Amaze Me - Amaze Me
Gods Gift To Woman
You Say You Never Cry
Help Me Through The Night
Tough Aint Enough
Fairwaring
Your Lover Your Friend
It Seems So Hollywood
Next Train Back
Love Is A Fire
You Can't Hide
Fever
I Dream Long Distance
Tell Me Why
Label: Z Records
Year: 1998
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Total Playing Time: 52:45 m:s
Up until now, I'd always thought that Amaze Me's Dream On album, released by Now & Then, was their debut. It This self-titled CD is a re-release, by Z Records, of Amaze Me's first album, which was originally only available in Japan. Z will release their third album later in the year. I haven't heard the N&T release, so this is my first experience of Amaze Me.
This album is crammed full of great material and why the band decided to kick off with a cliché like Gods Gift To Women I can't quite figure out. Def Leppard should be talking to their lawyers. You Say You Never Cry is so much better. Still a few Def Lepp drum patterns floating around, but this really has great vocal harmonies and a healthy dose of melody. Danger Danger and Fair Warning are possible reference points for most the songs, apart from Fever (Talisman), Love Is Like A Fire (Loverboy), Your Lover Your Friend (sounds a bit like Dan Reed's Stronger Than Steel) and I Dream Long Distance (hints of Whitesnake). D2 and Fair Warning aren't noted for their originality and I suppose you could level the same accusation at Amaze Me. Amaze Me have created a good package of songs, which I enjoy listening to. My 'Likes' are - You Say You Never Cry, Tough Ain't Enough, I Seems So Hollywood, Next Train Back, Fever. I don't have any real dislikes, but the opening track does fall below the high standard set by the rest of the album.
A good album that I have no reservations about recommending.
Rating: 8/9
