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Artist: Alannah Myles

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CD Title: Alannah Myles

 

Category: Melodic Rock

Year: 1989

Label: Atlantic Records

Catalog Number: 7567-81956-2

Personnel

Alannah Myles vocals
Kurt Schefter guitars
Bob Bartolucci guitars
David Wipper acoustic guitars, mandolin
Steve Webster bass
David Tyson bass, keyboards
Jorn Andersen drums
Gary Craig drums on track 9
John Johnson saxophones
Rick Waychesko trumpet
Michael Sloski percussion
Peter Fredette backing vocals

Tracks

1.	Still Got This Thing	4:35
2.	Love Is	3:39
3.	Black Velvet	4:49
4.	Rock This Joint	4:00
5.	Lover of Mine	4:37
6.	Kick Start My Heart	3:41
7.	If You Want To	4:11
8.	Just One Kiss	3:34
9.	Who Loves You	3:36
10.	Hurry Make Love	2:18
Total Running Time:		39:00

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Existing comments about this CD

From: James	Date: October 20, 2003 at 18:28
I wore my cassette out. I loved this cd when i was younger now wish i had it on cd. She has some really great vocals on this album. I can't believe it got shelved for years before being released.

From: Blaine	Date: February 2, 2004 at 22:04
Fond memories of summer, 1989.

From: mj	Date: June 2, 2004 at 7:54
Class!

From: Joan	Date: January 5, 2005 at 14:19
Una de las mejores cantantes de la historia del rock. Black velvet, insuperable!

From: Joan	Date: February 18, 2005 at 14:39
Y no solo black velvet, ahi estan las rockeras just one kiss (caña), still got this thing, love is, lover of mine... pero desgraciadamente corto 9/10

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From: Jez	Date: February 18, 2005 at 15:41
Great singer, great album. 'Black Velvet' everyone knows, but there is much more to this than that one song, 'Kickstart My Heart' being one example of the rockier material, while 'Lover Of Mine' demonstrates the softer side with a sublime ballad. Personally, I would rate this debut up there with the likes of Chrissy Steele, Darby Mills & Lee Aaron's s/t as my fave female Canuck releases and that is saying something.

From:	Date: April 20, 2005 at 0:07
Un super àlbum de hermoso AOR, desplegado por estos talentosos mùsicos, todo un clàsico del gènero.......Black Velvet es increible.....

From: Dave Stamos

Date: May 2, 2005 at 5:57

Hablar del debut esta rockera canadiense supone hablar de uno de los discos más logrados de la cosecha del ´89 y de uno de los mejores discos de Aor grabados por una fémina.Composiciones rockeras con ese sello ´80 como “Still got this thing”,“Kickstart my heart” o“Just one kiss”,todas ellas geniales con la sensacional y cortada voz de la preciosa Alannah brillando.La parte más Aor se refleja en el temazo “Who loves you” (la joya del disco)o la excelente balada “Lover of mine”y claro:Black velvet

From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 1

Date: May 2, 2005 at 16:01

Pues a mi siempre me ha parecido un disco bastante mediocre,(ahora bien el mejor de ella de largo) pues lo único que vale algo la pena es lo que Dave Stamos denomina como la parte AOR del disco...pero por desgracia hay muy poca parte de esa en este disco,o por lo menos el AOR q a mi me gusta,por q ese AOR arockerado con aroma y saborcillo campestre que precisamente es lo que aqui abunda a mi no me va nada de nada.NI FU NI FA.

From: crashdiet1313	Date: May 14, 2009 at 20:26
Amazing album, Alannah's been blessed with a beautiful voice.

From: 123charpenay

Date: March 21, 2014 at 17:44

an incredible record.what sound, what extraordinary voice!! wow!!!! only 10 comments since 2003 for a masterpiece like this!!!simply incredible.i don t understand the enthousiam for some very weak or some very average records,and not for this jewel.alannah have a big beautiful mouth,she rocks!!!.this record is essential and a wet dream for all melodic rockers of this planet.don t waste your time with poor realise, listen smart and good music.for ewample ,the day when roxette will be on heavy harmonies we will have doing a big progress in the knowledge of top class music.

From: Doghouse Reilly

Date: February 7, 2023 at 21:24

This disc rocks surprisingly hard in places, like "Still Got This Thing," "Rock This Joint" "Kick Start My Heart" (I believe this album came out several months before Dr. Feelgood, incidentally). The high-dollar '80's production smooths off the rough edges though, and you get a sound that reminds me of something like Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love," if you know what I mean. Big and boomy and loud on the surface, but still lite enough for non-bangers. There are a few Diane Warren-sounding ballads for Mom and her friends; "Lover Of Mine" was the third single and oddly went nowhere. Alannah had a cool, bluesy voice with a bit of a rasp, and hey! She sang naked in the studio—my kinda girl! "Black Velvet" was the big hit of course, and it lives on via adult-contemporary radio in the States. My sister worked in a hair-salon in the early 2000's that kept the local soft-rock station on all day, and they still played that song all the time, which only made her hate it more. Anyway, the album

From: Doghouse Reilly	Date: February 7, 2023 at 21:28
... is better than Cher's from the same year, and easily as good as Heart's Brigade record. Which doesn't make it at all essential in my book, but for what it is, it's more than decent.

From: Doug	Date: February 14, 2023 at 17:52
"Doghouse" from your comment, it got me to listening to this album the last few days, really good, IMO way better than Cher. Agree, it has a more Heart feel to it. I also hear a bit of Chrissy Steele, too. Good album!

From: Hofmann

Date: December 30, 2024 at 8:31

This IS a banger of a solid rock album! In times where many had low bass in the mix (Crazy Nights one reference), and programmed drums, this was fresh air! Larger than life analogue drum kit and HIGH in the mix superbly played BASS lines, and Alannah's vocals are full of power, feeling and great raspiness in places, making it a power rock album. Black Velvet was of course the landslide hit of the album, but killer ballad Lover of Mine also did well, totally four decent hits. Album passed 3 M worldwide, and ten winners make this a classic for sure. Very good production and musicians. Way more rock than pop, so don't miss out.

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