This is a perfect melodic rock album. Huge melodies and fantastic hooks and choruses! Icon was a great band with some really cool releases back in the 80's such as their self titled in 1984 and "Night of the Crime" in 1985. This one released in 1987 and it shows a softer, but great, side of the band. In this album the straight melodic heavy rock of their earlier works is long gone and it's been replaced with a more melodic/AOR approach full of big memorable melodies and a huge guitar work from Dan Wexler.
Excellent songs, no fillers, amazing vocal lines and an overall very good production make this album a very good purchase for everyone who is into the melodic rock/AOR stuff!
HeavyParadise's Rating: 9/10
Tracks
1. In Your Eyes 3:56 2. Local Heroes 4:47 3. One Step Behind 3:42 4. Walk Away 3:42 5. Forever Young 3:49 6. Lost Love 2:50 7. Eyes of a Prisoner 4:31 8. Better Left Unsaid 4:29 9. Left to Be Alone 4:58 10. Hold On previously unreleased 4:35 11. Way Back to My Heart previously unreleased 4:08 12. Stranger Things previously unreleased 4:02 13. Strong Love previously unreleased 3:58 14. Second Hand People previously unreleased 4:44 15. Sweet Young Sinner bonus track 4:29 16. Gold Bullets bonus track 3:51 17. Little Drummer Boy bonus track 3:45
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