Category: 1980
Oak were the New Hampshire band that released two major label albums but unfortunately did not live up to their…
Van Halen’s ‘Women And Children First’ came between the impact of a stunning debut and a tepid follow up, and…
Couchois remind us of what an amazing time it was to be an AOR fan, with such classics as this…
‘Clear Approach’ is Trillion’s second album, and if you’re looking for an AOR album of sheer class, where pomp rock…
Fandango’s ‘Cadillac’ is great hard edged radio rock, though it’s not AOR in the purest sense.
Face Dancer’s second album ‘About Face’ isn’t as bombastic as ‘This World’. The material veering to a harder form of…
Obviously inspired, ‘Heaven And Hell’ was perhaps one of Black Sabbath’s greatest works, if not the best.
The fourth Roadmaster album ‘Fortress’, would see the band shed their pomp tendencies and focus on a crisp radio rock…
We do have a few Exile album reviews on GDM, but I think we’ve overlooked the best of the lot…
Recorded during the 1979 ‘White Hot’ tour, this live Angel album was finally released in January 1980.
Speedway BLVD – Speedway BLVD This is an incredibly different style of melodic rock from Speedway BLVD and for music…
Hotel’s best record by far. You can definitely place a reservation in your record collection under ‘AOR’ for this particular…
Long considered an AOR/pomp classic is this effort from New York based outfit Touch, formed from the ashes of the…
This would be Head East’s last album for A&M, though this line-up would continue on for 1982’s ‘Onward And Upward’.
For Styx, the more radio friendly style of ‘Cornerstone’ continued on ‘Paradise Theatre’ albeit laced with theatrics.
My first exposure to Shooting Star goes back to my school years, January 1980 was when this album first appeared,…
We pick up where we left off, covering the first three albums from British pop trio The Police, here’s 1980’s…
Oak were originally from New Hampshire, but eventually relocated to Portland Maine.
Despite the promise, this band didn't do anything for me.
[Candyman] Stacked with high energy hard rocking tunes this is a absolute classic and for me it rivals the debut.…
[DaveT] Revolutionary, a game changer, one of the best debuts ever along with Boston's in my book. Eddie is no…
Roll the Dice is a great track. Nice to hear the original. Another band I will be keen to have…
The track 'Roll The Dice' was also covered by Charlie on their 1981 album 'Good Morning America', and also by…
The original CD came out without a tray card just a cover that opened to credits and on the back…
[Gdazegod] Wasn't overly sold on the new Alcatrazz. I found the sound to be little raw for my liking.
[Jefflynnefan] Thanks for the "At The Movies" review, I was interested in this one. -- [Dave T] My pleasure, glad…
[Gdazegod] Other than watching the YouTube video of Pinnacle Point I haven't really given the album a good listen. I…