451 - 451
1980 Housekeeping
451°
451°
Genre: AOR
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
China
In that Foreigner/Rush vein comes Canada’s 451°.
I don’t have a helluva lot to add here. The landscape of the 80s (and probably the 70s, 60s, 90s, 00s, 10s….) are littered with bands that got together, finagled a record deal (something I couldn’t do), played music competently together and wrote a couple catchy, radio friendly tunes that, for whatever reason, didn’t break through. Despite the rule in Canada that 25% of the playlists must be Canadian groups. I think they scored a hit or two up there but, south of the 49th…not so much.
Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre guests on a couple tracks here. So, there’s that.
You know what? Listen to “Santa Anna Winds” and tell me that Guns N Roses aren’t lurking underneath this…bridging the divide between Skynrd and Rose. Which was always there, people.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2T1QDKBwVPWn6ja4J6SgQ7?si=bJYHh4cuRAKQktC2YfGWkA&dl_branch=1
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