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Free Music Review: Amazing melodic rock album, now even better!
Hit: 5 Stars
Originally released in 1988, Lillian Axe's self-titled debut was one of the best (and until now, hardest to find) melodic hard rock albums of the 80's. The New Orleans band was worlds better than the average hair metal band, and had a highly melodic sound similar to bands like Hurricane, Winger and Enuff Z'Nuff.
You don't often see debut albums this strong. Most bands need a couple of releases to really nail down their sound, but Lillian Axe was in top form right from the start. I'm sure some of the credit for that goes to Ratt's Robbin Crosby, who produced the album, but you can't underestimate guitarist Stevie Blaze's songwriting skills. There are some first rate melodic rock songs on this album (and by some I mean pretty much all of them) that have insane melodies, awesome guitar work, and this great backing vocal harmonization (apparently by Kip Winger's brothers) that makes everything Ron Taylor sang resonate that much more.
If you're any kind of 80's rock/metal fan at all, the Lillian Axe debut is a must-have album. It's one of the best albums from the "hair metal" era, and holds up remarkably well 20 years later.
NOTE: Metal Mind reissued Lillian Axe in 2008, giving the album a much needed sonic upgrade. In addition to the digital remastering (which is amazing), there are a hefty 5 studio bonus tracks. I'm not entirely certain where the bonus tracks came from, but I suspect from their rougher sound that they must be the band's original demo songs. The reissue comes in a numbered digipack with expanded liner notes, and is limited to 2000 numbered copies. I didn't think it was possible for this album to get any better, but here's the proof!
Free Music Review: 80's Classic
Hit: 5 Stars
LILLIAN AXE is the most underrated and unappreciated band to come out of the 80's. Don't let the hair fool ya, these guys rock very hard. Still to this day, the current band performs the classics, "Dream Of A Lifetime (their MTV video), Misery Loves Company, and Nobody Knows (if MCA had released this as a single, they would have sold a million copies of this album.) By the way, the reason the 5 bonus tracks have not been on the cds you have purchased, it is because those songs are NOT Lillian Axe songs. They are from Ron Taylor's band, STIFF. Steve Blaze corrected the inaccuracy and therefore these songs do not appear on the cd and therefore keeps the integrity of this Classic 80's gem.Free Music Review: Great album
Hit: 5 Stars
I ordered it from CDimports and was told it had the 5 bonus tracks and sure enough when it arrived it did not have them. Now I have to pay for the shipping to send it back :(
It's a great CD but I guess you have to order directly from Amazon (per last user comments)
Free Music Review: Great Robbin Crosby Produced Record
Hit: 5 Stars
This is still one of the best hard rock releases that most people have never heard. Blaze and Taylor were the real deal. It's supposed to be remastered but it's hard to tell. I'll take their word for it. I was going to give it four stars instead of five because this version does not come with the extra bonus tracks that amazon's listing claims it does but I couldn't. It's too great not to get five stars.