STARSHIP – Love Among The Cannibals [Friday Music Remaster] out of print

This Friday Music Records release of STARSHIP‘s “No Protection / Love Among The Cannibals” double CD including both albums in remastered form was repeatedly requested here. Initially appeared in 2009 and again in 2012, both pressings are out of print, but don’t worry, there’s a scheduled re-release for August 19th, 2016.
Let’s go with the great “Love Among The Cannibals“.

“Love Among The Cannibals” always has been to me some kind of ‘Starship goes Def Leppard’. Yeah, the ton of sound layers, the huge choruses and ‘that’ drums bring to mind here Def Lepp’s Hysteria album. Perhaps ‘Mutt’ Lange did more than just arrange and contributing backing vocals here?
Anyway, it was 1989, and you can expect this kind of bombastic production. And I love it.

With the great Mickey Thomas on vocals, terrific guitarist Craig Chaquico and ex- Le Mans bassist Brett Bloomfield joining the band for this record, you are guaranteed of not only superb musicianship, but also catchy, poppy melodic rock of the highest order.
Do you need more? Master Michael Landau provide some of his outstanding guitar riffs, and the one and only Tommy Funderburk, the always reliable Chris Thompson and Jeff Pescetto backing / harmony vocals, plus other renowned musicians.

Produced by the likes of Mike Shipley, Tom Lord-Alge, Phil Galdston and the band itself (and Robert John “Mutt” Lange also involved), there’s a glossy, polished sound all over on gems such as ‘The Burn’, the AOR bliss of ‘Trouble in Mind’, the Def Lepp-esque ‘I Didn’t Mean To Stay All Night’ or the slightly hi-tech ‘I’ll Be There’ with some Glen Burtnick on it.
And we have the awesome ‘It’s Not Enough’, simply put, one of the greatest AOR tunes in history. Period.

Starship’s “Love Among The Cannibals” is one of the most representative albums of the ’80s sound’, and this remaster does exactly what the record needed: provide punch.
The original CD version was really flat, but now you have all the dynamics aplenty. This remastering job really blow out the speakers.
A Must Have

01 – The Burn
02 – It’s Not Enough
03 – Trouble In Mind
04 – I Didn’t Mean To Stay All Night
05 – Send A Message
06 – Wild Again
07 – Love Among The Cannibals
08 – We Dream In Color
09 – Healing Waters
10 – Blaze Of Love
11 – I’ll Be There

Mickey Thomas – vocals
Craig Chaquico – guitars
Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals
Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
Mark Morgan – keyboards
Michael Landau – additional guitars
Larry Klein – Fairlight programming
Pete Woodroffe, Collyer Spreen – synths
Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
Robert John “Mutt” Lange – backing vocals
Chris Thompson – backing vocals
Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals
Tom Lord-Alge – backing vocals

Out of print
www.amazon.com/No-Protection-Love-Among-Cannibals/dp/B002QF31KI