Sunday, August 25, 2019

Angel


  1. Can You Feel It
  2. Don't Leave Me Lonely
  3. Feelin' Right
  4. Tower
  5. Anyway You Want It
  6. Big Boy (Let's Do It Again)
  7. Rock & Rollers
  8. Over And Over
  9. Telephone Exchange
  10. White Lightning
  11. Got Love If You Want It
  12. On The Rocks
  13. On & On
  14. Flying With Broken Wings
  15. Wild & Hot

With only five studio albums, one live album and one change in bass players between the third an fourth albums, and one of the coolest logos ever, Angel imploded after six years of activity. During that time they managed to reach headline status but never really broke out of the theater circuit and into arenas where their big production show and soaring hard rock synth/guitar driven sound would seem most at home. Definitely a band that deserved more than they got. A hard rock sound with hints of prog later albums were a bit more poppy than rock but the songwriting is strong and the production is big and clean. They have resurfaced with different lineups over the last decade and released new material.
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2 comments:

  1. SoftshoebananaAugust 28, 2019 at 12:43 PM

    Angel....what a fantastic band. A school friend described them to me. this was 76/77 in Scotland...his brother had heard an album of theirs..i was intrigued.
    Strangely enough i found a copy of Helluva Band...fuckin' loved it. also found the 1st album and lo and behold it was even better.

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    1. Uncle DanAugust 28, 2019 at 2:29 PM

      The first three are awesome. The next two get a bit more poppy sounding at times but the basic feel is still there and I still enjoy them. Saw them live on the White Hot tour. Every one in the band is a stellar musician. The drummer, Barry Brandt is still one of my favorite drummers and I don't pick up on drummers too often.

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