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Jun 26, 2019
I appreciate this album more now than when I was in high school
"Don't Say No" was Billy Squier's breakout album, led by the hit single, "The Stroke." But if that's all you know about this record, you are sorely misinformed. Top to bottom, this is a classic example of "all killer, no filler." If you were paying any attention to rock music at the beginning of the 80's, half of these songs will be immediately recognized. The opening threesome, "In The Dark", "The Stroke" and "My Kinda Lover" you will know. I'm telling you, even if you don't think you know these songs...you KNOW these songs.
And they are the perfect examples of radio-friendly early 80's rock, after the Styx/REO/Foreigner wave but before the hair-band/pop metal wave (and paralleling the New Wave time-wise). Crunchy guitars, towering drums, hummable melodies, memorable lyrics...this is so much better than you remember. Heck, this is way better than what I remember!
Back when there was side one and side two, side one continued with two more uptempo tunes, but flipping this sucker over rewarded you with an all-time classic tune, one that should be on every 80's lover's iPod playlist, "Lonely Is The Night". Here you have a killer melody, stop-start tempo changes, anthemic guitars, whip-cracking drums...it's a one-song distillation of this time and genre in American music.
The acoustic flavored tunes that follow are not as mind-blowing, but the Lennon tribute, "Nobody Knows" has grown on me over the years.
Finally, the album closer and title song, for me, was an undiscovered gem. I guess I kept replaying "Lonely" back in the day, and never let the album play out. I LOVE this song for the same reasons as "Lonely"...it's got all the same dynamics...maybe a bit more "drama" in the changes between the quiet segments and the rock blowouts.
Oct 26, 2015
Yes is a band!
I purchased "The Yes Album" back in '80, my first Experience with Yes. I was very pleased, but never pursued the band any further until their '83 "90125" release. Till a few weeks ago that still was pretty much my entire knowledge and Xperience with Yes. A friend mentioned how they had really enjoyed Yes back in the day. It peeked my interest and I started looking through their catalog. I saw this five album (cd) compilation and thought for the price it was a bargain and would give me some more Xposure in which to judge Yes by. I want to qualify the following comments by first saying I really have never been a big Yes fan. "Going For The One" '77 was a very competent well put together album. Found it hard to believe that I'd never heard anything from it before. I think anyone who likes "The Yes Album" would enjoy this release. There may not be anything quite as good as "The Yes Album" material on this release, but it’s very listenable. I like it. "Tormato" '78: The fact is, the album cover on this album is probably what turned me off from Xploring more of the Yes catalog back in my college years ('80s). Not that this says anything about the music on this album, but I just detested that cover. After listening to it, I really can't say anything bad about it...maybe not up to "The Yes Album" standards, but really not bad. I forgot to mention, I recently listened to "Close To The Edge" '72...and I do see why their fan base is not as pleased with these later '70s releases, but "Tormato" does stand on its own merit. "Drama" '80: I already had a preconceived notion that I would not really care for this album due to Anderson & Wakeman not being a part of it. I'm sure there are many a Yes fan who are not happy with this album, but I was pleasantly surprised with how much harder or heavier it sounded, while still retaining the basic Yes feel. This is my favorite find of the package deal. "90125" '83: This is just an awesome album, it veers from the early '70s Yes as it is more radio hits friendly than the long three or four part songs they had become known for. "Big Generator" '87: This is similar in make up to "90125", but just not as strong. Where almost every song on '90125" got some radio play on the AOR stations..."Big Generator" really only had a couple, maybe three songs that got much rotation on the radio stations I recall listening to during its release.
I think for anyone who either knows they like Yes and just want to build their catalog or anyone who's unfamiliar and wants to find out for themselves...this is a good buy, good price for 4 good and 1 great album. Please know, that all but "Big Generator" were remastered and have bonus material back in 2003, but they will cost a little more. I actually liked what I heard so much, I'm probably going to go back and get the remastered versions with bonus material.
Aug 03, 2006
2nd installment of Black Sabbath tribute
All in all a pretty good tribute not as hard hitting as the first Nativity tribute but there are some stand out tracks.
Track 12 Iron this means war w/ Busta Rhymes is a differnt take and a really great remake of a Sabbath clasic Ozzy makes an appearence singing the chourus and the song takes off from the the first note and fires on all engines.
Track 4 MegaDeath covering Never say die this is Mega Deaths second go around and once again deliver A great cover straight down the middle and just shred on the tune.
Track 8 slayer covering Hand of Doom need I say more
The rest of the album has covers by heavy hitters Pantera,StaticX,Monster Mangnet,and the list goes on.
So if you love Sabbath and you love Metal then this might be a fun party record to add to your collection.
Peace Love And Metal up your Ass