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ARTIST: Scarborough, Christian
ALBUM: Bump In The Night
LABEL: So Bad Records
SERIAL: CD 11991
YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

LINEUP: Christian Scarborough - lead vocals, keyboards, bass * Keven O'Brien - guitars * James 'Bubba' Dixon - guitars * Bill Appleberry - keyboards, vocals * Dave Batchelor - drums, vocals

TRACK LISTING: 01 Night Songs * 02 Rock Tonight * 03 Fire * 04 Back On My Feet Again * 05 Satisfy Me * 06 Brothers * 07 Good Morning Jennifer * 08 Call Me Anytime * 09 Are You Ready * 10 Welcome To The Business * 11 Smooth

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Background
Probably a touch too late to make it into the consciousness of the hard rock public, were Virginia based melodic rockers Christian Scarborough. I assume the band is led by a bloke with the same name, but unsure whether this is a solo project for said individual, or a proper band which features his name. Image wise, they certainly look like a bunch of happy-go-lucky hair-metal types, and with a sound from the MTV era caught somewhere Honeymoon Suite and Zebra (though not as good), you'll be wondering whether there is something worth investigating here? Err, yes and no.

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The Songs
The production to me sounds very unbalanced. The vocal shout-outs cut through the mix like industrial strength cleaner, overpowering in places. I wasn't entirely convinced of the lead-vocal work either, while the musical arrangements were nothing to shout home about. Only a few songs captured my attention, but not enough to write about in any great detail, apart from the best of the bunch: 'Welcome To The Business'. Perhaps the most interesting song here is a cover of the Billy Satellite classic 'Satisfy Me', though sounding nothing like the original.

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In Summary
In pursuing some research on this album, I noticed an original CD was being offered for $350 on Ebay. To me, that's probably $349 over the true asking price for this album. Just because it's rare doesn't mean that it's any good. Buyers be warned..

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