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Air Supply - 1993 The Vanishing Race
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Air Supply changed labels to Arista, then progressed onto the Giant label, which saw them release a brace of great softer tinged AOR albums, and on this one 'The Vanishing Race' we have a studio lineup to burn.
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Airplay For The Planet - 1993 Airplay For The Planet
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There's a cast of thousands on this one. Literally.. All the hot dogs and cats are playing on here, and they've all turned up to support Jay Graydon on this all-star West Coast Airplay project.
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Barclay James Harvest - 1993 Caught In The Light
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'Caught In The Light' is a very keyboard based album, giving the music a light, airy and dare I say 'cosmic' feel to the entire affair much like the Rodney Matthews art that graces the cover.
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Big Big Train - 1993 Goodbye To The Age Of Steam
 | | 'Goodbye To The Age Of Steam', the third offering from English progsters Big Big Train, is more concerned musically with creating atmospheres rather than being self indulgent. The album's swirling feel and sometimes hauntingly beautiful songs are a nod to many of the prog giants of the 1970s. |
Big Picture - 1993 Big Picture
 | | Big Picture were a suburban Chicago based five-piece who's music has often been categorized as 'neo prog', but it has more commonality with North American mid-80s styled FM rock, significantly - Rush. |
Billionaire Boys Club - 1993 Something Wicked Comes
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A virtual league of nations are the Billionaire Boys Club. With a band title taken from the 1987 movie (surely?), one suspects the title was made in jest. If not, they're rolling in cash and we're none the wiser!
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Biloxi - 1993 Let The Games Begin
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Biloxi literally came out of left field during 1993 and released this storming album to unsuspecting critics. Based out of L.A, Biloxi was virtually the musical vehicle for the very talented bass player, singer and production whizz Clyde Holly.
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Bobbies, The - 1993 Supersongs
 | | For the New York City based The Bobbies, this was their only album, but for power pop fans with a taste for something different, it's a must hear. |
Bolton, Michael - 1993 The One Thing
 | | Why on earth would I spend a day revisiting the Bolton of the 90's? A period derided in melodic rock circles. Is this a courageous feat I will now perform or downright silly? You can decide.. |
Burn (UK) - 1993 So Far So Bad
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Here's another great effort from British based band Burn. With an easy name like that you'd think we were talking about a Deep Purple cover band right? Wrong. These guys swing in the same direction of 90's style FM (UK), while you can thrown in a bit of Def Leppard, Little Angels, No Sweat, and Bon Jovi for good measure.
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Calvin, Misha - 1993 Evolution
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Throughout 'Evolution' Misha Calvin has shown himself to be a virtuoso guitarist and song-writer. Being a fan of both heavier and acoustic guitar, I really enjoyed the way Misha combined the two in many of his songs. The inclusion of two top-notch vocalists and a huge production has added to the class of this release.
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Cardillo, Vince - 1993 First Step [ep]
 | | If your brand of wimphem includes a corral of Ralph Van Maanen, Kevin Jordan, Jay Miles, Rod McInnes or Chris Irvine, then Vince Cardillo should set your heart racing. |
Cast Of Shadows - 1993 Face The Time
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Cast Of Shadows played a style that was melodic rock with a hi-tech edge, bordering on pomp rock. For an indie project these guys sounded pretty good. Hard to pin down similarities, but if you've heard the band Alpha, who themselves had Triumph, Zebra and Yes influences, plus some debut era BLVD sounds, then that might give you some idea.
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Cast, The - 1993 Heat And Serve
 | | Here's a Canadian band named after their lead vocalist who at the time sounded like a workman-like version of American melodic rockers Biloxi. |
Chance, The - 1993 The Chance [EP]
 | | If you enjoyed the three discs from Cincinnati band Mara and the 1991 Magellan debut 'Hour of Restoration' then The Chance should fit easily in your comfort zone. |
Chase - 1993 In Pursuit
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For comparisons sake, take Idle Cure (debut album), Legend, the late 80's style of Def Leppard and add a dose of other arena bands such as early Bon Jovi and Ratt, and this is what you'll end up with.
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Chicago - 1993 Stone Of Sisyphus
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This is the album that caused the band Chicago to lose their record deal with Warner Bros/Reprise. It finally gets to see the light of day on official CD during June 2008 thanks to Rhino Records..
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Christy, Lauren - 1993 Lauren Christy
 | | Discover the lovely melodic English garden populated by singer/songwriter Lauren Christy. |
Coverdale/Page - 1993 Coverdale/Page
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What got into these men here is a question that begs answering. This is every bit as good an album as you would expect from two legends of their craft, considering many assumed they were past their primes in 1993.
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Cussick, Ian - 1993 Necromancer
 | | One of melodic rock's unsung heroes; Scotland's Ian Cussick has released an impressive array of solo albums but rarely gets a mention in the usual AOR media, something we aim to fix with this review. |
Damzel - 1993 Castle Walls
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These girls could be described as an amalgam of Heart, Vixen and Haven, but perhaps playing in a division lower than those acts.
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Deep Purple - 1993 The Battle Rages On
 | | It's been at least a decade since I listened to this and I fully understand why I had avoided it so long. That legends like Purple could conjure up such slop is unfathomable..This was (and still is) a true embarrassment for all concerned. |
Edde Maxx - 1993 Hot Paint
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Not a great deal known about our friend Edde, all that I know is he originates from Canada (Montreal I guess, judging from the all the French Canadian names all over the liner notes) and has a reputation as a bit of a 90's Aldo Nova.
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Emergency (Switzerland) - 1993 Boys Will Be Boys
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Not to be confused with the Dutch band of the same name and same musical persuasion. Nope.. These boys hail from Switerzland, though lead singer Jose Antonio Manzano found fame earlier in his homeland Spain, singing with the likes of Banzai and Zero.
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Fortune #2 - 1993 Fortune
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This is hard hitting melodic rock, with plenty of references to some our favorites of the genre. However, the closest in my opinion would be the underrated and much missed Artica.
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Free, Mark - 1993 Long Way From Love
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After 1992's demise with Unruly Child, Mark Free opted to go solo, 'Long Way From Love' was the result, a classic collection of AOR written mainly by Judithe and Robin Randall..
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Ghost Poets (The) - 1993 The Ghost Poets
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There won't be the usual dissection of songs here, just to say that it is a very good and complete album for those who appreciate good melodic music, bordering on pop, heartland rock, AC format ballads, and a hankering for eighties style rock from which these personnel originate from.
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Goble, Graham (Encounter) - 1993 Nautilus
 | | The songs on 'Nautilus' have been given the superlative production 'treatment'. Airy, full of atmosphere, and musical drama. 'Exquisite' is a good choice of word I think, with the whole thing produced in Graham's own studios in Melbourne. |
Harem Scarem - 1993 Mood Swings
 | | Harem Scarem's second album 'Mood Swings' was one of the few highlights during the 1993 year. In a year where melodic rock tried hard to break through the strangehold of alternative rock, grunge etc, it seemed like a case of pushing shit uphill. |
Ice Water Mansion - 1993 Time Out Of Mind
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1993 saw the release of their sole album 'Time Out Of Mind', which has been described as Dokken on steroids. True to a point, but there are many references too.. White Lion being one of those..
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Iris, Donnie - 1993 Footsoldier In The Moonlight
 | | It took 8 years before perennial steel-belt favourite Donnie Iris would return to the public eye with a full-blown studio album. |
It's Alive - 1993 Earthquake Visions
 | | Also in the long list of those which should've hit the big time comes Sweden's Its Alive, whose second album (though first to get a full release) 'Earthquake Visions' always showed great promise and has aged remarkably well. |
Korea - 1993 Korea
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Despite the name, these guys aren't even in the neighbourhood. Try Toronto Canada instead. Cool monicker, but doubt very much whether they'd be a big hit in the land of Hyundai and Samsung playing this style of melodic rock/AOR. For those of you into Aldo Nova styled riffs and vocals, but of a lesser pedigree, then this is about a close a comparison as I can make.
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Lee, Kevin (And The Lonesome City Kings) - 1993 Restless
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Kevin and his entourage of Lonesome City Kings have more of a commonality with an outfit like Ray Lyell And The Storm or the excellent Henry Lee Summer.
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Legs Diamond - 1993 The Wish
 | | So, if you've been reading some of the online commentary from elsewhere on the Net, don't let the negative press get to you. This is pretty good for the majority, but a Deep Purple cloned recording it is not. |
Michael Learns To Rock - 1993 Colors
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The hi-tech pop sounds heard on the debut have been replaced by a mature mid-west style of pop. It's smooth, and very typical of many European acts/artists trying to emulate what I call that 'cornbelt sound'. None do it better than MLTR.
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Neil, Vince - 1993 Exposed
 | | A pretty good debut solo album from Motley Crue's Vince Neil, with an all-star lineup to boot. |
O'Ryan - 1993 Something Strong
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In true Aldo Nova 'do it all myself' fashion, Mervyn Spence gets to do everything here, from crunching guitar riffs, clever and intricate keyboards, to 'tight as a ducks proverbial' drumwork.
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Open Skyz - 1993 Open Skyz
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With a change in band-name came a change in producer and record label, and ultimately, sound. Out went Neil Kernon in came Richie Zito, out went Giant Records, in came RCA. The bombastic approach heard on Valentine has made way for some lighter styled AOR.
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Pole Position - 1993 Pole Position
 | | If you like your melodic rock somewhere in between the eighties Swedish scene and guitar histrionics, then look no further than Pole Position. Their sound is bludgingly heavy courtesy of mainman Lars Boquist, but they keep the melodic content always at the forefront.. |
Praying Mantis - 1993 Cry For The New World
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Praying Mantis at this stage of their career had caught a second wind, and were riding on the huge wave of popularity coming out of Japan.
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Red Dawn - 1993 Never Say Surrender
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'Never Say Surrender' came out of nowhere in 1993, and intially stunned the melodic rock world in Japan when released. A wonderful slice of melodic rock, somewhere in between Rainbow (though without the overly Blackmore style guitar), Night Ranger and Journey.
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Romeo's Daughter - 1993 Delectable
 | | Released in October 1993, the album garnered a lot of friends. Many of the songs were prepared years before, and you can probably guess that they sound closer to a late 80's vibe than a late 1993 vibe. |
Ruff, Michael - 1993 Speaking In Melodies
 | | From the same environs that produced Michael Bolton and Richard Marx during the early 90's come Michael Ruff. However, if you are looking for some supercool melodies then parts of this album will fulfil that need, but I do find that the pulse of the album does fall worrying low at times. |
Saga - 1993 The Security Of Illusion
 | | By 1993 Saga's classic early 80's lineup had reunited. Saga set about creating a comeback masterpiece of sorts, flying in the face of current trends and sounding like the 80's had simply continued. |
Shotgun Symphony - 1993 Shotgun Symphony
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The band came together in 1992, and their style borrowed heavily from the likes of Styx, and fellow Jersey colleagues Prophet. However, they weren't solely confined to the AOR/Pomp pigeonhole, with other reference points including Rush and Kiss.
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Sic Vikki - 1993 Kiss Me In French
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Here's an interesting concoction.. A band which looks like Danger Danger and Blonz, with a sound between Autograph and Stone Soup. How does that tickle your fancy?
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Skindiver - 1993 Skindiver
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My attention was immediately grabbed by the proverbial short and curlies when I read the magic words 'Jonah Koslen'. Suffice to say the man is highly revered amongst the AOR community, his reputation as a great song-writer consolidated by his work with The Michael Stanley Band, Breathless et al.
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Tears For Fears - 1993 Elemental
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Post-progressive sophisticated pop is the name of the game with British 80's hit machine Tears For Fears. However, by 1993 it was only one half of the TFF duo that was keeping the ball rolling. Roland Orzabal.
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Threshold (USA) - 1993 Midnight Dreamer [ep]
 | | Not to be confused with the well known British prog metal band of the same name, and who, coincidentally - kicked off their career the same time as these American prog metallers did. |
Uttaro - 1993 The Edge Of My Life
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Unreviewed as yet.
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Van Manen, Ralph - 1993 Face The Feeling
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Ralph Van Manen is a Dutch singer songwriter, who back in 1993, made his first foray into the public domain with this debut album 'Face The Feeling'.
Contains audio tracks.
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Vezina, Claire - 1993 Claire Vezina
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So what of the music? Well, someone described it to me as a mix between Mary Lu Zahalan and Witness. I wouldn't go that far. It sounds like a combination of Joal, Sass Jordan and Joanna Dean to these ears - with a subtle smoky bluesy tinge throughout. The big production from Aldo fleshes out the sound even more, in some cases, that one-off Saints And Sinners album is another good reference point.
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Wagner, Jack - 1993 Alone In A Crowd
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As a supporter of this style of music, I can only say that this is a complete letdown. Fans of the genre should stick to tried and true geniuses of the field such as Richard Marx, Tim Feehan, Chris Eaton and David Pack.
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White Eagle - 1993 Bustin' Ass
 | | White Eagle were a hair-metal band out of California who were probably five years too late when their debut 'Bustin'Ass' was released in 1993. |
Wild Ride - 1993 Tension And Desire
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Another in a long line of dutch keyboard oriented bands comes in the shape of Wild Ride. For fans of 1st Avenue, Terra Nova and Zinatra, these guys might appear to be copy-cats, but I think their guitar power is more significant..
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Yokozeki, Atsushi (Project) - 1993 Raid
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Sporting one of the dopiest record covers I've seen in a long time, Japanese guitar ace Atsushi Yokozeki mixes up a raft of instrumentals and vocal tracks, in what is a fairly classy slice of melodic rock - with an allstar cast to boot!
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