New England - Walking Wild
#291
By Rob Slater
June 15 1981
New England
Walking Wild
Genre: Father of AC/DC, Grandpa of Quiet Riot, Brother of Sweet, and on this album Son of QUEEN!
Allen’s Rating: 3 out of 5
Rob’s Rating: A. “Nice beat, easy to dance to, I give it a 4.5 out of 5, Dick.”
Highlights:
Most of the songs are great in their own very eclectic way. These are my faves so far. But I'll be going back to listen for more and post them in the comments when this review comes online.
Don't Ever Let Me Go
Holdin' Out On Me
Get it Up
DDT
Okay, I promised Allen a quick turnaround review on this one. Not necessarily my strong suit, but I do work well under deadline. Thanks, Allen.
Where the heck did New England go? You might say it's still there, and in a way, so is this band. Most of them have continued to work in the music industry even though this was their last album together. Two of the guys went on to form the band Alcatrazz. Which you can actually hear elements of ob this release. It makes me want to go back and listen to their first two albums.
I've only listened to it twice before writing the review, so it's not my usual in-depth.
Second impression
1. Walking Wild. '80s synth pop. Not bad, not super catchy. 80s keyboards with metal guitar underlayment.
2. Holdin' Out On Me. Sounds like Slade or a Judas Priest Lite. Or earlyBrian Johnson AC/DC. Nice switch from the first one. I love it.
3. Don't Ever Let Me Go. Sounds like sticks (Styx. TYVR) and later Queen combined. I like this one too.
4. Loves Up in the Air. Nice '80s ballad with echoes of Dennis DeYoung and Jonathan Cain. Kind of generic, but I'm a sucker for this kind of song so I like it. Maybe also some Bee gees. If Dennis DeYoung and Jim Stienman got together and Dennis got to make the production choices, that would be this song.
5. DDT. It's a 1980s 50 song with fake keys but that rhythm and that feel. Still fun. Makes my hips shake and my knees bend. Then it hits the chorus, and you've got to smile. The title DDT stands for Dirty Dream Tonight as in “Be my DDT.” Reminds me of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Nice.
6. Get It Up. rocks it sounds like Electric Light Orchestra. Maybe they should call it Eclectic Light Orchestra. ;-)
I like the other four, but haven’t differentiated them. A couple have definite Beatles, Styx, Queen and ELO influences. The only one that jumped out was Elevator. It’s hilarious.
7. L-5
8. She's Gonna Tear You Apart
9. Elevator. Hilarious.
10. You're There
I think I'm going to have to listen to everything these guys put out and buy this album. It's a really cool mix of Pop with nods to many influences. Even though it's got a lot of '80s keyboards, the metallic eclectic guitar-
“Geez, Rob. How many times can you use that word in a review? I don’t think it means what you think it means.”
“Eclectic, eclectic, eclectic. Humperdink, Humperdink, Humperdink. I’m not listening.”
… and the rhythm section balances it out and makes me want to move, sing along, and hear it again.
New England rocks. I'm glad the name Boston was taken. The reviews list Tommy Shaw, Guffria and Sweet. After the second lesson they played at Tommy Shaw’s Girls With Guns; man I love that song. They played Hardline, Aldo Nova and RTZ. All of these fit. These are good representations of part of the album but there's the hard stuff and the right stuff but they're all melodic.
Not really sure, why they didn't make it.. I think perhaps they are one of those bands, like my favorite from Canada, Blue Rodeo, that are so eclectic that the American audience can't sink their teeth into a whole album. But I can. It tastes great.
That's the quickie review.
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New England - Walking Wild
Review by Rob Slater
Genre: Father of AC/DC, Grandpa of Quiet Riot, Brother of Sweet, and on this album Son of QUEEN!
Genre: Eclectic guitar and eclectic piano, eclectic rock. All over the place.
Rob’s Rating: A. “Nice beat, easy to dance to, I give it a 4.5 out of 5, Dick.”
Highlights:
Most of the songs are great in their own very eclectic way. These are my faves so far. But I'll be going back to listen for more and post them in the comments when this review comes online.
Don't Ever Let Me Go
Holdin' Out On Me
Get it Up
DDT
Okay, I promised Allen a quick turnaround review on this one. Not necessarily my strong suit, but I do work well under deadline. Thanks, Allen.
Where the heck did New England go? You might say it's still there, and in a way, so is this band. Most of them have continued to work in the music industry even though this was their last album together. Two of the guys went on to form the band Alcatrazz. Which you can actually hear elements of ob this release. It makes me want to go back and listen to their first two albums.
I've only listened to it twice before writing the review, so it's not my usual in-depth.
Second impression
1. Walking Wild. '80s synth pop. Not bad, not super catchy. 80s keyboards with metal guitar underlayment.
2. Holdin' Out On Me. Sounds like Slade or a Judas Priest Lite. Or earlyBrian Johnson AC/DC. Nice switch from the first one. I love it.
3. Don't Ever Let Me Go. Sounds like sticks (Styx. TYVR) and later Queen combined. I like this one too.
4. Loves Up in the Air. Nice '80s ballad with echoes of Dennis DeYoung and Jonathan Cain. Kind of generic, but I'm a sucker for this kind of song so I like it. Maybe also some Bee gees. If Dennis DeYoung and Jim Stienman got together and Dennis got to make the production choices, that would be this song.
5. DDT. It's a 1980s 50 song with fake keys but that rhythm and that feel. Still fun. Makes my hips shake and my knees bend. Then it hits the chorus, and you've got to smile. The title DDT stands for Dirty Dream Tonight as in “Be my DDT.” Reminds me of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Nice.
6. Get It Up. rocks it sounds like Electric Light Orchestra. Maybe they should call it Eclectic Light Orchestra. ;-)
I like the other four, but haven’t differentiated them. A couple have definite Beatles, Styx, Queen and ELO influences. The only one that jumped out was Elevator. It’s hilarious.
7. L-5
8. She's Gonna Tear You Apart
9. Elevator. Hilarious.
10. You're There
I think I'm going to have to listen to everything these guys put out and buy this album. It's a really cool mix of Pop with nods to many influences. Even though it's got a lot of '80s keyboards, the metallic eclectic guitar-
“Geez, Rob. How many times can you use that word in a review? I don’t think it means what you think it means.”
“Eclectic, eclectic, eclectic. Humperdink, Humperdink, Humperdink. I’m not listening.”
… and the rhythm section balances it out and makes me want to move, sing along, and hear it again.
New England rocks. I'm glad the name Boston was taken. The reviews list Tommy Shaw, Guffria and Sweet. After the second lesson they played at Tommy Shaw’s Girls With Guns; man I love that song. They played Hardline, Aldo Nova and RTZ. All of these fit. These are good representations of part of the album but there's the hard stuff and the right stuff but they're all melodic.
Not really sure, why they didn't make it.. I think perhaps they are one of those bands, like my favorite from Canada, Blue Rodeo, that are so eclectic that the American audience can't sink their teeth into a whole album. But I can. It tastes great.
That's the quickie review.
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