Shout - Shout

Tracks: -

Breakin' All The Rules
Love Is A Drug
No More Lies
Stuck In The Middle
If It's Love
Rip It Out
Heartbeat
Rockin' In Stride
Bad Girls
Madness
Tonite You're Mine
Lady Ice
The Riddle Song

Total Playing Time: 54.02 m:s

Year: 1997
Label: Escape Music Ltd
Producer: Tom Soares & Drew Ferrante

As well as releasing new recordings, such as Heartland, the Escape label have been plundering the past and re-releasing quite a few older albums. This has turned up gems like Agent, Dakota and Aviator. This album was originally released in 1987 using the title "Finger On The Trigger".

The band steers a course of metallic melodic cock/party rock in an 80s vein. It's been done before and it's been done better. The album isn't helped by a somewhat murky sound, which hides the singer partially in the background.

The album starts off well and I'd pick out the second track "Love Is The Drug" as the best song on the album. The rest of the album never really capitalises on the reasonably favourable impression created by the opening cuts.

This falls into the same category as the Pokerface album. It's OK and you'd probably dig it out occasionally and have a listen. But why waste your time (or money) listening to it, especially when the label that released this, Escape Music Ltd, have so many better quality albums on offer. And if you want to listen to this type of music, go get your old Kiss albums out.

Rating: 5/6