8084 - So Far

1. Too Late For Love
2. Hideaway
3. Badman
4. Hold On
5. Surrender
6. Fire
7. Thunder In Her Heart
8. Lonely At The Top
9. She Comes To Me
10. Lover's Feel
11. Call Me
     

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Total Playing Time: 47:14 m:s 

Review date: 17/03/2000

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Not surprisingly this album has an 80s AOR feel to it. Think of acts like Nightranger, Aviator, Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite and Journey.

With "Too Late For Love" 8084 come out with all guns blazing before dropping down for the verse and back up for big chorus. I grew up loving this style of music and it's difficult for me to resist the charms of well executed melodic hard rock/AOR. "Hideaway" has a bluesy swagger to it and reminds me of Journey. I think the band released "Badman" as a single a few months ago. It bounces along with plenty of energy and is certainly the type of tune that would have you turn up the radio. The pace is kept up with "Hold On" which is another good AOR tune.

 With 4 pretty rockin' number under their belt the band opt for a semi-ballad, "Surrender", for song number 5. This type of song never fails to remind me of Journey. Both the rock out of "Fire"  & the Hirsh Gardener penned "Thunder In Her Heart" pass without being really worthy of comment. The power balladry of "Lonely At The Top" revives my interest. "She Come To Me" and "Lover's Feel" are more uptempo AOR. The mid-tempo AOR rocker "Call Me" finishes the album on a more positive note.

Back in the 80s there were a multitude of bands playing this style of music. Many have fallen by the wayside, but 8084 have emerged at the other side of the dark days of grunge to be able to show us that are still going. In fact, the band are current working on an album of new material. For the moment, I'm happy to be reminded of that golden era for AOR - the 80s.