Shadow King

[Leykis101]

What was your overall take on this disc, I always found it bland as a kid, pulled it out today and spun the whole thing, maybe it's cause im old but i like it now

[heavyharmonies]

Heck yeah. Lou Gramm, what's not to love? I listened to this album a lot back in the day.

[Darkstone]

There are too many superlatives to describe this album for me.

Absolute perfection. Lou Gramm and Vivian Campbell in a "Foreigner" goes Hard Rock Supergroup. This album is right up there with the greats.

I got this one when it first came out and still listen to the tracks today.

[auslander]

I'm a fan. I only got it a few years ago but have played it a fair bit. Lou Gramm is a great singer.

[The Rocker]

Has always been a great album for me.

[Dead Planet]

Love it and consider it another Foreigner release....it gets a regular spin from me as it is as good as any of the first 4 Foreigner albums IMO...

[Tabe]

I remember hearing it about it somewhat by accident back when it came out.  I was in the car and the radio DJ mentioned it offhand or something.  I immediately stopped what I was doing and detoured to the local Harmony House record store and bought the CD.  It's been a favorite ever since.  LOVE this album.  It's a terrible shame that the tour fell apart and they only performed what?  Twice?  And that there was no second album.  It still rocks today just as much as it did 30 years ago.

[AlphaMale]

I remember being very underwhelmed with it when it came out. Don't think I've ever given it another spin.

[lettard]

Have loved in since its release,brilliant album,so may great tunes...as pointed out its like Foreigner but with an edge.

[DorrianWolf]

Dig it. Especially Once upon a time,Don't even know I'm alive and This heart of stone sound as good as anything on Head games or Double vision,or even Long hard look.

[lettard]

They did this tune also for the Highlander II movie..but it gets put up as a Lou Gramm solo tune most of the time...but it is Shadowking

 

Edited August 2, 2021 by lettard

[DorrianWolf]

9 minutes ago, lettard said:

They did this tune also for the Highlander II movie..but it gets put up as a Lou Gramm solo tune most of the time...but it is Shadowking

 

Wow. That's an awesome tune!!!! Should have been on the album. heard it for the first time,love it.

[AlphaMale]

17 minutes ago, DorrianWolf said:

Wow. That's an awesome tune!!!! Should have been on the album. heard it for the first time,love it.

Agree. That tune kicks butt.

[lettard]

1 hour ago, DorrianWolf said:

Wow. That's an awesome tune!!!! Should have been on the album. 

Agreed, it wasn't even on the Rock Candy remastered release from 2018,maybe it'll make it on future versions? we can hope can't we  

[Doggy]

When Leppard came down to Australia to promote " Vault " they played an unplugged  at all capital cities. I won a contest to attend, I gave a CD cover of Shadow King to Viv to sign, he was surprised someone in Australia had a copy of album.

[Leykis101]

6 hours ago, lettard said:

They did this tune also for the Highlander II movie..but it gets put up as a Lou Gramm solo tune most of the time...but it is Shadowking

 

thats a good song, see I think I like that more then most of the songs on the album, why the fuck wouldnt they put this on the reissue?

[heavyharmonies]

7 hours ago, Leykis101 said:

thats a good song, see I think I like that more then most of the songs on the album, why the fuck wouldnt they put this on the reissue?

Since it's from a movie soundtrack, my guess is they either couldn't get the rights to it or the price was ludicrously high.

[PeterS]

One of my favourite albums. Absolutely love it. 

[Geoff]

I remember getting it for $2, I think it was, and for that it kind of had that placing in my head - like something cheap and not worthy of getting overly excited. But, every time I put this one in the record player I was constantly reminded how good it is. 

[heavyharmonies]

Oh yeah, this album was in cutout bins here in the U.S. for years and years. This, the Blue Tears S/T and a host of other early 1990s releases were in $1-$5 bins in retail stores all over the place. I remember spending hours going through the bins at Best Buy, Circuit City, Sam Goody, etc. What was fun was finding Japanese imports for less than the insane $30-$50 they went for at the time.

[Leykis101]

11 hours ago, heavyharmonies said:

Oh yeah, this album was in cutout bins here in the U.S. for years and years. This, the Blue Tears S/T and a host of other early 1990s releases were in $1-$5 bins in retail stores all over the place. I remember spending hours going through the bins at Best Buy, Circuit City, Sam Goody, etc. What was fun was finding Japanese imports for less than the insane $30-$50 they went for at the time.

In 1992 I was in 7th grade, and I could only get CD's when I had the opportunity, I looked for Blue Tears all over Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, every store, every mall, I found 1 tape, and for years that would be the only one I could find, then when I moved to Utah, I ran into a dude that traded me for Hurricane - Take What You Want EP, Blue Tears is one of my all time fav albums, so regardless how rare Hurricane was back then, it's value to me wasnt as important as how much I loved blue tears

[auslander]

4 minutes ago, Leykis101 said:

In 1992 I was in 7th grade, and I could only get CD's when I had the opportunity, I looked for Blue Tears all over Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, every store, every mall, I found 1 tape, and for years that would be the only one I could find, then when I moved to Utah, I ran into a dude that traded me for Hurricane - Take What You Want EP, Blue Tears is one of my all time fav albums, so regardless how rare Hurricane was back then, it's value to me wasnt as important as how much I loved blue tears

Blue Tears are underrated. I feel their sound is a little like heartland rock turned up to 11. Well, that's what they sound like to me. I won't be getting rid of that cd.

[Leykis101]

7 minutes ago, auslander said:

Blue Tears are underrated. I feel their sound is a little like heartland rock turned up to 11. Well, that's what they sound like to me. I won't be getting rid of that cd.

its what made me become interested in audio engineering, it was the coolest sound