Tag: 38 Special
38 Special were formed in 1974 and are from Jacksonville. They were signed to A&M for many years and were popular from 1977 and well into the 80’s with a clutch of crossover southern rock meets commercial AOR styled albums.
‘Strength In Numbers’ is quite possibly 38 Special’s purest AOR moment, and featured some heavyweight guest musicians to boot.
38 Special clearly had no doubt about the direction they needed to go in 1980, after making their singles chart…
Southern AOR kings 38 Special had helped define the genre for nearly a decade, and they had a string of…
If ever there was a band moving against ‘type’, it would have to be the 90’s edition of original southern…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜
Alan Kelly talks about the song 'Caught In The Act'. Apparently Shy did a pre production version/demo of the song…
Always enjoyed the cover on this one. Reminds me of Captain Beyond's debut fused with some comic book character.
This album should've been called 'The Circus'.
Listening to 'Heroine', musically this is similar to 80's era Barclay James Harvest.
A perfect AOR album for the late '80s. Heavenly melody after heavenly melody.
Agree with the review. Also a big fan of the Mk and 4 albums and after a couple of listens…
The version of I-Ten's 'No Easy Way Out' is pretty good.
Perhaps Coverdale should've released this set under his own name rather than tarnishing the Whitesnake brand. A totally redundant set…