Tag: Year-1983
Reviews tagged to the year 1983.
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.
The band Cobra are a near supergroup, when you subsequently see the names involved with this one-off project from 1983.
It’s Prism, but not really. The true core of the band having left after their previous 1981 album, leaving the…
Prototype were a Canadian band who acquired a ‘near-classic’ reputation among the collectors out there. I was certainly interested to…
At the very forefront of the NWLAHM in the early 80’s were Ratt. Their brand of commercial metal was a…
An unusual album by Kansas’ own high standards, and one that has been commented on by many saying it’s their…
Morse Code, the Canadian band from Quebec, may have only released this one album in an AOR style, but these…
this second SPYS album ‘Behind Enemy Lines’ from 1983 is just as superb as the 1982 debut and deserves a…
Tycoon is effectively the pairing of Norman Mershon and Mark Kreider, one can only assume the duo continued songwriting into…
Black Sabbath’s ‘Born Agaon’ was quite a phenomenal effort, and one that most have conceded to over the last twenty…
For those of you into a harder style of European AOR, then Belgian band K West should be on your…
After 1980’s ‘Paradise Theatre’, we would wait three years before hearing from AOR gods Styx again with ‘Kilroy Was Here’.
If you haven’t played thi albym for a while, give it a play. From Alice Cooper’s experimental period, it’s his…
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…