Tag: Year-1980
Reviews tagged to the year 1980.
Dont’cha just love the Gamma 2 cover? The sharkfin in the backyard cutting through the garden hose zeroing in on…
And so at the dawn of a new decade, the J Geils Band rocked up with a new album, the…
The Biz were a Canadian pomp outfit who released this very rare one-off effort back in 1980 (not 1978 as…
After two albums with Boston based outfit Piper, it was with trepidation and bravery that front-man Billy Squier ventured out…
In a year that saw the NWOBHM at its strongest, Saxon certainly made a huge claim to releasing the best…
In classic two-album-only syndrome, Breathless delivered two LP’s between 1979 and 1980. Here’s the second.
With ‘Unmasked’ however, which along with ‘Crazy Nights’, it is easily the AOR highpoint of Kiss’s career.
With songs like ‘The Spirit Of Radio’ and ‘Freewill’, Rush were riding the airwaves and being more radio friendly than…
‘Dream After Dream’ was Journey’s only Soundtrack album, it was mostly instrumental, though you’ll hear some searing guitar amidst the…
Well early 1980 was a fun time in my life because Journey had just released their brilliant new LP ‘Departure’.
It is Birmingham metal band Judas Priest that landed the big fish in 1980 with ‘British Steel’, which would anchor…
‘Audio Visions’ represented the beginning of the end for Kansas Mk1 and creative differences and (as already documented elsewhere on…
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.
This is an incredibly different style of melodic rock from Speedway BLVD and for music listeners circa 1980 this must…
Hotel’s best record by far. You can definitely place a reservation in your record collection under ‘AOR’ for this particular…
Please note, only 10 of the 16 tracks are available in the video. The ones missing are the Rarities.
I never really appreciated how good Love her all i can was until i heard Ace Frehley do a live…
The drummer in the videos above is not Bobby Rock.
[The Murf] In Canada: Platinum status is 100,00 units, Gold is 50,000 and Diamond Status is 1 million units.
The catalyst in this band was guitarist - the late Jimmy Berick. Jimmy was part of the Northern California band…
Think I'm gonna go on a treasure hunt for this. Quite enjoy this era of golden AM Radio pop.
I quite liked the band through the 1986-1988 period, but it ended up being a recipe for disaster. Much like…
[JeffLynneFan] I strongly disagree with you on this one. "Pleasure Palace" , "Edge Of Your Life" , "Love Don't Lie"…
More comments from the Net. From the Prog Not Frog website. "A Matter of Time" was released in 1981. It…
Some notes regarding this album. The ornate album cover is an absolute gem. It's never been released on CD so…