Category: 1983
In the annals of metal history there can be few bands that had the impetus of Iron Maiden during 1983.
The importance of ‘Michael Bolton’ cannot be understated, if only for myself. I’ve heard a thousand AOR albums since, but…
Def Leppard’s ‘Pyromania’ on face value is a natural inclusion here at Glory Daze, yet due to the constantly overplayed…
Following two albums with the excellent Jimmy Farrar, Danny Joe Brown returned to the Molly Hatchet fold in 1983, after…
Le Roux’s ‘So Fired Up’ would have to be one of the all time great AOR albums ever.
Wrabit. Without doubt one of the essential and legendary bands in Canadian AOR.
‘Making Contact’ was the end of an era then for UFO , surrounded by everything that can go wrong with…
Well and truly buried are the musical origins of this band from their early 70’s period. This is about as…
Shelter are a band with a definite paid-up parking spot here at Glory Daze. It is a wonder (and a…
1983 proved to be the breakthrough year for Canadian band Helix. After a several year stint as a band with…
‘The Eleventh Hour’ was (in hindsight) not the strongest album from the Magnum back-catalog, and one can’t help feel the…
If you read what others say about ‘Alpha’ many years later, you’d think that Asia was some sort of pop…
Saxon were only five albums into their recording career, but to many they peaked with ‘Power And The Glory’. Natural…
Though Queensryche blatantly stole from the altar of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, it’s not hard to see why the…
A landmark album of sorts for the masked wonders of rock n roll! It’s the album which saw Kiss unmasked…
‘Subject’ maybe Aldo Nova’s best work. Taken at face value its spotless AOR. This time around Nova employed a band…
There are an abundance of perfect AOR albums but few as well known as Journey’s ‘Frontiers’. It’s AOR taken to…
1983 saw the release of album number 4 from Kansas City’s finest – Shooting Star.
For those coming to this site who are familiar with the Arcangel material, I’m sure you’ll agree, this one’s a…
Preview are another fantastic period AOR band which is considered to be another ambassador of the GDM website.
Unfortunately this album wasn't available in it's entirety on YTM. All the individual tracks are there but no logged in…
I recently reacquainted myself with this album. It's much better than I remembered it by. Good to hear 'Can't Stop…
I like the storyline but not much else. 👎
Have added a new video into the review. 'Breaking Me Up'. These gals look and sound great. 💛
Carmine Appice is also involved with the band Ruffyunz, and appears on their 2023 album 'III'. https://raritetno.com/hard-rock/210584-ruffyunz-iii-2023.html
30 years on, the song 'Foreclosure Of A Dream' can be directly aimed at former Dutch PM Mark Rutte and…
There is one unofficial release on YouTube Music from around 2008/2009 with a load of Unreleased tracks. It's called Post…
I would agree this isn't one of Queen's best. Jazz which followed after this wasn't much better. Live Killers from…
I have this need to revisit the first two Argent albums for review. Argent and Ring Of Hands. Watch this…
I recall buying this in 98 and foolishly expecting another Midnight Madness. It doesn’t sound like Night Ranger at all,…