Category: 1987

Lion - Dangerous Attraction

Lion – Dangerous Attraction 5 (1)

In review, I can safely say that Lion are one of my favourite bands. They emerged from the quagmire of…

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Pretty Maids - Future Workd

Pretty Maids – Future World 5 (1)

Denmark’s Pretty Maids joined the big time with their third release ‘Future World’ back in 1987.

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Shy - Excess All Areas

Shy – Excess All Areas 5 (1)

Here’s the Birmingham UK band Shy – representing the very best of mid 80’s AOR out of the UK, and…

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Silent Rage - Shattered Hearts

Silent Rage – Shattered Hearts 4 (1)

Another of our favourite bands here at GDM are Los Angeles South Bay rockers Silent Rage.

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Strangeways - Native Sons

Strangeways – Native Sons 5 (1)

This Strangeways album is so good, it is perhaps one of the best ever AOR releases to spring forth from…

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Def Leppard - Hysteria

Def Leppard – Hysteria 5 (1)

If you were anywhere near a radio from 1987 – 1989, you no doubt heard of Def Leppard and most…

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Jeff Paris - Wired Up

Jeff Paris – Wired Up 5 (1)

Or ‘Wyatt Earp’ as they used to say, Another AOR demi-god well worthy of a GDM hall of famer is…

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Triumph - Surveillance

Triumph – Surveillance 0 (0)

By this stage of Triumph’s career, the band had arrived at the crossroads of dysfunctionality. Though ‘Surveillance’ is my favourite…

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Loverboy - Wildside

Loverboy – Wildside 0 (0)

Looking at it years after the fact, this Loverboy album seems to be designed more for the AOR fan than…

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Tim Feehan - Tim Feehan

Tim Feehan – Tim Feehan 0 (0)

Originating from the backwops of Alberta Canada, comes the AOR and West Coast demi-god Tim Feehan.

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Paul Janz - Electricity

Paul Janz – Electricity 0 (0)

The mid 80’s and early 90’s was a fertile period for Canadian Paul Janz, who released several albums between 1985…

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Bryan Adams - Into The Fire

Bryan Adams – Into The Fire 0 (0)

A couple of years on, and ‘Into The Fire’ could arguably be Bryan Adams’ most overlooked album of his vast…

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Big Trouble - Big Trouble

Big Trouble – Big Trouble 0 (0)

Female fronted Big Trouble came and went during 1987. If you enjoyed Belinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven On Earth’, Holly Knights solo…

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Barclay James Harvest - Face To Face

Barclay James Harvest – Face To Face 4 (1)

I would say categorically that AORsters should really find the time to get acquainted with Barclay James Harvest’a back catalog…

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Lee Aaron - Lee Aaron

Lee Aaron – Lee Aaron 5 (1)

Come 1987, Lee Aaron assembled a band which resembled and sounded much like the late great Wrabit (a much loved…

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Roger Daltrey - Can't Wait To See The Movie

Roger Daltrey – Can’t Wait To See The Movie 0 (0)

1987 saw Roger Daltrey with perhaps his greatest AOR accomplishment ‘Can’t Wait To See The Movie’.

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Whitesnake - 1987

Whitesnake – 1987 5 (1)

The defining moment of Whitesnake’s career, but only in the sense that it was their American breakthrough, Coverdale and company…

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Dokken - Back For The Attack

Dokken – Back For The Attack 4.5 (2)

By 1987, Dokken had ascended to the upper echelon of the hard rock scene. Not quite to the very top,…

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Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation

Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation 0 (0)

Aerosmith were still looking for the big comeback album around 1987 after the underrated ‘Done With Mirrors’ had bombed two…

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Richard Marx - Richard Marx

Richard Marx – Richard Marx 0 (0)

The success of Richard Marx’s debut was no overnight success. Marx finally hooked up with EMI/Manhattan after years of frustration…

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