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| 3.0 good | Fernando Alves STAFF | August 2nd 11 |
Their best record at this point. The title track is a great song but we also can find average songs here. Their best work came after.
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| 3.0 good | Antonius | February 21st 24 |
I found Power of The Night to be a solid metal album with good compositions, characterised by consistency. Despite its strong first half, it seemed to me that quality deteriorates as it progresses. Music is mainly influenced by Judas Priest with a pasionate Jon Oliva delivering some seminal vocals. Recommendaitons: "Unusual", "Power of the Night", "Hard For Love", "Fountain of Youth".
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| 2.0 poor | GamamJ | March 20th 20 |
Savatage?s first major label release is a very confused and inconsistent record. The album starts off with a great track, the title track. There are a few more if those, however there are also a few glam numbers (Hard for Love, Stuck on You) and the closing power ballad. These are just the wprdt of the weaker songs on here.
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| 3.5 great | Robbit | November 13th 17 |
POWER OF THE NIGHT was Savatage's first studio album after signing to Atlantic Records. Their earlier studio recordings with Combat records were rather raw and cavernous sounding, while POTN has a much crisp, clear and professional sounding mix by Max Norman. At this point, Max was best known for his work on Ozzy's first three solo albums. Musically, it's a more polished sounding take on the aggressive power metal style of SIRENS. The songwriting takes on a slightly more commercial trajectory, while stripping away the doom metal overtones of DUNGEONS.rOne of the main criticisms this album gets usually revolve around the creepy, sexual themes in such songs as the regrettably, cringe worthy "Hard On You", but also "Stuck On You" and "Skull Session". Like Motley Crue's SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, it's the sort of thing that shouldn't be taken too seriously if you expect to enjoy these albums. rAlthough there are many I could cite, I'd name the title track, "Unusual", "Warriors", "Necrophilia" and "Stuck On You" as my favorites. Slight flaws acknowledged and accepted, POWER OF THE NIGHT still remains in queue for my car audio system whenever a long road trip is at hand. I can still remember this era vividly and can appreciate the memories that come flooding back when I hear this album again.
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| 0.0 | AngryChristian | May 17th 15 |
A collection of typical and average metal numbers that are quite repetitive. The one redeeming factor is of course the title track. This might actually be on par with fight for the rock.
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| 3.5 great | bSmith | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | RoxSta | November 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fenix | July 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | eirinn | March 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Basina | December 31st 20 |
| 3.5 great | CalinD | December 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bobby72 | December 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | gk1979 | January 28th 19 |
| 2.5 average | batmura | January 23rd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | igi78 | November 16th 18 |
| 2.5 average | ssak | September 10th 18 |
| 2.5 average | adios | October 8th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Svetli | August 4th 17 |
| 3.0 good | DaveD | August 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Mitch | July 13th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ianman | June 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | deslad | January 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Rakkie | December 20th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samppa | December 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | manosg EMERITUS | December 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | pains | June 4th 13 |
| 3.5 great | mho | June 29th 12 |
| 2.5 average | TLX | April 17th 12 |
| 3.0 good | sodas | October 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | zacab | August 16th 11 |
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