NEW MUSIC CORNER # 42 NIGHT RANGER/WARRANT

This week I have new releases from a couple of 80's bands. Click HERE to listen.

Night Ranger - Somewhere In California (2011)

I really, really love this new album. I haven't purchased their last few releases, so I was a bit skiddish on picking it up, but I did anyway. That was a great call on my part, 'cause this album is full of rockin' guitars, big choruses, and awesome vocals and harmonies. This has stoked my interest in some of their more recent catalog that I don't own, so I will be looking to pick up a few more releases here and there. This has moved into second place on my list of favorites from 2011. The only problem is cutting it down to 5 songs for you, but here they are:

1. Lay It On Me

2. Bye Bye Baby (Not Tonight)

3. Time Of Our Lives

4. End Of The Day

5. Say It With Love

Here's a little bonus as well. The band, along with Ted Nugent, made a cover of Damn Yankees' Comin' Of Age available for anyone who downloads the album from Amazon and a cover of Dirty Deeds for those downloading from iTunes. Well, I didn't do either, but here are rips I found on Youtube if you are interested. By the way, the first one is a rip from a radio station playing it, so the actual song starts at about the 1:45 mark.

Also, Niels included Night Ranger's new video for Growin' Up In California in VOTW 49, so if you want to see the video or listen to the song, click the following link: VOTW # 49

Warrant - Rockaholic (2011)

I've never been much of a Warrant fan, but with all of the "better than decent" reviews I've been reading, I thought I'd pick this one up. And I have to say that I agree. It's better than decent. It's not heavy, but there are some pretty good rockers. It takes a few songs before the album takes off for me, but it's pretty good from there on out. The vocals are good but the guitars, although not bad, are nowhere near those that appear on the Night Ranger album. Give it a listen and tell me what you think.

1. Dusty's Revenge

2. Life's A Song

3. Show Must Go On

4. Cocaine Freight Train

5. Tears In The City

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Permalink Reply by Jon on July 9, 2011 at 11:48am

Well, there's goes my Night Ranger idea. Sigh.

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Permalink Reply by RJhog (Admin) on July 9, 2011 at 12:42pm

What was your idea?

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Permalink Reply by Jon on July 9, 2011 at 5:09pm

I thought you were going a different route this week, but what you may have dropped is what I'm going to use because I don't think you like what you dropped and I do.