The title of this Albert King-album hints towards New Orleans and the music definitely has a New Orelans R & B, funk and soulfeel. There's no sharp edges here, not even in Alberts guitarplaying, just smooth and laidback playing and singing (always with great feeling of course) and a horn section that can only can be from New Orleans, it's that obvious. Sadly there's two songs here that lowers the average score, otherwise this is a truly enjoyable album to sit back and just listen to with your eyes closed. You'll get the goose bumps!

1)Get out of my life woman (6,5)

2)Born under a bad sign (7,0)

3)The feeling (7,5)

4)We all wanna boogie (6,0)

5)The very thought of you (4,0)

6)I got the blues (7,5)

7)I get evil (7,0)

8)Angel of mercy (7,5)

9)Flat tyre (5,5)

Score: 6,50

Albert King (Albert Nelson)-vocals and guitars (1923-1992)

George Porter Jr-bass (b.1947)

This album by one of the blues greats was released in 1977 and in the middle of the new disco wave which clearly can be heard on the album. Albert was maybe trying to reach a new audience? The 1.93 cm tall black blues phantom still delivers good blues here and the songs are full of feeling and soulful and funky blues with a touch of rock like many blues bands sounded in the 70's. It's maybe not among the best in the genre at the time but definitely worth listening to.

1)Love shock (7,5)

2)You upset me babe (8,5)

3)Chump change (7,5)

4)Let me rock you (7,5)

5)Boot lace (7,5)

6)Love mechanic (6,5)

7)Call my job (6,5)

8)Good time Charlie (6,0)

Score: 7,19

Albert King-vocals and guitars (1923-1992)

In the middle and end of the 90's this kind of melodic hardrock was totally out of fashion. Nightranger was among the very few bands that kept on doing this kind of music even if some of the songs on this album are halfboring in the vein of many of the 80's "hairbands" that kept on releasing music in the 90's. On the american version of this album the song "Crazy World" is missing.

1)Sign of the times (9,0) A damn good rocker with energy, a strong refrain and superb playing!

2)Jane's interlude (-)

3)Panic in Jane (6,5) Midtempo acoustic and electric mish-mash with a good refrain.

4)Don't ask me why (6,0)

5)Kong (6,0) Acoustic and not very fun even though there's a good refrain and it's groovy.

6)Mother mayhem (6,0)

7)Soul survivor (7,5) A good soft rocker with yet another catchy refrain.

8)Sea of love (7,0) At last a rocker.

9)Crazy world (5,5) Back to mediocrity.

10)Piece sign (6,0)

11)When I call on you (6,0)

12)Revelation (7,0)

Score: 6,59

Jack Blades-vocals, guitars and bass (b.1954)

Brad Gillis-guitars (b.1957)

Jeff Watson-guitars (b.1956)

Kelly Keagy-vocals and drums (b.1952)

Alan Fitzgerald-keyboards (b.1949)

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Jack Russell (Great White)-background vocals (b.1960)

San Francisco's Exodus 1st album and also a major influence on many trash metal-bands to come, this album was one of the first to set the standards for much of the aggressive music in the 80's and contionue to do so. Kirk Hammett of Metallica played in Exodus before this album was released. The albums is full of heavy riffing, screaming vocals, aggressitivity and good songs but the problem here is the production that does not make fearness to the songs. The re-recorded album from 2008, re-named "Let There Be Blood" is a much much better album and a must-have thrash album full of killer songs, buy it!

This is the only album that features Paul Baloff on vocals. He later sang in Hirax and Heathen. When Exodus re-united in 1997 he was offered to join the band again but in 2002 he suffered a stroke wich left him in a coma and led to his death the same year. 

1)Bonded by blood (7,0)

2)Exodus (5,0)

3)And then there was none (7,5)

4)A lesson in violence (7,5)

5)Metal command (6,5)

6)Piranha (6,0)

7)No love (6,0)

8)Deliver us to evil (6,5)

9)Strike of the beast (5,0)

Score: 6,33

Paul Baloff-vocals (1960-2002)

Gary Holt-guitars (b.1964)

Rick Hunolt-guitars (b.1963)

Rob McKillop-bass

Tom Hunting-drums (b.1965)