Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The 1986 Listening Post - Saxon - Rock the Nations

Saxon - Rock the Nations



#435/2114
October 13 1986
Saxon
Rock the Nations
Genre: Mediocretal 
3.25 out of 5


Highlights:
Party Til You Puke

Word is Elton John was recording in the same studio and popped in to play piano on…”Party Til You Puke”. (Also on the last song, “Northern Lady”.)

That should suffice for the entire review of this hollow piece of mediocrity, except that’s the best song on the record. 

I get what they are going for, but it all sounds so calculated that it’s impossible for me to truly enjoy. So much seems to have promise and then it all peters out when the actual songs takes shape (“Running Hot” is a great example of this).



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