Music Worth Buying 11/03/08 Damone

Artist: Damone

Album: Out Here all Night

Worth Buying: Yes, except for tracks 4 & 8  (More on this later)

You will be interested in this music if you are a fan of:  Glam Metal, Pop Metal, Poison, Def Leppard

Tell me more: When a genre of music becomes in Vogue with radio programmers, you soon have tons of imitators jumping on the bandwagon hoping to cash in. But once it falls out of favor with radio programmers, all you have left creating the new stuff is those who truly love it.  

Such is the case with Damone's "Out Here All Night".  This band loves a big shout along chorus. They love a big pop sound, with big crunchy metal guitars and fast guitar solos. They don't care if this kind of music is out of favor with radio, and the labels cause it's the kind of music they want to do....got it? 

These are anthemic pop metal songs written and played by a real band that loves this stuff and can play it well. The lead vocals provided by Damone's female rhythm guitarist is a large part of what gives the album it's pop sheen.  In fact her vocals sound so clean and the production is so sleek that at first listen ,I might have just dismissed it as yet the latest production team driven "flavor of the week". This is by no means the greatest album I have ever heard, but it sure is fun, it sure did make me feel like a teenager, and I certainly enjoyed it, especially since it falls into a genre that I normally don't like (pop metal) .  I enjoyed every song except for tracks 4 & 8. For me, These songs did fall into the "Great production but mediocre song" category that most of those aforementioned "flavor of the week" artists fill their entire albums with. Once I got those songs off my ipod the album really rocked!

What about the packaging: Standard Jewell case. No lyrics booklet. The insert folds out into a poster.

What if I am not ready to buy the whole album: Check out the title track Out Here All Night If this track doesn't win you over, nothing else by them will.

Bonus: You might also want to try their acoustic cover of the Iron Maiden song Wasted Years This is a great cover and their rendition really lets this band shine.
 

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