Album Rating: 3.0
back in the day this was known as studio hack music. nothing too special about it. nothing sexy, exciting, special, or daring. not much emotion or anything artistic or thought provoking. fairly generic AOR for its times. i tend to agree. it "sounds" great, but so what?
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Album Rating: 3.0
the band also sucked live. this is where bands prove themselves. live music. and this band sucked!
proof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSrZjSoRj4
really. how could anyone tolerate this drivel after paying to hear it? ugh. as faceless a band as their ever was. no soul, no character, generic as it comes.
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Album Rating: 4.5
ok
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No emotion on the album? Lol ok
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Album Rating: 3.0
they put out three albums in ten years and two of 'em sucked. and the first has not held up well and is generic studio rock in the worst way. really. i understand it was all Tom Shultz and he has some talent. but come now...
band gave birth to crap like Toto and the likes. no thanks
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Album Rating: 4.5
Dunno about you guys, I'm convinced
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Album Rating: 3.0
I suppose you also hate styx
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Album Rating: 4.5
"This album blows harder then a mighty hurricaine wind. Full of overblown synthsizer work, boring guitar drivel, Queen inspired faux chior vocals, and silly pretentious pap such as the overwrought "Superstars", dumb cautionary tale "Miss America", the preachy "Fooling Yourself", corny "Man In The Wilderness", and of course the bloated, grandiose title cut, this kind of crap is like the heavy straw that would break the back of rock n roll. 100% awful."
Looks like he does.
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how can someone listen to this and say they have no passion or emotion. The guitars literally ONLY rely on emotive playing for the most part. For sure trollin, though.
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Album Rating: 4.5
forum users are weird people
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Album Rating: 4.5
If anything they sounded too much like the record live . That YouTube video is poorly balanced and doesn't really represent the band live. They might not have been the best live band, but they were far from the worst.
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Album Rating: 5.0
"forum users are weird people"
I stopped caring about other people's opinions years ago, especially when it comes to music. If an album sounds good to me, it is good, end of story.
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Album Rating: 4.0
"back in the day this was known as studio hack music. nothing too special about it. nothing sexy, exciting, special, or daring. not much emotion or anything artistic or thought provoking. fairly generic AOR for its times. i tend to agree. it "sounds" great, but so what?"
Lol! If you want sexy, exciting and daring, go watch someone bungie jumping nude. If you want great rock/pop songwriting, listen to this album.
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Album Rating: 5.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1c0Bx_StvE
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Album Rating: 4.0
Tom Sholz is one of my favourite human beings.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is still one of the most successful debut albums in music history
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah, not only critically, but financially as well. At the time of its release, it quickly became the most profitable rock album until it was surpassed by "appetite for destruction".
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Album Rating: 3.0
ok you bunch of bozo's have convinced me. i have changed my rating. it is a good album and yes...for a debut album quite remarkable. and i can't blame the band for giving rise to the the worse kind of corporate rock imaginable. i will blame the record companies for that
some good songs here with good energy, melodies, and spirit i enjoy. Tom is to be respected. remarkable what he did from his home and basement
overall i still find it somewhat thin after repeated listening. but i cannot deny Foreplay into A Long Time...Rock n Roll Band and Smokin.' these are good songs and recordings
the band did kinda blow live. but given the times and sound of the record it was a challenge to reproduce on stage, definitely. and this at a time when fans thought sounding like the record was great! but as we know now sounding like the record is shit. you gotta sound live. like The Who and others that came before
good recording, guys. however what came after from the band not so much imho. i am out
oh, but styx still sucks =]
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Album Rating: 5.0
If the rest of the guys are a bunch of bozo's, imagine what a bozo you must be for letting them influence you to the point of changing your rating. You don't have to like an album just because of the appeal.
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Album Rating: 5.0
shit fuck yeah, album rules. it's been such a lonnnng time....
RIP Delp
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