XL New York - Walkin New York (1984-90) (Retrospect Records Edition 2006)

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XL New York - Walkin New York (1984-90) (Retrospect Records Edition 2006)

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XL New York - Walkin New York (1984-90) (Retrospect Records Edition 2006)

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Year : 1984-1990 (Retrospect Records Edition 2006)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 112 mb


Bio

XL New York is a melodic hard rock/AOR band from New York, New York, USA, that was formed in the 80s.Only one album "Walkin New York" (1984-90) through Retrospect Records 2006.A solid '80s hard rock band that probably didn’t get their label’s attention and had to settle for busting their ass on the road to earn every little bit of success they had.Keeping in tradition of the '80s metal music attitude, XL New York's lyrics are about living on the edge and being wild and young. In fact “Living on the Edge” is exactly about that. There is nothing clever or introspective here. "Red light, green light; walkin New York" is an example of what you'll find lyrically throughout the album. Another example can be found on "Snake Bite," where Tony Fontaine yells "Snake bite on the run; she got a snake bite; she'll take your life".Tony sounds a lot like Jeff Keith from Tesla mixed with a little Bruce Naumann from Hericane Alice for good measure. While his voice really seems to fit the band well, he only sings on 6 of the 11 tracks. The other 5 tracks, recorded from ’84 to ’86, feature John Forman on lead vocals.

Album:

Walkin New York is a compilation of XL New York's music from 1984 to 1990 released on Retrospect Records.Because this album is a collection of songs that is being re-released, Retrospect took the opportunity to have these songs remixed and re-mastered. So if you had any old XL New York albums or were a fan from back in the day, you will appreciate the subtle improvements here.This album is AOR of a lively nature with a vocal and instrumental attack that fits it's genre and time zone (mid to late 80's) perfectly. The release is replete with nice enough production for a number of tunes that span 1984 to 1990 and fans of a certain age will almost certainly enjoy some of the bouncy rhythms and crack a knowing smirk at the 80's style keyboard flourishes throughout a number of the tunes - Get Back from 1986 being a case in point. The band did hit the nail on the head at times - the title track has a nice groove to it even if it does outstay its welcome by at least a minute. Lyrically it's a fairly `everyman' set of themes and nothing wrong with that and this collection of tunes does have faster and slower numbers in a judicious blend.Actually it's not just the music and lyrics that will amuse the listener, but the band photographs. The rear cover of the insert had me thinking of a Bon Jovi poodle years promo photo while the band shot inside the insert had me thinkin' Skid Row around the time of their debut.Fans of 1980s lively AOR and hard rock may get a kick out of having this in their collections, it really does little wrong apart from not doing things quite as well as a wedge of other bands. Perhaps this is a CD for throwing on while driving due to its upbeat rockin' nature.XL New York deliver a style of music that brings to mind the likes of Herricane Alice, Bangalore Choir and Gypsy!!!

Line-Up:

Tony Fontaine - Lead Vocals
John Gorman - Lead Vocals
Danny Fuchs - Guitar
Dave Trupia - Bass, Vocals
Michael Starmer - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Rick Starmer - Keyboards, Vocals

Production:

Glass Mastered At – CD Video Manufacturing – CDR0605023
Producer – John Anthony

Tracklist:

01. Ice Cold Katie 3:14
02. Walkin New York 4:03
03. Livin On The Edge 4:31
04. Get Back 5:02
05. Can't Stop The Girl 4:04
06. Don't Touch Me 5:04
07. Snake Bite 4:28
08. Rock Boy 3:40
09. Why Can't You See Me 4:36
10. Dirty Lovin 4:47
11. Too Late 4:43


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