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CD Title: Girls With Guns
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Category: AOR
Year: 1984
Label: Absolute Records
Catalog Number: ABSOLUTE 104
Personnel
Tommy Shaw 6- and 12-string guitars, mandolin, acoustic guitars, lead vocals
Steve Holley drums, percussion
Brian Stanley bass
Peter Wood piano, electric piano, synthesizers
Tracks
| 1. | Girls With Guns | 3:11 |
| 2. | Come In and Explain | 4:20 |
| 3. | Lonely School | 5:03 |
| 4. | Heads Up | 4:42 |
| 5. | Kiss Me Hello extended version | 7:47 |
| 6. | Fading Away | 4:03 |
| 7. | Little Girl World | 3:32 |
| 8. | Outside in the Rain extended version | 5:59 |
| 9. | Free to Love You | 4:49 |
| 10. | The Race Is On | 5:27 |
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| Total Running Time: | 48:53 |
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Existing comments about this CD
| From: JOURNEY |
Date: May 5, 2002 at 4:05 |
| UHMM, "AMBITION" IS BETTER: IT IS A MASTERPIECE!!
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| From: javi |
Date: July 20, 2002 at 12:03 |
| que pasa? donde esta el AMBITION ese es su mejor lp y uno de los mejores del melodic rock del mundo IMPRESIONANTE
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| From: Eugenio "Waite" |
Date: January 28, 2003 at 3:47 |
| This is just great, some hunting AOR melodies in here. Wish I have the original cd, anyway if u see it around there dont dare missing it!
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| From: Blue Tequila |
Date: March 11, 2003 at 5:15 |
| Hey Dan...you ever had one of those moments where you walk into a place with used c.d.'s and see an album in mint condition that you know goes for big bucks everywhere else priced at $4.99? Well I had one of those moments today.
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| From: koogles |
Date: March 22, 2004 at 12:01 |
| Tommy could have combined the best songs on this CD and the best moments on its follow-up ("What If") and still come up short by Styx standards. Similar to Peter Wolf's solo CDs: good for their hits, but taken as a whole, disappointing. Thankfully, Tommy got it right three years later with "Ambition".
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| From: Rycheage |
Date: June 5, 2004 at 0:28 |
| Tommy Shaw’s first solo outing is a bit of a mixed bag. In my opinion, there’s no way it could be called an AOR classic - that accolade would go to 1987’s 'Ambition' - but it’s good moments definitely out-weigh the bad.
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| From: kan from taiwan |
Date: September 8, 2004 at 23:46 |
| tommy's voice is my favorite vocal! since styx to damn yankees i am his great fan!i know this cd 15 years ago! till last year i got it for 80 u.s.d on ebay! for me it is a wonderful memories for my young age! and i think it's a nice aor album! and if you like journet,REO,loverboy, this cd is good choice in 80's aor!
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| From: Rafo Phoenix |
Date: November 1, 2004 at 22:44 |
| A VER MUCHACHOS, ESTE ES SU SEGUNDO MEJOR TRABAJO DESPUES DEL AMBITION POR SUPUESTO, HAY MUY BUENOS TEMAS COMO Girls With Guns, UN TEMA A LO LOVERBOY DE ESA EPOCA UN TEMA COMO PARA PONERTE A BAILAR, OTROS CORTES COMO Outside in the Rain TREMENDO TEMA ME ENCANTA CON UNA CHICA CANTANDO EN EL TEMA, NO SE QUIEN ES PERO ES MUY BUENA, TAMBIEN Free to Love You, Heads Up, The Race Is On, Come In and Explain SI AMIGOS ESTAMOS ANTE UN BUEN ALBUM, ASI QUE SI PODEIS CONSEGUIRLO NO LO PIERDAN. SALUDOS javi.
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| From: Jez |
Date: February 6, 2005 at 7:13 |
| Great debut solo this one, featuring some great tracks - 'Girls With Guns', 'Kiss Me hello', 'Lonely School' & 'The Race Is On'. Nice to have the extended versions of a couple of tracks aswell (especially 'Kiss Me'). Maybe a couple of fillers on here that bring the rating down a bit, but still a strong debut.
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| From: Kip |
Date: April 29, 2005 at 0:37 |
Lonely School is worthy enough of purchasing this album. Top notch power ballad. 
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| From: AOR freaky |
Date: April 29, 2005 at 1:46 |
| Oh boy, is this boring ! Only the last song 'The Race Is On' is worth listening. The rest is forgettable ! Avoid ! Once again : Dennis Deyoung is/was Styx, not this guy at all !
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| From: juan carlos |
Date: June 15, 2006 at 0:26 |
| Ayer pasó el video de "lonely school" en VH1 canal 45 aquí en Perú (cable) gran canción, el album lo he visto pero no me he animado a comprarme, bueno hasta ahora pues parece bueno y por los comentarios hay tambien muy buenos temas como este en el album y por fin me animaré a comprarlo. El video esta muy bueno, que nostalgia de esos años realmente.. sniff.. jejeje.. Saludos.
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| From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 2 |
Date: June 30, 2007 at 7:10 |
| No considero justo por lo menos en este disco que a la pregunta de si este disco es bueno te salte alguien con que "Ambition" es mucho mejor,ante esto lo lógico es que quien no lo haya escuchado lo deje para mejor ocasión y fije nuevos objetivos,mala opción,no sabe lo que se pierde,no una joya pero si un disco bastante competente,eso si para joyas a nivel individual 2 que Rafo vuelve a clavar "Outside In The Rain" y esa "Free To Love You" con unas teclas y una melodia vocal maravillosa.BUEN AOR.
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| From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 2 |
Date: June 30, 2007 at 7:26 |
Por cierto le dedico el comentario administrin-lameculin-ignorantin (y lo de bocazas ya sin diminutivos por supuesto) no si ya se que tu no lees aqui, pero el club de fans que tengo en tu foro si, asi que ya te llegará lo de que alguna -gentuza- está muy en plan generosa contigo en HH. Que facil es el insulto gratuito y echar mierda en tu foro a sabiendas de que no vas a hayar replica ¿eh? Por cierto hazte con este disquito hombre, seguro que no te defraudará como lo he hecho yo. 
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| From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 2 |
Date: June 30, 2007 at 7:28 |
| Por cierto le dedico el comentario al administrin-lameculin-ignorantin (y lo de bocazas ya sin diminutivos por supuesto) no si ya se que tu no lees aqui, pero el club de fans que tengo en tu foro si, asi que ya te llegará lo de que alguna -gentuza- está muy en plan generosa contigo en HH. Que facil es el insulto gratuito y echar mierda en tu foro a sabiendas de que no vas a hayar replica ¿eh? Por cierto hazte con este disquito hombre, seguro que no te defraudará como lo he hecho yo.
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| From: juan carlos |
Date: July 2, 2007 at 19:13 |
| Lo mejor de este disco viene a partir de "Lonely School" (Chequéen el video en You Tube Buenazo), gran solo en "Heads Up" buen tema, la media Pomposa "Kiss Me Hello" me recordó a Gowan Ok, punteo contagioso en "Outside in the Rain", arreglos y teclados bonitos en "Free to Love You" y mi favorita del disco: osea la guinda del pastel viene al final con "The Race Is On" me encanta!!. 8.5/10
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| From: MetalPete67 |
Date: January 19, 2009 at 13:26 |
| Hard to beat the title cut for good 80's power pop. It should be a radio staple even today, on 80's shows! I rarely hear it though, if ever...luckily I have the song. Saw him open up for the Kinks the year this came out. Kinks blew him away of course, but he sounded good doing a couple Styx songs.
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| From: petermexico |
Date: April 29, 2009 at 17:37 |
| Tommy´s first solo album, Es un buen disco, aunque la producción en este caso, típica de 1984, muy cargada fué lo que no ayudó a que las canciones pasen el test del tiempo, pero buenos temas, sí que los hay, "Lonely School", "Fading Away", "Outside in the Rain" y la final "the Race is On", es bueno saber que está recién editado junto con su 3er trabajo "Ambition", que en mi opinión bajo la producción de Terry Thomas es mejor álbum en conjunto, pero las canciones mencionadas de este trabajo me parecen mejores. De cualquier manera, que puedo decir, Es Tommy!, y su voz es única, y es el mejor pretexto para comprarlos, sin menospreciar su trabajo con las seis cuerdas. Vivan los 80´s!
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| From: Dramarama |
Date: June 10, 2024 at 10:44 |
| This album is fantastic! Great bouncy 80s rock and the killer vocals you'd expect from Tommy Shaw.
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