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To this day, Mike Tramp has no idea what compelled him to jump off the stage and pick up the receiver. Given that the band’s managers George and Michael Parente also co-own the building, most incoming calls are business-related. Somewhere in the empty L’Amour nightclub in New York City, a phone rings incessantly during a White Lion rehearsal. And sounds as good as it looks.It’s early 1987. All the songs weren’t perfect, but this is as close as they ever got to perfect on an album and definitely worth having in the collection if you like 80’s rock at all. However, “All Join OUr Hands” is where they get it wrong on these feel good, peace is good songs. If they did them like this, all would be right with the world.
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It was such a heartfelt, fantastic song that really connected with me and a few million other people as well. I talked about how much I hated all the band’s songs that were political or some social commentary, well that is not the case with “When The Children Cry”. How many albums do you know where none of the hits were not on Side One? The album produced four singles which strangely enough all come from Side Two.
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They put together a stand-out album in a year full of stand out albums from Def Leppard, Guns ‘N Roses and Whitesnake. Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta did all the song writing and their connection together was at their strongest on this album. When this album came out, I thought it was their debut as I had never heard of them or “Fight to Survive”. It was a great album to go out on and it should have stayed that way. This album was the last one with the classic line up and I don’t think we will ever see the band get back together and I am okay with that. If I want political, I will listen to Rage Against the Machine. Now, the album also has some faults including the political song “Warsong”. This album also had the remake of “Broken Heart” which was actually better than the original and had some meat to it. I really liked “Love Don’t Come Easy” and “It’s Over”. The album was ballad heavy as well, but actually in a good way. The band also had their first instrumental “Blue Monday” which pays tribute to the passing of the great Stevie Ray Vaughn. I couldn’t get enough of “Leave Me Alone” and “Out With the Boys”. The opening track “Lights and Thunder” set the tone for the rest of the album. This album was stellar and the band sounded fresh and had a darker edge to it. This album was basically ignored by most and that is a crying shame. WORST – RETURN OF THE PRIDE (2008):īy 1991, The Hair Band scene was dying down thanks to Nirvana and Grunge. Sit back and see how the albums are ranked and maybe it will spark an interest to go listen to some White Lion. With only 5 studio releases, this one isn’t as long as some of the others I have done which is a nice change of pace for me. I was a fan of White LIon’s in the late 80’s and early 90’s so I thought I would rank their albums as I have some familiarity with all their stuff and felt I could judge them properly.
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As a kid, I could care less about political or socially conscious songs, give me Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll. Where this worked on some albums, it totally didn’t work on others. One thing the makes the band a little different than other bands of the era is that every album has at least one (usually more) song that is political in nature or at least some social commentary to it. A record deal was in place with Atlantic and in 1987, the band released ‘Pride’ and success was finally had…at least for a few years. The band’s classic line-up was set with Mike, Vito, James LoMenzo (bass) and Greg D’Angelo (drums). The album eventually was released and then the bass player and drummer were added, labels went bankrupt and it all started all over again. The debut, ‘Fight to Survive’, was finished and the record company hated it and refused to release it. A bass player and drummer were added, a record label was signed and the debut album was ready. When Danish musician, Mike Tramp moved to New York in 1983, he met this guitar whiz by the name of Vito Bratta and a little band was formed by the name of White Lion (I am sure I over simplified things).