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		<title>Album review : CHEZ KANE &#8211; Reckless</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CHEZ-150-KANE-Reckless-cover.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="CHEZ KANE – Reckless" title="CHEZ KANE – Reckless" /></a>Frontiers Music [Release date : 27.3.26] We’re cranking the machine back to 1986. Yes, sounding like every Desmond Child Holly Knight/Diane Warren penned AOR hit 40 years ago, the album launches with the title track, ‘Restless’. Only this time with &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-chez-kane-reckless/">Album review : CHEZ KANE &#8211; Reckless</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : UFO &#8211; Misdemeanour Live At The Oxford Apollo 1985 (CD+DVD)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="129" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UFO-150-Live-Oxford.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="UFO 150 Live Oxford" title="UFO 150 Live Oxford" /></a>Cherry Red [Release date : 22.08.25] The early eighties were a turbulent time for UFO. Judging by the band’s poorly received Making Contact album in 1982, it looked like they were a spent force. Members left, most notably, Pete Way &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-ufo-misdemeanour-live-at-the-oxford-apollo-1985-cddvd/">Album review : UFO &#8211; Misdemeanour Live At The Oxford Apollo 1985 (CD+DVD)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : CRUZH &#8211; The Jungle Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CRUZH-Jungle-image-150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="CRUZH Jungle image 150" title="CRUZH Jungle image 150" /></a>Frontiers [Release date : 22.03.24] Welcome to The Jungle Revolution, third album on the Frontiers label from Swedish band, Cruzh, and their second with vocalist, Alex Waghorn, winner of Idol Sweden in 2017 (singing Journey’s ‘Faithfully’). Among their admitted influences &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-cruzh-the-jungle-revolution/">Album review : CRUZH &#8211; The Jungle Revolution</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : LIPZ &#8211; Changing The Melody</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-lipz-changing-the-melody/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LIPZ-2-JPEG-150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="LIPZ 2 JPEG 150" title="LIPZ 2 JPEG 150" /></a>Frontiers [Release date : 15.03.24] Debut album from young Swedish quartet, Lipz, in which they attempt to breathe life into a dying genre, Glam Rock. We’re told. But how do you define “Glam Rock”? Would that be the early eighties, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-lipz-changing-the-melody/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-lipz-changing-the-melody/">Album review : LIPZ &#8211; Changing The Melody</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : CLIMIE FISHER &#8211; Coming In For The Kill (4CD Boxset)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CLIMIE-FISHER-Coming-In-150.png" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="CLIMIE FISHER Coming In 150" title="CLIMIE FISHER Coming In 150" /></a>Cherry Red [Release date 23.02.24] Climie Fisher’s 1988 hit single ‘Love Changes Everything”, taken from their debut album, truly was a pop classic. Still is. None of the songs on Coming In For The Kill replicated its considerable chart success. &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-climie-fisher-coming-in-for-the-kill-4cd-boxset/">Album review : CLIMIE FISHER &#8211; Coming In For The Kill (4CD Boxset)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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