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Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles Audio CD

A fair review of the Alannah Myles "Alannah Myles" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Alannah Myles reviews here, or go back to the Alannah Myles tabs.

Alannah Myles Band: Alannah Myles
Title: Alannah Myles
Rating:
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Still Got This Thing 2: Love Is 3: Black Velvet 4: Rock This Joint 5: Lover of Mine 6: Kick Start My Heart 7: If You Want To 8: Just One Kiss 9: Who Loves You 10: Hurry Make Love

80's Rock
The start of when the female vocalist was taken serious. This is a typical example of the rock music that was around in the late 80's. Alannah has the voice to make you sit up and take notice. With a great voice, mixed with catchy song including the huge hit Black Velvet, it is definately worth a listen.


Hurray Make Love
Her self titled debut album reached #5 on the U. Alannah Myles is thirty-nine minutes and nineteen seconds and was released on January 1, 1989. S. Billboard 200 Album chart and went Platinum. Black Velvet won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in 1989. Four songs were released from the album and only two charted in the United States. The music is in the style of Canadian country rock. Her voice sounds like a female Rod Stewart. Still I did like the music on the cassette and I am giving Alannah Myles an AA++.

Side One

Still Got this Thing
Love Is
#36 U. S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
#19 U. S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
Black Velvet
#1 U. S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles (two weeks at #1)
#1 U. S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks (two weeks at #1)
#7 U. S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
#1 U. S. Billboard ARC Weekly Top 40 (two weeks at #1)
#1 U. S. Cash Box Magazine Top Singles (two weeks at #1)
Rock this Joint
Lover of Mine

Side Two

Kick Start My Heart
If You Want To
Just One Kiss
Who Loves You
Hurray Make Love.


Still Got This Thang For Her
Her big black unfortunate hair, her tight leather skirts, the way she slithered all over the stage, I just knew she had a bit of Benatar in her. When I first saw the video for Alannah's hit "Black Velvet" I knew she had something special about her. So I ran out and bought this album the minute I could get to a record store.

For the past umpteen years, this album still puts a smile on my face, and I was right, the bulk of the album is actually straight up rock and roll with a tad of blues tinged fun thrown in.

Of course Alannah remains fairly under the radar as her only big hit here is the "Black Velvet" scorchy ballady rock song; but the album opens with a real rocker, "Still Got This Thing" and keeps going with ups and downs of rock chunk and funk; "Love Is" was a follow up single that didn't do much, same with the one real ballad on here, "Lover Of Mine", which downs Alannah's normally scratchy scath for an upper register and it really touches you, "Why does it feel like I'm losing you?", of course the guitars kick in as does Alannah's soul. It's really great.

But nothing compared to the straight up rock of the rest of the cuts starting with "Kick Start My Heart" which would make someone like Great White proud; the pop influences with hooks are all over "Just One Kiss" and "If You Want To" until ending with the countrified blues of "Hurry Make Love. "

This really is one of my favorite albums and I always felt had she thrown another album out right away instead of waiting 3 years, she could've been the Benatar of the 90's. Oh well this debut album did debut at #1 in her native Canada and I think that was pretty impressive at the time.
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This is terrible
He can't even pronounce "mistress", which he sings as "misteress". This Alan Mills is awful. The lyrics are banal to the point that they might have been generated by one of those lyric generator things. The only classic is "Dark Side of Me", which is searing and great. Sorry, that's a lie. It's rubbish, too. Don't give up the day job, Al.


Great Mileage from Myles
Alanah delivers rock on this album that is definitely hard at times, but never turns into just loud noise. This is a great female rock album. Quite the contrary, the album is full of good rock tunes. Alanah's voice is powerful and with the right attitude. The album starts out strong, rocking with Still Got This Thing, Love Is, and Black Velvet. Rock This Joint is a bit commonplace. Lover of Mine shows Alanah can do a softer, slower tune. The album gets hard again with Kick Start My Heart and If You Want To. Some mellower tunes close the album. Excellent stuff. Where's Alanah now?.


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