Friday, January 25, 2019

The 1984 Listening Post - Europe - Wings of Tomorrow

Europe - Wings of Tomorrow


#35
February 24th 1984
Europe
Wings of Tomorrow
3 out of 5

Highlights:
Wings of Tomorrow
Dance the Night Away

Super generic, uninspired, tired metal entry. Doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Doesn’t push the medium forward. However, you get a sense that they know the winds are changing as the title track tries to incorporate the heavier elements of modern metal. The rest of it is standard issue chukka-chukka/super-lead licks/high soaring vocals. For some reason they save most of their energy for the closer, “Dance the Night Away”, a song that wants so bad to be Judas Priest it can taste the Hellion. 
Been here. 


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