Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Artist: Secret Mission
Country: Norway
Album: Strange Afternoon
Style: AOR, Female Vocal

01 – Strange Afternoon
02 – You Can Run
03 – Walking On Glass
04 – Silent Spring
05 – Stay On
06 – Call Out Her Name
07 – Glasshouse
08 – Runaway Machine
09 – Follow Me
10 – Stay By My Side

Kjersti Bergesen – Vocal & Backing Vocals
Kåre Kalvenes – Synth, Percussion, Bass, Guitar

Rare and a must have album from this New York based melodic rock outfit released their one and only album back in 1992 through Westwood Entertainment Group label and produced by Ken Munson, Michael Petillo and Henry Falco. Classy aor/melodic rock that will be fit perfectly into cd collections alongside Biloxi, Foxx, Know Illusion, Danger Danger and the likes. Filled with keys and huge gang style choruses. Tunes like the title track, a killer melodic rocker, will just keep you begging for more.

01. You Got To Believe
02. Save Me
03. Reaching
04. I Need To Fee

Foreigner has today released the single “The Flame Still Burns” (written by Mick Jones for the film “Still Crazy”) single is available to listen to through our blog.

1.The Flame Still Burns

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If you sorely crave for the Heart sound when they were releasing albums like “Heart” and “Bad Animals” with vocals akin to the great Pat Benatar, then look no further than this, the debut album by Josette Miles. With the help of some outstanding musicians, producers and engineers, Josette Miles has generated an outstanding hard rock album. Josette is well known in the industry and has worked in the past with Gina Schock (Go-Go’s), Roger Fisher (Heart, Sheriff), Mike Derosier (Heart, Richard Marx), Rod Morgenstein (Winger), Andy West (Dregs),

The 6 members of the band’s original line-up met one day of 1990, and, sharing the same passion for what was called “melodic rock”, performed in these times, among others, by bands like Giant, Europe, Yngwie Malmsteen MSG etc…, decided to start playing together as a band. However, in 1991, came the rise of a new movement, the so called “GRUNGE”, which deeply modified the rock world, sending Melodic rock dinosaurs to the outer space, for the benefit of bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains and other Soundgarden. It is in this context that the freshly recorded Edge’s first CD “Lady in Blue” (5 tracks), went out to be distributed on the m

Very solid Brit melodic rock. This lot always remind me of Thunder in places aswell as the bands mentioned above. A shame they only released this album (i think), as this was a very promising debut album.

 
01. Give It All Up
02. The Last Chance
03. Visions
04. Someone Somewhere
05. One Small Step
06. Silent World
07. Time and Money
08. Only Your Love
09. One and One
10. Here to Stay

Jack Cooke lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Adrian Rose bass, backing voca

Country: USA
Genre: Melodic Rock
Year: 2016

Tracklist:

01 – Hunters of the Night
02 – Code of Love
03 – Partners in Crime
04 – 32
05 – Runaway
06 – Talk the Talk
07 – I’ll Let You Drive
08 – I Get Lost Sometimes
09 – I Wear the Face
10 – Life Goes On

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No Stranger to Danger is the second album by the Payolas, released in 1982. It contains the hit “Eyes of a Stranger”. The album is only available on vinyl and …Canada.

Romance 3:33
Eyes Of A Stranger 4:54
Some Old Song 3:37
Rose 3:59
Hastings Street 4:59
Youth 4:17
Lights To Change 2:27
Mystery To Me 3:04
Pennies Into Gold 3:06
Screaming 4:09
Rockers 2:46
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Quebec quintet was formed in 1976 as backing band for singer Robert Leroux. Eventually the line-up of Grondin, Gratton, Mailloux, Noel and Wilson went off on their own to work on original material. Their debut album was released to minimal fanfare and a line-up change ensued.

Their second album, ‘Leyden Zar’, was produced by Walter Rossi and was fronted by by Mailloux had to do double vocal duty to make up for the loss of former vocalist Grondin. Guitar came courtesy of Stevens who replaced Scotsman Brian Wilson.

Money Talks Loud 2:44
Backstreet Girl 4:00
Teenage Pioneer 2:53