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The second in a string of lackluster major-label releases for Raven, The Pack Is Back continued the band's mid-'80s streak of more-produced and less-interesting commercial rock offerings. While more coherent and less clichéd than 1985's Stay Hard, this post-Def Leppard attempt at crossing over from the ranks of underground to commercial metal heroes was no less a failure. Simplified, mid-tempo anthems dominate this record's track list, as Raven dishes out dumbed-down gang vocal choruses that want to be anthemic but lack the character and songwriting instincts inherent in the work of more successful hair metal acts, like Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. The clunky Spencer Davis Group cover, "Gimme Some Lovin'," is just one example of how out of touch Raven had become with their core audience, who felt a much greater allegiance to the group's New Wave of British Heavy Metal roots than any quasi-pop trickery and of-the-moment sonic packaging. By the time The Pack Is Back was released in 1986, Raven's best work was well behind them, and pop-metal washouts like this one are simply afterthoughts when compared to the band's strong early career work. ~ Vincent Jeffries
Raven (UK Band): John Ryan Gallagher, Mark Gallagher. Raven Pack Is Back Songs | 1. | Pack Is Back, The |
| 2. | Gimme Some Lovin' |
| 3. | Screamin' Down the House |
| 4. | Young Blood |
| 5. | Hyperactive |
| 6. | Rock Dogs |
| 7. | Don't Let It Die |
| 8. | Get into Your Car |
| 9. | All I Want |
| 10. | Nightmare Ride |
| 11. | How Did You Get So Crazy |
| 12. | Seen It on the T.V. |
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Pack Is Back Music Review Purchase Pack Is Back CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Raven Stay Hard CD (1985) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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| | Raven Life's A Bitch CD (1987) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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| | Axe Nemesis CD (1983)
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An electrifying stew of hard rock, biker rock, Southern rock, and keyboard rock (we're talking 1983 after all), Nemesis may easily be Axe's defining statement: The band wants nothing more than airwave domination and to come into your town to help you party down. Ripped opener "Heat in the Street" bears a similar title to "Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets," Axe's biggest-ever hit from their previous offering, Offering (the CD reissue erroneously christens the song "Heat in the Night" but all that matters is Nemesis made it to disc), yet despite the obvious leitmotif, nothing can touch this red-hot, hard luck, fugitive tale which takes every right turn while crashing and burning in a league with the immortal Motörhead; Axe is always geared for the radio, though, throwing in keys and vocoder for a walloping slab of two-ton American rock. "Eagle Flies Alone" soars skyward as endearingly as fellow knuckle-head Sammy Hagar's "Eagles Fly," only ...
| | Exciter Heavy Metal Maniac CD (1983)
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| | Exciter O.T.T. CD (1988)
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| | Keel Lay Down The Law CD (1984) Reissue
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| | Celtic Mystique: Women Of Song CD (2002)
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Celtic music covers a very wide range. No longer does it just mean the traditional music of the Celtic region, but a host of sounds influenced -- to a greater or lesser degree -- by Celtic music. This compilation does have a few traditional pieces, but the vast majority are self-composed by the artists, whose musical tastes tend to fall on the lyrical, romantic edge of new age. Jennifer Parsignault's "Prayer for St. Symin," for example, is breathy vocals over lush synthesizer chords, a lullaby of sorts, while ...
| | Dan The Automator Wanna Buy A Monkey?: A Mixtape Session CD (2002)
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This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Dan The Automator.
With all his high-profile alliances, producer/turntablist Dan Nakamura could just as well be known as Dan The Collaborator. Since garnering attention for his distinctive prouction on oddball hip-hop mystic Kool Keith's 1996 release under his Dr. Octagon pseudonym, he's joined in league with everyone from Prince Paul and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien to Damon Albarn and Mike Patten in heralded projects landing all over the musical map such as Deltron 3030, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lovage and the platinum-selling Gorillaz. Hence, it's rather surprising his own name has graced but one barely noticed EP before 2002's mix CD WANNA BUY A MONKEY?
That the CD takes its name from the sole line uttered by David Letterman in obscure Chris Elliott vehicle CABIN BOY, driven home by Barry White (among others) in a more memorable Oscars sketch, speaks to Dan's ear ...
| | Heavy Metal Head-Bangin' Hits CD (2003)
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As the liner notes point out, the intensity of hammering hair metal cannot be understated, nor can it be denied on Heavy Metal Head-Bangin' Hits. This collection nails all the high points and ignores the Bic ballads that give hair a bad name. Winger's "Seventeen" kick-starts the festivities with twists, bumps, grinds, and one of the coolest bridges in history, thanks to the stupendous axercising of Reb Beach and the huffing and puffing ...
| | Paradise Lost Draconian Times CD (1995) Bonus Tracks
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All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh except "Yearn For Change" (Gregor MacKintosh/Nick Holmes/Steve Edmondson/Lee Morris) and "I See Your Face" (Gregor MacKintosh/Nick Holmes/Aaron Aedy).
"Forever Failure" includes a sample of Charles Manson's voice from the British television documentary "Charles Manson - The Man Who Killed The Sixties."
DRACONIAN TIMES was released in Europe in June 1995, and in the U.S. in January 1996.
Paradise Lost's Draconian Times falls between stark, oppressive goth rock and crunching heavy metal. It's a bit more experimental than their earlier efforts, as it displays subtle industrial influences -- there's the occasional barrage of samples -- as well as more keyboards and a chorus, perhaps appropriately dubbed the "Dead Boys Choir." Draconian Times is intentionally unwelcoming music, but those who want to dwell deep inside ...
| | Very Best Saxon Album Ever CD (2002) Import
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| | Mago De Oz CD (2002) (Import) Argentina
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| | Scorpions Tokyo Tapes CD (1978) Remastered
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If you played in a hard rock band during the '70s, what were you likely to be doing circa 1978? Why, recording a live album, of course. Preferably a double vinyl set, and in Japan to boot. The Scorpions were no exception, and in fact, their Tokyo Tapes were captured only days after Cheap Trick's At Budokan in April 1978. Though hardly as inspired or successful, the Tokyo Tapes set still serves as an ideal greatest-hits collection of the Scorpions' first decade. This recording also showcases the spectacular playing (and occasionally, the dreadful singing) of guitarist Uli Jon Roth, who would soon leave the band for a misguided solo career, but displays some jaw-dropping technique here, most notably on the epic "We'll Burn the Sky." The rest of the band also puts in competent performances on such early standards as "In Trance," "Fly to the Rainbow," and "Speedy's Coming." The material on disc one is consistently strong, and though a number of pointless covers ("Houng Dog," "Long Tall Sally") and that most dreaded concert spectacle -- the drum solo -- break the flow on disc two, the band still closes strong with the crowd-pleasing Japanese folk song "Kojo No Tsuki" and frenetic versions of "Dark Lady" and "Robot Man." Ultimately, if you have any curiosity about the Scorpions' early material, Tokyo Tapes provides the perfect introduction. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
If you played in a hard rock band during the '70s, what were you likely to be doing circa 1978? Why, recording a live album, of course. Preferably a double vinyl set, and in Japan to boot. The Scorpions were no exception, and in fact, their Tokyo Tapes were captured only days after Cheap Trick's At Budokan in April 1978. Though hardly as inspired or successful, the Tokyo Tapes set still serves as an ideal greatest-hits collection of the Scorpions' first decade. This recording also showcases the spectacular playing (and occasionally, the dreadful singing) of guitarist Uli Jon Roth, who would soon leave the band for a misguided solo career, but displays some jaw-dropping technique here, most notably on the epic "We'll Burn the Sky." The rest of the band also puts in competent performances on such early standards as "In Trance," "Fly to the Rainbow," and "Speedy's Coming." The material ...
| | Young Jeezy Can't Ban The Snowman CD (2006)
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| | Spirit Lounge CD (2009)
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