Don't be fooled by the date; 'Conversation Piece' is in fact a re-issuing of Pistol Dawn's two rare EPs from 1990. This is very much party hardy metal somewhere between hard glam and punchy Skid Row styled masculinity and boasting some fantastic guitar work (Scotti Ryan) and effective vocal sneers from Faster Freddie Brecht. We get ten pure rock tracks here and everyone is a gem; right down from the slamming title track; the swaggering G n' R pomp of 'Gone Away' with its cool introductory drum slab and fizzing guitar and then it's transformation into a sentimental semi-ballad. Enuff z' Nuf's Chip features on 'Message in a Bottle' but forget the sweetness and light and revel in the glammy chug of 'Be My Girl' and the equally weighty yet sugary 'Dreams Come True'. Yep, they shoulda been bigger but isn't that all part of the romance? Fans of Lilian Axe and the like should snap this gem up because for something that seemed out of date in 1990, it sure sounds relevant now.
7.5/10
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