The 1985 Listening Post - Autograph - That's the Stuff

Autograph - That's the Stuff

#420/1055

October 1985

Autograph

That’s the Stuff

Genre: Hair Metal

2.25 out of 5

Last year’s first Autograph record called to mind the 2017 debut record by the Brooklyn band, Station. I loved both records. They were perfect examples of this genre done right.

And, just like Station’s sophomore record, this one is a big, flat, uninspired mess. 

This is a generic hair metal album that makes Kiss’ Lick It Up sound like a positive classic. 

Word of warning: Apple Music has this album listed as it’s original album release, with the cut “Six String Fever” instead of the cover “(We’re An) American Band”. However that track actually is the latter. It’s labeled incorrectly. Which just shows how much effort anyone put in to Autograph. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/thats-the-stuff/307035471

The 1984 Listening Post - Autograph - Sing in Please

Autograph - Sing in Please

#281
October 1984
Autograph
Sign in Please
4 out of 5

Highlights:
Send Her to Me
Turn Up the Radio
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me

Better than Jovi, hewing close to Leppard, echoing Van Halen, Autograph was, apparently, members of a bunch of other LA bands who came together.
Thing is...it's actually great for the genre. It's a big, stadium hair metal pleaser.
There's a band from Brooklyn that I really like (well, their first album, the follow up was weak). They're called "Station". They are all about reviving this genre. They sound a LOT like Autograph. (The lead singer is better, IMO, tho)
I like this kind of music and I will actually say that, as a whole piece, it's actually as satisfying as 1984. Am I going to give it a 5? No. But it's a solid entry into the genre and I won't be deleting it from my library.
This is top down, 70 degrees and sunny, fist in the air fun.
When I talk about how this project is for me (us) to see if we missed anything...this is what I'm talking about.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sign-in-please/284714024