For some reason I was always after this record. Strange, considering it's pretty melodic metal with a hint of Whitesnake, particularly in Sabu's vocals (Sabu also produced the record). Whilst the cover of W.A.S.P.'s 'Scream Until You Like It' is a bit of an album outcast, the rest of the opus is a dreamy metal record which has me imagining city lights of a midnight, the distant hum of the freeway (or is it Sabu's lush guitar ?), crystal tears of a lost love tumbling (or that could be the drums of Esposito)...hey, you get the idea. It's hair metal - it drifts along at a nice pace - and you know that any band with the balls to write sultry cuts such as 'Always', 'I Wanna Touch' 'I Remember The Night' and 'Save A Place In Your Heart' are gonna throw in a few keyboards as the mist drifts in the room. When the smoke clears some naive metal kid may just hope that the band will leave him with the dream girl they seem so keen to speak about! Of course, it rarely happens because it's more than likely that the band had its wicked way with her anyway. 'Only Child' is a pretty good melodic metal album, and it sounds better now than it would have back then when this sort of metal was two a penny. Nice touch with the cover - young boy in the darkness and the talismanic guitar just within reach!! grab it boy, grab it! Reach for the stars....Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Only Child - Only Child (1988)
For some reason I was always after this record. Strange, considering it's pretty melodic metal with a hint of Whitesnake, particularly in Sabu's vocals (Sabu also produced the record). Whilst the cover of W.A.S.P.'s 'Scream Until You Like It' is a bit of an album outcast, the rest of the opus is a dreamy metal record which has me imagining city lights of a midnight, the distant hum of the freeway (or is it Sabu's lush guitar ?), crystal tears of a lost love tumbling (or that could be the drums of Esposito)...hey, you get the idea. It's hair metal - it drifts along at a nice pace - and you know that any band with the balls to write sultry cuts such as 'Always', 'I Wanna Touch' 'I Remember The Night' and 'Save A Place In Your Heart' are gonna throw in a few keyboards as the mist drifts in the room. When the smoke clears some naive metal kid may just hope that the band will leave him with the dream girl they seem so keen to speak about! Of course, it rarely happens because it's more than likely that the band had its wicked way with her anyway. 'Only Child' is a pretty good melodic metal album, and it sounds better now than it would have back then when this sort of metal was two a penny. Nice touch with the cover - young boy in the darkness and the talismanic guitar just within reach!! grab it boy, grab it! Reach for the stars....
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