LOVERBOY – Rock N Roll Revival

September 22nd, 2012 by jason

Frontiers

I’ll be honest, I was sceptical of this one, however nothing else has got near my stereo for weeks- “Rock N Roll Revival” is, hands down, one of my favourite albums of 2012. Mixing three new tracks with re- recordings of some of their best loved songs, Loverboy have breathed new life into themselves.

The three new tracks were overseen by legendary producer Bob Rock and recorded at Bryan Adams’ Warehouse Studio in Vancouver and all fit in well alongside the bands more established material. Title track “Rock N Roll Revival”, “Heartbreaker” and “No Tomorrow” all show that the band hasn’t lost their touch in a career of almost 35 years. The re-recordings of the older songs were produced by band guitarist Paul Dean and have given the tracks a modern edge and possible a heavier feel to them, in particular “Working for the Weekend” and “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It”, whilst at the same time retaining that ‘80’s feel.

Vocalist Mike Reno’s voice remains strong, in particular on tracks like “When It’s Over” and “Always On My Mind”, whilst the rest of the band also remain in fine form. It is easy to see the influence that Loverboy have had on the likes of bands such as Bon Jovi and Enuff Z Nuff and this is particularly evident on new track “Heartbreaker”.

There is some great keyboard and guitar interplay from Doug Johnson and Paul Dean respectively on “Lucky Ones” and Ken Sinnaeve’s bass line on “Turn Me Loose” will be stuck in my head for a fair while to come. The album is completed by “Queen of the Broken Hearts”, “The Kid Is Hot Tonight” and an 8 minute run through of “Hot Girls In Love”- the latter sounding like a fine mix of ZZ Top and Huey Lewis and The News.

Loverboy are currently on a massive North American tour, along with Journey and Pat Benetar, that will take them through to the end of the year-and hopefully they’ll decide to do some European shows too. “Rock N Roll Revival” may not be a groundbreaking new release but for an awful lot of us this kind of nostalgia is a very, very good thing.

***** (if I could give it more, I would!!)
Nikk Gunns

Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.
In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

Next session: Sunday 1 December

Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio

David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024.

UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024.

How to Listen Live?

Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop)

Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”
Listen via other media player (eg. VLC) Click or tap here and “open file”

Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is also in iTunes under Internet Radio/Classic Rock
Listen in via the Tunein app and search for “Get Ready to ROCK!” and save as favourite.

More information and links at our radio website where you can listen again to shows via the presenter pages: getreadytorockradio.com

Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)