When I first bought this record, I dismissed it – for whatever reason. Was it the Billy Idol similarity? Yes, probably, but what I shouldn’t have done is consign this album to the back of the collection to gather dust. It’s better than that. Californian based David Drew is a one-man-does-all in the vein of Aldo Nova, by the looks of things. Not only does he sound like his idol Billy Idol, he even plays guitar like Steve Stevens. One thing is for sure: the guy can play, and the resulting songs sound ok, even after all these years collecting dust. Helping out are Utopia‘s Kasim Sulton and session drummer Thommy Price (soon to go onto the Atomic Playboys with Steve Stevens)…
1. Safety Love
2. Common Emotion
3. Green-Eyed Lady
4. Girl in the Window
5. She’s the One
6. Queen of the Night
7. Pretty Baby
8. Machine Gun Love
9. City of Fire
David Drew – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, additional drums, synthesizer bass, background vocals
Kasim Sulton – bass, background vocals
Thommy Price – drums
Tommy Mandel – keyboards
Mathew Fritz – drum programming
Ed Roynesdal – Kurzweill 250, Hammond B3, piano
Lisa Fisher – background vocals
Jane Hamper – background vocals
Lala Gang – background vocals
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