Awful stuff.

3.  Dirty Love - mundane, but a decent hard rocker. Not a good song by any means, but enjoyable enough.

4.  Rivers of Glory - very nice ballad, as we agree upon.

5.  Home Babe - Again, pretty mundane but a good commercial rocker. I really actually like this one. Musically great and a cool vibe.

6.  Shake Down - average hard rock.

7.  Hold You - great anthem-type hard rocker. Like this one a lot... huge hook in the pre-chorus bridge. Love it.

8.  Down and Out - awesome hard rocker and one of my faves off the album. Gotta like this one surely?

9.  Take My Heart and Run - One of my favourite Bonfire songs ever and easily on par with almost anything off 'Fireworks' or 'Point Blank'. One of my favourite songs of all time... was on every compilation I ever made for YEARS!

10.  All We Got - again, very mundane but has a moment or 2. Not great.

11.  Fight For Love - Another album highlight. Really dig this song a lot. Beautiful commercial mid-tempo tune.

12.  Tonmeister - awful stuff. Should've never been recorded or put on this disc.

 

So there you go, my overall thoughts on the disc. Sorry to go off-topic, but I'm surprised you think it's THAT bad. A letdown, yes, but as an album alone not TOO bad, I don't think.

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I've just played it through again & I do pretty much favour the tunes you've mentioned. I like tracks: 1,4,5,7,9,11 - the same as you do - but just not as much as you. "Take My Heart.." & "Home Babe" being my highlights, but even then they are not as good as the weakest track from "Fireworks" IMO. If you play either alongside tunes like: "Sweet Obsession", "American Nights", "Say Goodbye", "Know Right Now" etc etc from the 2 albums previous they just can't compete. If I was producing a BONFIRE "Best Of" (another thread maybe?) then only "Rivers of Glory" would be on it - IMHO of course.

 

To get back on-thread:-

 

CHICAGO - XXX

ANDERSON/LAINE/READMAN - III (Some great tunes on this)

PLATITUDE - Silence Speaks

JORN - The Duke

SABU - Heartbreak

[Nick C]

The Hunt - s/t

The Hunt - Thrill of the Kill

The Hunt - Back On the Hunt

Vision Fields - Icesail

Crank County Daredevils - Kings of Sleaze

[Jez]

Starcastle - Real To Reel

Alexa - S/T

David Gilmour - On An Island

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets (Deluxe Version)

Stampede - Hurricane Town

 

(and of course New England - s/t & Toto - Falling In Between)

[Bubbasmama]

Swingin' Thing ~ Keep On Swingin'

Jesse Strange ~ Looking For Some Strange

 

Just the two.......keep playing them over and over. GREAT in ya face rock!!!

[aMetalhead1966]

Crash Diet -Rest in Sleaze

Tommy Bolin-Private Eyes

Crystal Pistol-S/T :

Loudness-Rockshocks

Helix-Walking the razors edge!!

[Blue Charvel]

Hardcore Superstar - s/t

Wig Wam - Wigwamania

Jesse Strange - Looking For Some Strange

Gary Numan - Jagged

Saints and Sinners - s/t

[Doksdad]

Wig Wam~ Wigwamania

Sweat Cheater~ Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'

Queensryche~ Operation Mindcrime II

Blanc Faces~ S/T (yes, still think this is the best of 2005)

Frontline~ Circles

and an honorable mention to Zillion.

[swriter]

this weeks main five are

Blanc Faces

Shadowman-DAngles

Diving for Pearls

Over the Edge-Mickey Thomas

Stage Dolls-Get a Life

and throw in Stan Bush-Shine and FM's Tough it out

[speed demon]

So many to choose from! Here goes,

 

1)Danger Danger (cockroach)

 

2)xyz (hungry)

 

3)lillian axe (love and war)

 

4)victory (temples of gold)

 

5)china (s/t)

 

[Jez]

Top 5 at the mo.

 

Benedictum - Uncreation

Cannata - Mysterium Magnum

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime II

Wig Wam - Wigwamania

Toto - IV

[swriter]

this weeks top 5 are

Chicago 30

TNT--Intuition

Petra--BBelief

Blanc Faces

Stage Dools-Get a Life

[aMetalhead1966]

Bump...

 

As of late..

 

Mogg/Way-Chocolate Box

Testament-T F O D

Benedictum-Seasons of Tragedy

Steel Prophet-Beware

Edwin Dare-Can't Break Me

[TIM (2)]

My Playlist is:

 

1. TESTAMENT - The Formation of Damnation

2. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY - Inflikted

3. BROTHER FIRETRIBE - Heart Full of Fire

4. JON OLIVAS PAIN - Global Warning

5. IN FLAMES - A Sense of Purpose

[London]

Slash's Snakepit-Aint Life Grand

LA Guns-Tales From The Strip

Buckcherry-15

Thin Lizzy-One Night Only

Beautiful Creatures-S/T

[Jez]

At the mo::

 

Asia - Phoenix

Rocket Scientists - Looking Backward (Box Set)

Khymera - The Greatest Wonder

[SamboraRocks86]

right now:

 

Alice In Chains - Greatest Hits

LA Guns - Cocked and Loaded

Steelheart - Tangled In Reins

Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Message - Lessons

[LV KIX]

A thread back from the dead...

 

In Order:

 

1.) DORO - "Warrior Soul"

2.) FATAL SMILE - "World Domination"

3.) AUTOGRAPH - "Sign In Please"

4.) LILLIAN AXE - "Water Rising"

5.) SCARZ WITHIN - "Nothing Sacred II (The 7)"

[heaven&hell]

Slash's Snakepit-Aint Life Grand

LA Guns-Tales From The Strip

Buckcherry-15

Beautiful Creatures-S/T

 

Those right there are some Sleaze classics.

[London]

Slash's Snakepit-Aint Life Grand

LA Guns-Tales From The Strip

Buckcherry-15

Beautiful Creatures-S/T

 

Those right there are some Sleaze classics.

 

I appreciate that H&H.

[Geoff]

I have about 40 new CDs to listen to, plus about 200 recent purchases I've only spun once but I guess if I had to pick the current regular spins they'd be:

 

Story of the Year - 'The black swan'

Seven Wiser - 'Stronger'

Simple Plan - s/t

Brother Firetribe - 'Wildest dreams'

 

... I don't really have a fourth I've spun enough times.

[VinceNeilfan]

Fight- A Small Deadly Space

James Blunt-Back to Bedlam

Noisy Mama- Everybody has one.

Bar 7- The world is a freak

White Lion- Return of the Pride

 

[Metal T]

Halford -Resurrection

TT Quick -Metal Of Honor/Live

Ratt -Ep through Detonator

Joe Stump -Night Of The Living Shred

Krokus -everything

XYZ -everything

Dokken -Back For The Attack etc.

W.A.S.P. -The Headless Children,S/T

Accept -every single one...

Exodus -BBB

VH -all Roth-Era

Sweet F.A. -Stick To Your Guns

GnR -Appetite

DIO -Killing The Dragon

 

 

can't do five....these have been mainstays,and probably always will be.

[Nick C]

At the moment:-

 

Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Catnip Dynamite

Moon Safari - Blomljud

Moon Safari - A Doorway to Summer

Counting Crows - Saturday Nights, Sunday Mornings.

Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth