ALBUM OF THE WEEK # 412 THE ALARM - EYE OF THE HURRICANE (1987) - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-29T07:41:34Zhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topics/album-of-the-week-412-the-alarm-eye-of-the-hurricane-1987?commentId=6060463%3AComment%3A156692&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAs I wrote in FB, I was a Ala…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-07-08:6060463:Comment:1568012018-07-08T14:44:30.452ZNiels (Mod)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Niels
<p>As I wrote in FB, I was a Alarm-fan back in the 80's. I noticed them in '83, and then when they released "Strength" in '85, I think it was, Bought it, and really liked it.</p>
<p>I didn't really think, they sounded that much like U2. They were from the same box of bands like U2, Simple Minds, Big Country (didn't Mike Peters, the singer of The Alarm, became the lead-singer in BC, at some point?), The Cult (until they wanted to be AC/DC), The Cure and The Mission among others…</p>
<p>As I wrote in FB, I was a Alarm-fan back in the 80's. I noticed them in '83, and then when they released "Strength" in '85, I think it was, Bought it, and really liked it.</p>
<p>I didn't really think, they sounded that much like U2. They were from the same box of bands like U2, Simple Minds, Big Country (didn't Mike Peters, the singer of The Alarm, became the lead-singer in BC, at some point?), The Cult (until they wanted to be AC/DC), The Cure and The Mission among others imo.</p>
<p>Actually "The Strenght" sounded more like Springsteen than U2 to me.</p>
<p>When this album was released, I loved it even more than "The Strength".</p>
<p>It was like it was really that sound I was looking for at the time, late '87, I think it was.</p>
<p>Presence of love was one of my favorite songs that year, even though it was the year of "Joshua Tree", "Hysteria" and "Appetite For Destruction". Of course those 3 albums were better than this album, and they lasted longer, but in the late summer, fall of '87, I really really liked this album. </p>
<p>It hasn't aged that well, though, and the next album The alarm released in '89, I think, I was kind of tired of their sound, even though there was one very good track on that album as well.</p>
<p>This album has some great memories for me, and I can still listen to it now and then.</p> Had this album and it really…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-07-08:6060463:Comment:1566922018-07-08T11:52:22.826ZJonhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JonCStephenson
<p>Had this album and it really did nothing for me except for a few songs. Might still have this on vinyl somewhere. Now have a greatest hits disc and that really doesn't do anything for me either, except for a few songs.</p>
<p>Yep. They really didn't get through with me either.</p>
<p>Had this album and it really did nothing for me except for a few songs. Might still have this on vinyl somewhere. Now have a greatest hits disc and that really doesn't do anything for me either, except for a few songs.</p>
<p>Yep. They really didn't get through with me either.</p> The Stand was played on Mtv a…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-07-03:6060463:Comment:1565832018-07-03T19:22:17.024ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p>The Stand was played on Mtv a ton, and I never liked it so this band slipped by me with nary a second thought ever until now. That song and the infamous REO lyric I like to quote go hand in hand as to what was wrong with it…</p>
<p>“some songs have no meaning<br></br> And some songs try too hard<br></br> Tryin' to say it all<br></br> And end up saying nothin'”</p>
<p>The other problem with this band is summed up in the Allmusic review… “the group had evolved into more of a mainstream rock act without…</p>
<p>The Stand was played on Mtv a ton, and I never liked it so this band slipped by me with nary a second thought ever until now. That song and the infamous REO lyric I like to quote go hand in hand as to what was wrong with it…</p>
<p>“some songs have no meaning<br/> And some songs try too hard<br/> Tryin' to say it all<br/> And end up saying nothin'”</p>
<p>The other problem with this band is summed up in the Allmusic review… “the group had evolved into more of a mainstream rock act without ever getting out from under the shadow of their mentors, U2. In fact, here, they sounded more like U2 than ever” … Prophetic stuff …</p>
<p>So, there’s where my head is going into this one. And that’s where it is at the end of it as well. Sorry, boss, I don’t hear anything I like on this one.</p>