Bad Company Holy Water (1990) [japan 1st Press]

Bad Company - Dangerous Age (1988) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at June 27, 2023
Bad Company - Dangerous Age (1988) {Japan 1st Press}

Bad Company - Dangerous Age (1988) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 343 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 146 Mb
Full Scans | 00:45:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Atlantic / Warner-Pioneer Corporation #25P2-2279

Dangerous Age is the eighth studio album by hard rock band Bad Company. The album was released on August 23, 1988. It was their second album with Brian Howe as lead vocalist and Steve Price as bass guitarist. It helped bring the group back into the spotlight, with major radio airplay for the tracks "No Smoke Without A Fire"(#4), "One Night"(#9) and "Shake It Up"(#9) all reaching the top 10 on Billboard Magazines Album Rock Tracks chart.

Bad Company - Holy Water (1990) {2010, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Feb. 12, 2024
Bad Company - Holy Water (1990) {2010, Reissue}

Bad Company - Holy Water (1990) {2010, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 372 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 133 Mb
Covers Included | 00:53:44 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Arena Rock | Wounded Bird Records #WOU 1371

Bad Company's last platinum album, Holy Water is a formulaic yet reasonably engaging collection of AOR hard rock. Although the only original members on Holy Water are guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke, the band does a fair job of approximating the sound of classic Bad Company while adding enough elements of '80s pop-metal to make the record appealing to teenagers who grew up on power ballads. And the band does turn in a first-rate power ballad with "If You Needed Somebody," which rose all the way to number 16 on the singles chart. Surprisingly, that was one of three hits from the album – "Holy Water" and "Walk Through Fire" also received a fair amount of airplay.

Forcefield IV - Let The Wild Run Free (1990) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Sept. 24, 2022
Forcefield IV - Let The Wild Run Free (1990) {Japan 1st Press}

Forcefield IV - Let The Wild Run Free (1990) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 338 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 122 Mb
Full Scans | 00:44:27 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock | Polydor K.K. #POCP-1061

"I Will Not Go Quietly" and "The Wind Cries Mary" are just two of the highlights from this stormin' album which includes Don Airey, Bernie Marsden and Mario Parga in the line-up with Graham, Cozy and Ray. Formed in 1987, Forcefield’s ever-changing line-up brought together the mainstays of some of the biggest 80s rock bands. The original members were Pete Prescott, Ray Fenwick and Cozy Powell. Amongst guitarist Fenwick’s credits were The Spencer Davis Group, Fancy and The Ian Gillan Band, while drummer Powell had been a key figure in bands of the calibre of Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake and is widely regarded as an all-time rock great. Prescott completed the line-up fresh from a stint as lead vocalist of Sergent.

Heavens Edge - Heavens Edge (1990) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 18, 2022
Heavens Edge - Heavens Edge (1990) {Japan 1st Press}

Heavens Edge - Heavens Edge (1990) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 425 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 168 Mb
Full Scans | 00:54:52 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Glam Metal | CBS/Sony Records #CSCS 5183

It's no secret that Philadelphia has, over the years, become synonymous with the sweet sound of meticulously crafted Soul and R&B. However, if you dig a little deeper, you'll uncover a thriving Hard Rock scene, best exemplified in the late '80s by the banshee wail of bands like Cinderella, Britny Fox and Tangier. Add to that list the name of Heavens Edge and suddenly you've got a pack of lean 'n' mean rockers that rivaled both Los Angeles and New York for sheer quality and bravado. Assembled from the cream of local Philly bands, Heavens Edge rapidly snagged a substantial deal with industry powerhouse Columbia Records, who at the time were a label eager to increase their market share of profitable melodic Rock acts.
The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (1976) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (1976) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 268 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Full Scans | 00:38:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soft Rock, Classic Rock | Warner-Pioneer Corporation #WPCP-3166

The group's first album with Michael McDonald marked a shift to a more mellow and self-consciously soulful sound for the Doobies, not all that different from what happened to Steely Dan – whence McDonald (and Jeff Baxter) had come – between, say, Can't Buy a Thrill and Pretzel Logic. They showed an ability to expand on the lyricism of Patrick Simmons and Baxter's writing on "Wheels of Fortune," while the title track introduced McDonald's white funk sound cold to their output, successfully. Simmons' "8th Avenue Shuffle" vaguely recalled "Black Water," only with an urban theme and a more self-consciously soul sound (with extraordinarily beautiful choruses and a thick, rippling guitar break).

ZZ Top - Recycler (1990) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 22, 2022
ZZ Top - Recycler (1990) {Japan 1st Press}

ZZ Top - Recycler (1990) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 258 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 98 Mb
Scans Included | 00:39:56 | RAR 5% Recovery
Boogie Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Electronic Rock | Warner-Pioneer Corp. #WPCP-3872

The continuation of Eliminator's synthesized blues boogie made sense on Afterburner, since it arrived two years after its predecessor. ZZ Top's choice to pursue that direction on Recycler is puzzling, since a full five years separates this from Afterburner. It's not just that they continue to follow this path; it's that they embalm it, creating a record that may be marginally ballsier than its predecessor, but lacking the sense of goofy fun and warped ambition that made Afterburner fascinating. Here, there's just a steady, relentless beat (Frank Beard is still chained to the sequencer, as he has been for a decade), topped off by processed guitars turning out licks that fall short of being true riffs.
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World (1973) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World (1973) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 287 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 126 Mb
Scans Included | 00:40:27 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Hard Rock | Deram / Polydor K.K. #POCD-1503

After achieving a reluctant Top Ten hit with a rock version of the traditional Irish pub ballad "Whiskey in the Jar," Thin Lizzy began work on Vagabonds of the Western World – their third, and ultimately last album for Decca Records. The single's surprise success gave the band bargaining power to demand more money and time to record, resulting in their first sonically satisfying album. The environmentally-conscious R&B of "Mama Nature Said" kicks things off with Eric Bell leading the way on slide guitar. The overblown "The Hero and the Madman" and the tepid "Slow Blues" threaten to derail the proceedings, but all is well again when the band break into their first bona fide classic "The Rocker."

Yes - Drama (1980) {1990, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 8, 2023
Yes - Drama (1980) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

Yes - Drama (1980) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 242 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 95 Mb
Covers Included | 00:36:43 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Atlantic / MMG Inc. #AMCY-16

Drama is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Yes, released on 18 August 1980 by Atlantic Records. It is their only album to feature Trevor Horn as lead vocalist, following the departure of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in March 1980 after unsuccessful recording sessions for a new album in Paris and London. Horn was joined by keyboardist Geoff Downes, his partner in the new wave band The Buggles. Drama was recorded in a short amount of time as a tour was already booked prior to the change in personnel. It marked a departure in the band's musical direction with songs more accessible and aggressive, and featuring the use of modern keyboards and a vocoder.
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 252 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 104 Mb
Covers Included | 00:41:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Art Rock, Classic Rock | Warner-Pioneer Corporation #WPCP-3491

With Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper refined the raw grit of their earlier work in favor of a slightly more polished sound (courtesy of super-producer Bob Ezrin), resulting in a mega-hit album that reached the top of the U.S. album charts. Song for song, Billion Dollar Babies is probably the original Alice Cooper group's finest and strongest. Such tracks as "Hello Hooray," the lethal stomp of the title track, the defiant "Elected" (a rewrite of an earlier song, "Reflected"), and the poison-laced pop candy of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" remain among Cooper's greatest achievements. Also included are a pair of perennial concert standards – the disturbing necrophilia ditty "I Love the Dead" and the chilling macabre of "Sick Things" – as well as such strong, lesser-known selections as "Raped and Freezin'," "Unfinished Sweet," and perhaps Cooper's most overlooked gem, "Generation Landslide."
A-ha - East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon (1990) {Japan 1st Press}

A-ha - East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon (1990) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 334 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 155 Mb
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New Wave, Pop Rock | Warner Bros. Records / Warner-Pioneer Corporation #WPCP-3880

East of the Sun, West of the Moon is the fourth album by the Norwegian band A-ha. Released in 1990, it was something of a departure from their earlier radio friendly sound to a darker, moodier tone. The album was named after a Norwegian fairy tale. It reached number 1 in the band's native Norway and was Top 20 in various European countries and Japan. It was co-produced by Ian Stanley, formerly of the band Tears For Fears.