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Artist: 1st Avenue

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CD Title: Tears and Triumph

 

Category: AOR/Hard Rock

Year: 1992

Label: Le Disque (Holland)

Catalog Number: DICD 3764

Personnel

Peter Strykes vocals
Gil Lopez guitars
Arko Bommer bass
Nop Ton drums
Joby Bosboom keyboards
Features songs written and arranged by Robby Valentine.

Tracks

1.	Intro/Going for the Gold
2.	Heaven In Your Arms
3.	When the Night Is Gone
4.	Out of Reach/Out of Touch
5.	Once In a Million years
6.	Never Too Late to Live
7.	Hurt Before
8.	You Forsake Me
9.	Help Me Out
10.	Tears and Triumph

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Existing comments about this CD

From: kim	Date: February 24, 2001 at 3:30
One of the greatest melodic cd 's. Truly one of my favourites (out of 2000 cd 's). Great vocals, nice keyboards. I recommend this one to all aor/melodic rock fans. You want be disappointed. The second one is also a great disc.

From: Roger	Date: November 3, 2002 at 14:54
Si te gusta el hard aor echo en europa(Da Vinci,Dalton,Zinatra ,ect)no puede faltar en tu coleccion.Guitarras potentes,teclados pomposos y excelente cantante Peter Strykes.Go for the gold!

From: Carsten	Date: November 29, 2002 at 23:49
Could not agree with reviewer "Kim" more! Truly one of THE BEST melodic rock albums of all time! This cd has everything!! Power, melody, heart....I just can't say enough! BUY THIS CD!!!!

From: TYNO / BRAZIL	Date: April 4, 2003 at 14:52
THIS CD IS REALLY GOOD. AOR OF HIGH QUALITY AND NO WEAK SONG.IT'S A PITY THIS BAND BROKE UP. AT LEAST THEY LEFT THIS GEM FOR US. 10/10 .

From:	Date: May 31, 2003 at 22:40
CAPOLAVORO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: Rycheage

Date: March 18, 2004 at 23:34

A varied album throughout, and certainly high on power and energy, while grandiose streaks of piano and synths literally pepper itself all the way through. In the main, there is a definite Europe and Magnum influence, and an overall European feel rather than American. Air keyboardists need to listen to songs like 'Going For The Gold', 'When The Night Is Gone', and the fabulous 'Out Of Reach/Out Of Touch', featuring the wonderful piano/synth introduction which takes all of 3 minutes!

From: Rockhead	Date: March 26, 2004 at 5:32
I love this album Great songs, great Keyboards, Great vocals.

From: DAVIDE	Date: March 29, 2004 at 7:57
NON HO PAROLE!!! E' DI UNA MERAVIGLIA IMPARAGONABILE!! VERAMENTE SPLENDIDO........SPETTACOLARE!!!

From: Ancatcas	Date: April 17, 2004 at 10:40
Impresionante

From: Geoff	Date: May 23, 2004 at 20:27
Got to agree that this is a rather excellent album. Much better than the follow up and a great, consistent melodic hard rock release. Great stuff!

From: TIM (2)	Date: June 1, 2004 at 6:50
If you love Robby Valentine/Zinatra then this is essential. Huge keyboards and great songs.

From: AORLover	Date: July 17, 2004 at 11:52
Great CD with great vocals... 10/10

From: jessica96fish	Date: July 25, 2004 at 12:01
good solid melodic aor album.plenty of keys.good vocalsand the track once in a million years is brilliant.a must buy.

From: Kip

Date: August 26, 2004 at 15:39

I love Robbie V and Zinatra, but I disagree with most of you on this album. Much of this disc is annoying. "Going For The Gold" to me is very annoying. And the Flow of the album is interrupted by a lengthy instrumental. I would say this is one of the few very melodic, high powered, keyboard driven AOR releases that I own that I just don't like overall. However, I am glad I bought it because there are 2 absolute GEMS! Heaven in Your Arms and Never Too Late To Live are awesome songs! 4/10

From: z4roxx	Date: December 11, 2004 at 9:54
CHI HA SCRITTO CAPOLAVORO HA SCRITTO LA COSA GIUSTA!!!!1ST AVENUE GRUPPO DA AVERE ASSOLUTAMENTE PER GLI AMANTI DEL POMP/AOR...

From: Kain McCabe	Date: February 22, 2005 at 11:06
Listening to this cd right now, and it rocks! I don't know how people can knock it. Very similar to Robby Valentine and Zinatra. Whole cd is great the whole way through. Tears and Triumph is a excellent song. If you like catchy songs, booming drums, and lots o keyboards this is a must have.

From: Kain McCabe	Date: February 22, 2005 at 11:07
I forgot to add that Peter Strykes has an excellent voice and it fits the songs perfect.

From: 9 CHAMPIONS A 1

Date: March 15, 2005 at 12:54

A medio camino de los discos de Zinatra y el "No Sugar Added" del genio holandés Robby Valentine (de hecho aqui hay algun tema compuesto por el q incluyó en ese disco) se situa el sonido de 1st Avenue.Asi pues lo que aqui tenemos es Rock Melódico de corte europeo con bastantes pinceladas o brochazos AOR en donde los teclados son pieza fundamental en prácticamente todos los temas,de estos no hay duda :"Once In A Million Years" el mejor de todos.BUEN DISCO.

From: Aorforever	Date: June 28, 2005 at 5:18
Oh my fucking god.. what a super CD!!!! :"Once In A Million Years" SUPER BALLAD!!!

From: (CZ)mark-t

Date: January 10, 2006 at 6:35

"You Forsake Me" this is superb energy song. "Once In a Million years" this is not ballad and very good AOR song alla.FM. I have this cd.Super and Best fav.no.1. My Best Album is:SHY - "Excess all areas",TNT - "Intuition",WHITE WOLF - "Endangered Species",ROXUS - "Nightstreet",DOUGLAS - "Mad",FIFTH ANGEL - "Time will tell",KHYMERA - "Khymera",MI.LLI.ON - "No.1",SHOTGUN SYMPHONY - "s/t",TREAT - "Dreamhunter" This is my 10 fav. and this album no.1

From: SCANDI

Date: January 10, 2006 at 11:26

This is a class album somewhere in between SKAGARACKs "s/t" (Keys), TREAT to "Dreamhunter/Pleasure princible" times ("When the night..") & GLORYs "Danger in this game" (powerful guitarwork).I think due to its Scandi AOR overall sound.The guy's voice is not the best but absolutely acceptable (A little rough but not too much & no "high pitched").The very sweet keys, the mix of the songs with e.g. the extraordinaire instrumental of "Out of reach" & the same for the production makes it a 9/10

From: ROBERT	Date: February 15, 2006 at 20:10
La Ostia!! Q bueno q es esto, Me encanta, Alucinante. Muy Muy Bueno, Vaya Nivelazo, q teclas, q guitarras, y q voz!!! Ufffff!!Si When the Night is Gone es Fantastica y You Forsake Me es Maravillosa, entonces Once In a Million years es Acojonante!! Super Recomendado!!

From: sleazydog	Date: March 26, 2006 at 18:06
Very good AOR and much better than his second release, lot of keybords here has i expected.recommended

From: Swazi	Date: May 1, 2006 at 13:33
Phantastic album ! I have been listening to this one over and over again this weeekend and it got better each time. This is how I love my music !!

From: Heavy.AOR	Date: June 22, 2006 at 11:12
BRILLIANT 10/10

From: YIRO SEVENTH

Date: September 29, 2007 at 19:59

Este es un discazo. Si bien empieza sumamente flojo con ese irritante "Go For The Gold", el disco posee un estilo escandinavo, en onda DALTON, ZINATRA, DA VINCI, EUROPE. Robbie Valentine aportó y arregló aqui algunos temas, lo cual se hace evidente en el uso de los teclados en temas como "Out Of Reach" y "When The Night Is Gone". Ademas aqui nos encontramos con una de mis baladas favoritas de todos los tiempos la cual es "Heaven In Your Arms", el mejor tema de este disco. Un corte pleno de...

From: YIRO SEVENTH	Date: September 29, 2007 at 20:08
todo lo que hace a un tema legendario: Teclados hermosos, buen nivel compositivo, una interpretación vocal llena de Feeling y sentimiento, lirica noble... uff, un pedazo de tema... solo por esta pieza ya vale tener este disco, lo he llegado a poner 3 veces seguidas asi que ya sabrán cuanto me gusta este super tema!!

From: mannas	Date: November 9, 2007 at 22:37
so muss aor klingen!95/100!!das trifft genau meinen geschmack! falls jemand an ein cdr tausch samt cover interesse hat einfach mailen unter coolmohr@web.de!habe ein paar(lach)!!

From: cesar	Date: January 5, 2008 at 15:10
ahi que aguantar a soplagaitas como JagWire que joden los ratings con su basura en discazos como estos?

From: KurtmanJP	Date: March 11, 2008 at 21:11
"Once In A Million Years" and "Tears And Triuph" are simply KILLER AOR songs! "Help Me Out" "Go For The Gold" and "When The Night Is Gone" also get honorable mention. The only song I don't like is "Hurt Before". I find it to be quite boring.

From: george_the_jack	Date: May 16, 2008 at 9:10
Brilliant! A masterpiece of this kind of music! 93/100

From: Nelson	Date: August 30, 2008 at 13:43
Now I can kick myself and pull all of my hair out for ignoring this gem. I use to see this being sold very cheap (maybe a few cents in U.S. Dollar) before and brand new.

From: Delbert	Date: January 4, 2010 at 14:20
Here is the debut from this band and it is first rate, highly polished AOR considered by many collectors to be "Classic". Featuring songs written and arranged by Robby Valentine, you'll hear excellent keyboards and choruses that will bring tears to your eyes.....I compare their sound to early ROBBY VALENTINE, ZINATRA, TREAT and ATLANTIC. This is pure listening pleasure to my ears.......

From: rick kerch vzla

Date: May 3, 2010 at 16:00

Great album with great musicians and great compositions..do i have to add more???..."Intro/Going For The Gold" is a perfect mix of a dark,gothic intro and an excellent AOR/Hard Rock track,immediately we are hit by a very nice ballad "Heaven In Your Arms","When The Night Is Gone" along with "Once In A Million Years" and "Tears & Triumph" are my favourites.."Out Of Reach/Out Of Touch" has also a killer piano intro and then leads to a very good song and "You Forsake Me" is a solid one.As everybody knows Valentine was involved here and of course enriched the quality of the songs a lot (well the ones he did) but this ain't discrediting the band's own written and composed material.Buy and enjoy.91/100

From: halfordhughes	Date: September 6, 2011 at 10:17
very very good album!recommended!

From: 123charpenay	Date: June 14, 2013 at 15:01
hum this record is a killer album, a masterpiece for "rock time" french magazine specialist in melodic rock.i was never agree with the girls of rock time.for me this cd has his moments sometimes great some times very average.not a bad album of course but ...i ve selling it many years ago in my e bay auctions (japan import).

From: nimzo	Date: August 17, 2014 at 13:21
Great album of AOR/Melódico rock. Wonderful melodies, chorus and keyboards. The best tracks for me are the opener "Going forma the gold", "when the night is gone" and the gem of the album "One in a million"

From: hair metal again	Date: June 9, 2022 at 10:55
very good debut for 1ST AVENUE back in 92 offering some fine songs with their sound being somewhere between VALENTINE and EMERGENCY!big keys,nice guitars and a great vocal work along with decent songwriting conclude to songs like "heaven in your arms" ,"when the night is gone","once in a million years" !nice slab of European commercial hard rock

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