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°  ÛÛ    ÛÛ     Artist: Hellion                                ÛÛ    ÛÛ
   ²   Û°° þÛ       Album: Screams in the Night                    Ûþ °°Û
   þ    Û²ß Û        Year: 1987                                    Û ß²Û   °
         Û  ²   Rel. Date: 2015-05-03                              ²  Û
        ±   ±       Genre: Heavy Metal                             ±   ±
         ÛÜ °       Label: New Renaissance Records                 ° ÜÛ
      °   ÛÜ  °    Source: CD                                    °  ÜÛ
      °      Û²      Type: Album                                 ²Û        °
      ²       Û   Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo            Û   °     ²
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            Û  I still remember watching the video for "Bad        Û
            Û  Attitude" on MTV's Headbanger's ball. Back in the   Û
            Û  day, Hellion had the repuation as being the only    Û
            Û  metal band with a decent female singer. While fans  Û
            Û  of Bitch or Wendy O' Williams might take issue,     Û
            Û  there really has been no female who has been more   Û
            Û  important to the metal scene than Ann Boleyn.       Û
            Û  However, she does have a unique voice in the same   Û
            Û  was as singeres like Halford, King Diamond or Bon   Û
            Û  Scott. Once you hear her voice, you will never      Û
            Û  forget it and you will love it or hate it.          Û
            Û  I gave this record a 90% because of two things:     Û
            Û  (1.) the drum solo, which I felt was kind of silly  Û
            Û  on a studio album, and (2.) "Easy Action" which     Û
            Û  should have been on a Van Halen album, but not a    Û
            Û  Hellion album---(it is just too happy).             Û
            Û  Other than for those two factors, however, this CD  Û
            Û  is really an excellent example of metal at it's     Û
            Û  best. I compare this CD to the 80s stuff by Ozzy    Û
            Û  and Dio. The guitarist, Chet Thompson, came in to   Û
            Û  replace Ray Schenck and Alan Barlam, who had        Û
            Û  played on two earlier albums. I remember people     Û
            Û  thinking that Ann Boleyn had gone crazy when she    Û
            Û  decided to replace two guitarists with              Û
            Û  one----until they heard Chet Thompson! [there have  Û[br]            Û  been rumors that Chet was taught by Randy Rhoads    Û
            Û  and that he was the first pick to fill Randy's      Û
            Û  shoes, but that Chet did not get along with         Û
            Û  Sharron. I don't know if that was true, but I       Û
            Û  believe it if it was!]                              Û
            Û  My favorite song has got to be one that never       Û
            Û  received any airplay: "The Tower of Air." This      Û
            Û  song has a feel that reminds me of Rainbow's        Û
            Û  "Gates Of Babylon." "The Hand" also could be        Û
            Û  compared to Dio-era Black Sabbath.                  Û
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            °  1.  Screams in the Night                      3:54  °
            °  2.  Bad Attitude                              5:10  °
            °  3.  Better Off Dead                           4:34  °
            °  4.  Upside Down Guitar Solo                   1:09  °
            °  5.  The Hand                                  4:08  °
            °  6.  Explode                                   3:21  °
            °  7.  Easy Action                               3:34  °
            °  8.  Put the Hammer Down                       4:22  °
            °  9.  Stick'em                                  0:47  °
            °  10. Children of the Night                     3:48  °
            °  11. The Tower of Air                          4:39  °
            °                                               39:26  °
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