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10cc - 1995 Mirror Mirror
 | | 10cc were as innovative as they were catchy, exploring the potential of pop beyond the superficial and turning their effervescent song craft into pure musical art. Fast forward to 1995 and 'Mirror Mirror' hit the CD bins with what appeared to be very little if any promotion and a whole lot of public apathy. |
AC/DC - 1995 Ballbreaker
 | | This was the first album from the band since 1990's 'The Razor's Edge'. Not the bands best as a whole, but still well up there. All the same it was a good comeback from the band and totally at odds with the miserable mid 90's. |
Anthrax - 1995 Stomp 442
 | | 'Stomp 442' therefore sounded like an entirely different band, with little traces to the past. It was produced by industrial guru's The Butcher Brothers, who gave it such an atmosphere. There was no thrash whatsoever, Anthrax now taking the Metallica and Megadeth route. |
Artica - 1995 As It Should Be
 | | One of the 'finds' of 1995 were this five piece Californian band called Artica. These guys had all the hallmarks of an archetypal melodic rock band, with a sound somewhere between Journey and Survivor. No kidding. Now, I've seen people rave on about new artists/acts who sound like a cross between the two aforementioned bands, and from where I sat, they sounded nothing of the sort, until Artica turned up that is. |
Bacon, Max - 1995 Higher You Climb
 | | This album is Max Bacon's debut solo album, even though he's been in the biz for years. Better known for his stints with Nightwing, the supergroup GTR, plus working on the Phenomena project and alongside Mike Oldfield, Bacon has a unique vocal talent, combining melodic power and passion. |
Brazen Abbot - 1995 Live And Learn
 | | Here's the first installment from guitar god Nikolo Kotsev since his breakaway from the Swedish band Baltimoore. |
Burnpool, The - 1995 The Burnpool
 | | Not exactly drowning but then not exactly searching for an AOR lifeguard were Californian band The Burnpool. A sometimes complex sound befits this band. From Simi Valley, they are a mixed bag, but quite classy all around! |
Dangerous Age - 1995 Troubled Times
 | | Here is a British band, with lighter leanings towards melodic rock rather than the perceived full-on bludgeon that their title might suggest. |
David - 1995 Journey To Poexula
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David (the band) take a leaf out of the book written by Eric Martin and Mr Big, and though the sound might on occasion veer too close, there is enough variation to avoid the 'copy-cat' tag.
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Dean, Donald - 1995 Nightshift
 | | Donald Dean has been around the L.A music scene for many years, but hasn't populated the market with his musical material except for this one album 'Nightshift'. The CD, released in 1995 was in fact an accumulation of songs which go back as far as 1983! |
Everon - 1995 Flood
 | | Everon, from Germany, are on the fringe boundary between progressive rock and technical melodic rock. As boundary riders they can be compared to the likes of Rush, Enchant, or World Trade even. |
Falcon - 1995 Mystery
 | | These German highflyers had an interesting sound - quite heavy handed, with dabbles into old school hard rock in the vein of Rainbow, Lucifers Friend and Uriah Heep, but when they dress it up, then a whole raft of bands come into consideration. |
Flyte - 1995 Flyte
 | | Canada's Flyte is a retrospective release on the Long Island label. The band are a musical expression of ideas between the two mainstays of the band, Paul Taskas and Nick Monaco. |
Frontline - 1995 Two Faced (Acoustics)
 | | 'Two Faced' comes from Germany's Frontline, it is their second CD. No live audiences on this one, just a set of superbly recorded songs in the studio with lush acoustic guitars setting the aural imagery. |
Goble, Graham - 1995 Stop
 | | The style is pretty much the same as the predecessor album 'Nautilus', well crafted melodic rock with strong hi-tech influences and a hint of accoustic guitar coming through as well. |
GTS - 1995 Tracks From The Dust Shelf
 | | GTS; fashioned out of 80's AOR bands which weren't really that successful to be honest, but trying to make a go of it anyway. |
Guess Who, The - 1995 Lonely One
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Of course the critics of the day slammed this album and in 1995 a new Guess Who release was the last thing the music press expected or needed, especially one that harkened back to the glory days of the overblown 1980's. Oh well, one man's junk is another man's treasure and 'Lonely One' is certainly that - a treasure.
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Hunter Greer - 1995 Tales From Stoney's Bar And Grill
 | | I managed to find this gem lying around in a bargain bin. What a find. Typically Canadian, with traditional AOR influences mixed in with the contemporary 1990's style. The result: something different but something very compelling too. |
Iona - 1995 Journey Into The Morn
 | | Here are one of the UK's best kept secrets. Iona, a band which could comfortably sit in numerous musical categories, a band who are hard to describe at face value, but a band who are indelibly melodic and essential listening for those with a penchant for high class musicianship. |
Iron Maiden - 1995 The X Factor
 | | This was the first Maiden album to feature former Wolfsbane singer Blaze Bayley. Not one of Maiden's best efforts, 1995 was a virtual black hole for metal acts and most of the mainstream media of the day sacked them unmercifully.. |
Jamilya - 1995 Over The Edge
 | | I would have to say that Jamilya are the most mis-represented band I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Not that they are bad or anything. On the contrary. However, when one describes this outfit as being a cross between Survivor and Night Ranger (as the guys at Dream Disc did), understandably my interest was tweaked, enough to make an investment. Only to discover to my horror that they sound nothing of the sort!! |
Jillian - 1995 Jillian
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Jillian, upon deeper inspection is one Jillian Bickler, the wife of former Survivor beret wearer Dave Bickler. Jillian instead travels the path followed previously by the likes of Rachel Rachel, Lisa Bevill, Zahalan and Stealin' Horses.
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Kansas - 1995 Freaks Of Nature
 | | 'Freaks Of Nature' is one of my favorite Kansas releases and I think one of their strongest. A move away from the more direct radio-friendly sound of the '80s and the return of violin is more than welcome.. |
Konkurent (Bulgaria) - 1995 Something Wet
 | | Yes, admirable that a band from a melodic rock outpost such as Bulgaria can mix it with the big boys. In many ways, this is a pretty good effort all things considered, Konkurent trying to emulate a band like China for instance, but without the finesse. |
L.A Cowboys - 1995 Endless Summer
 | | There are some gorgeous West Coast oriented tunes on this L.A Cowboys platter. Even more commercial than Planet 3, but more AOR than Chicago's 90's material for instance. If you think along the lines of those two, plus Airplay, Maxus etc, then we're in the same 'hood. |
La Fase - 1995 La Fase
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La Fase were an unheralded Spanish band who really should've featured more prominently in the hallowed halls of GLORY-DAZE. They play a fantastic brand of keyboard laced AOR, with too many comparisons to other bands to bear thinking about - that is a compliment believe me.
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Light, The - 1995 On A New Horizon
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The Light fuse traditional old school prog such as Yes, Kansas, E.L.P and Genesis with more commercial strains of the genre (Asia, Morningstar).
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Lionels Dad - 1995 Lionels Dad
 | | The music that Mark has created has a modern feel, but has ample West Coast traits. Not unlike Toto, Third Matinee, or the brilliant Christian artist Michael Gleason. His voice gives us reminders of brother Joseph mixing in Clif Magness. |
Mara - 1995 Mara
 | | Originally a cassette demo only, titled 'Breaking The Silence', the CD version has a couple of extra tracks, but again the shortness is nothing to complain about when they are of this quality. |
Marillion - 1995 Afraid Of Sunlight
 | | After the epic darkness of the 'Brave' concept album and tour of '94, it wasn't really possible to predict which direction the next Marillion album would take. 'Afraid of Sunlight' came out of left field in the summer of '95 to a mixed response. |
Midnight Blue - 1995 Take The Money And Run
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Featured as far back as 1988/89, Midnight Blue were at the forefront of the next wave of UK AOR, the likes of which included Peroux, Torino, and After Hours.
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Montazh - 1995 Reach
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Montazh were a West Michigan melodic hard rock band based out of Grand Rapids, who poked their heads out onto the mid 90's hard rock scene. An independent release, 'Reach' is staggeringly good for its quality, a hard rock slab with a major label sound.
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Mozart - 1995 Eve
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Derivative as hell, Mozart will never get big marks for originality, but like Valensia and Robby Valentine these California wannabe's trumped the pomp rock gap in the post - Freddie Mercury era.
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Nelson - 1995 Because They Can
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It took the best part of five years to see the release of the second Nelson album. 'Because They Can' was not the original scheduled second release (technically 'Imaginator' was), but due to 'politics' (for want of a better word) it saw the light of day first. This effort straddles the melodic rock and new country fence, and for what it's worth, I love it.
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Newman, Troy - 1995 It's Like This
 | | This is the second release from Aussie pop/West Coast singer/songwiter Troy Newman. Troy first captured our attention on the excellent debut from 1991 called 'Gypsy Moon'. That album came out of nowhere and had big backing behind it. As the story goes, Troy was plucked from virtual obscurity in his homeland Australia, and shipped off to LA to work in with some seasoned LA session kings, primarily with Waddy Wachtel. |
Pavlovs Dog 2000 - 1995 End Of The World
 | | More than a few of you will remember Pavlov's Dog and their two CBS albums 'Pampered Menial' and 'At The Sound Of The Bell'. Which brings us to this 1995 disc put together by original member Mike Safron as Pavlov's Dog 2000. |
Pierce, Tim - 1995 Guitarland
 | | What is presented is something quite unique, melodic and that word used before which I think is appropriate - exquisite. This is a CD for all guitar-heads to wrap their chops around, and to appreciate the style, tone and arrangement-nous of a studio guitar genius. |
Promise, The - 1995 The Promise
 | | Aberdeen Scotland; the home to many an oil/gas resources worker camped out in the North Sea. It was also the home for AOR band The Promise. |
Roper, Ray - 1995 I'm A Fighter
 | | I can say catgorically this one is a little beauty! A beautiful slice of AOR comparable to those other Canadian rockers Stan Meissner and the brothers Worrall. It has similar moments of infectious and hooky wonderment, and you won't be lost on humming some of these tunes. |
Safire - 1995 Safire
 | | Their 6-track EP was a great effort, and well produced it was too. To my way of thinking, the band probably took their queue from Roxus, but the output on the Safire EP veered more toward keyboard influences, though the guitar is still very prominent in the mix. |
Savage - 1995 Holy Wars
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'Holy Wars' saw Savage retain traces of their vintage metal sound while managing to avoid sounding dated and buckling to current trends.
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Schon, Neal - 1995 Beyond The Thunder
 | | A deviation for the Journey guitarist this time around, with the lush, and ambient instrumental album 'Beyond The Thunder'. Released on the mainly New Age-ish type label Higher Octave, it was a chance for Schon to show his wares in a different setting, less hard rock, but more in the vein of atmospheric guitar passages, similar to the work done by Starship's Craig Chaquico for the same label a few years earlier. |
Seven Skys - 1995 Waves And Tides
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Fans of Saigon Kick or 80's U2 might enjoy this album. Like I've said before, it may take some time for the average AOR fan to get used to but the catchy choruses more than make up for the lack of bombastic keys.
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Skid Row (USA) - 1995 Subhuman Race
 | | For those who consider the mid nineties a total washout, 'Subhuman Race' happily confirms this wasn't the case. |
Smart, Wayne - 1995 Just Another Stranger
 | | Wayne's put out an album which is sounding musically a lot like Sure Conviction, and Mastedon, but vocally he comes off sounding like a great mix of Paul Laine and Stephen Clifford (Icon). |
Soul Shock Remedy - 1995 Fisheye Lens
 | | The musical style of SSR was quite a departure for drummer Ken Mary, considering his pedigree (Fifth Angel, Bonfire, T.K.O, House Of Lords. Gone are the overblown melodic strains of yesteryear, replaced by some modern/alt rock ramblings which are suitably given a 1960's psychedelic shakedown. Strange but true.. |
Steinhardt Moon - 1995 Steinhardt Moon
 | | Their sound is quite tight, technical, and in some ways similar to latterday Kansas and the best overblown bits of Toto. |
Storm, The - 1995 Eye Of The Storm
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Along with the Tour De Force and Artica CD's, The Storm's 1995 release was a welcoming shining beacon, in what was a pretty hopeless year all around for AOR.
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Sure Conviction - 1995 Get Ready
 | | A nice slab of christian rock, on a par with the fabulous Mastedon albums from the Elefante brothers. |
Thread - 1995 Thread
 | | In fact what Thread created with this disc is a masterwork of melodic progressive rock worthy of the bloated giants of the genre. |
Threshold - 1995 Livedelica (EP)
 | | 'Livedelica' captures the band on the European leg of their tour promoting the new material from 'Psychedelicatessen'. |
Thurman - 1995 Lux
 | | One band in particular that got lost in the Britpop shuffle I think deserves another look here at Glory Daze - Thurman. With their roots in the metal band 2 Die 4, Thurman received much criticism from the press who accused the group of jumping on the Britpop band wagon. However, one great record is all we need and Thurman delivered a Britpop/power pop classic. |
Tour De Force (USA) - 1995 World On Fire
 | | Bit of an epitaph this one. Shame really. By the time this album came out Tour De Force had split. But it took the courage of some AOR fans to get this album 'World On Fire' released posthumously. In effect, this album represents the best demo's released by the band some five years earlier. |
UFO - 1995 Walk On Water
 | | A dream made in hard rock heaven perhaps. I'll go on record as saying 'Walk On Water' is a very good record from these timeless classic rockers. |
Uriah Heep - 1995 Sea Of Light
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1995 saw a return to glory for eternal rock dinosaurs Uriah Heep. Talk about a topsy turvy career, littered with successes and failures. However, through all of this has been the resolve to keep releasing music, something they have no problem doing.
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Van Halen - 1995 Balance
 | | The album was another number one for the band and went triple platinum, astounding figures for a veteran hard rock band in 1995. With so many established bands flopping and breaking up, it proved the enduring appeal of Van Halen. |
Vital Escape - 1995 Escapism
 | | I remember buying this on the back of a small review I read somewhere during 1995. The overall feeling I get when listening to this English based outfit is 'ripped off'. Well.. not entirely. How about mis-represented? |
Xenon - 1995 Simple
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I have to say this to get it off my chest.. 'I love this band'. From New Jersey, yet again another talent from this musical hotbed of the USA. Band leader Joey Fiamingo is one talented dude, and this band have numerous fans around the world.
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