Bad Habit - Adult Orientation | ||
| Tracks:
Shine Your Light On Me |
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Label: MTM Producers: Hal Jonston & Bjorn Dahlberg Year: 1998 Total Playing Time: 57:41 mins:sec Review date: 30 Sept 1998 |
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| Rating: 9 | ||
| Verdict: Who said grown ups were boring! This is one Bad Habit I'm happy to have acquired. | ||
| My first Bad Habit album, the band's third. Apparently, this album heralds a new era for the band both mentally & musically. Heck, they've even cut their hair. After reading that Bad Habit fans are probably starting to panic, so I'll just set you minds at rest - they haven't soldout, gone grunge etc. They've simply grown up and become adults. Hence, the title 'Adult Orientation'.
I wasn't impressed on the first couple of listens. The vocals didn't sound quite right to me, can't figure out why now. Anyway, never one to write something off after only a couple of listens, I put this in the car. That must have been when it happened - whilst I was driving around. I acquired a bad habit. Sitting at the traffic lights, I suddenly became self-concious and released that I was sitting screaming (I wouldn't describe it as singing) at the top of my voice. What was the song? - Bad Habit - Heart Of Mine. In fact, now that I thought about it, Bad Habit had been top of my in-car playlist ever since I stuck it the multi-changer. Apart from the very obvious description of 'mature AOR', how else can I describe this - AOR with a mid-West influence. It isn't exactly an instaneous proposition.That might not be a bad thing, because sometimes it is the albums that take a few listens for you to get into, that turn out to be long lasting favouritesWith nearly an hour's worth of music on offer, a blow by blow account of each song isn't a viable proposition. Here are a few of the names I jotted down whilst listening - Joey Tempest, Jamie Kyle, Romeo's Daugher, Brett Walker, Agent, King Of Hearts........ The album has got a natural, relaxed feel to it. It is like these guys just play this type of music so effortlessly. This is laid-back AOR at it's best. Yes, it is a relaxed effort, but there is an underlying energy running along in the backgound, which I guess is a result of the band's conviction that the new style is the right direction for them. At this point in writing the review, I decided to pick out a few highlights. This caused a few problems - 1. I started listening to the CD instead of writing the review 2. I looked at my list of highlights & I had selected practically all of the 13 tracks. From uptempo lightweight AOR (Heart Of Mine, Lost Without You), semi-ballads (Everytime I See You, If I Could Do It All Again), mid-tempo tunes (When The Sun Goes Down) to ballads (Forever), they've got all the bases covered. This is one Bad Habit I'm happy to have acquired. The top MTM release in my collection. | ||
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