JIMMY DAVIS & Junction – Kick The Wall [Remastered Deluxe Edition 2CD] (2017)

MelodicRock Records partnered with American musician Jimmy Davis to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of JIMMY DAVIS & Junction‘s awesome debut album “Kick The Wall”. Freshly remastered from original master sources, “Kick The Wall [Remastered Deluxe Edition 2CD]” includes a very special bonus: a second disc featuring a rare live concert, ‘Live At The Bottom Line’, also remastered.

Originally released in 1987, Kick The Wall was the debut album from US melodic rockers Jimmy Davis & Junction, who scored a Top 40 hit with the title track but never quite got the support and audience they needed to make it big.
Davis and his bandmates had a sound that was perfect for radio at the time, bringing in elements of melodic rock, pop, and AOR.

Mixing the more AORish side of Bryan Adams and Jimmy Harnen, with the melodic style of Charlie Sexton (another underrated melodic rocker) plus a pinch of Richard Marx with a pristine production, Jimmy Davis & Junction delivered here an album full of magic.
Davis is a fantastic singer, and one of those vocalists who’s a real storyteller. His rich, strong vocals are a huge part of what makes ‘Kick The Wall’ work, but the musicianship, especially the guitars, is top notch as well.

The whole album is top quality, but songs like “Catch My Heart,” “Just a Little Bit” and midtempo “Labor of Love” had ‘Top 40 hit’ written all over them. The band’s rowdy (but still polished) version of “Shoeshine Man” is fun, but on the album’s second half it’s the more AOR numbers like “Don’t Hold Back the Night” and “Over the Top” that stand out.
Then “Are We Rockin Yet” has great 80s keyboards on it, bringing to mind Bon Jovi circa 1986.

Just in time for the album’s 30th anniversary, the MelodicRock label gave fans this Remastered Deluxe Edition reissue of ‘Kick The Wall’.
Not only do we get the original album, newly remastered and with the cover artwork Davis originally wanted, but it also includes a fantastic second disc full of live songs from a 1987 Westwood One broadcast.
Seriously, some of these songs performed live are even better than the studio versions, not in terms of sound production of course, just the ‘vibe’ is more emotional.

Jimmy Davis & Junction only managed to make a minor splash with ‘Kick The Wall’, but this album is about as good as ’80s American Melodic Rock gets.
It’s one of those albums that perfectly captures the era, and it holds up really well 30 years later. If you’re a fan of AOR and Melodic Rock with a heartland vibe, this is an album you need to discover.
“Kick The Wall [Remastered Deluxe Edition 2CD]” is a great set, and a perfect reason to revisit this lost gem. And if you missed Jimmy Davis & Junction the first time around, you won’t find a better introduction than this.
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Disc One : Kick The Wall (30th Anniversary Remastered)
01 – Catch My Heart
02 – Just a Little Bit
03 – Kick the Wall
04 – Labor of Love
05 – Shoeshine Man
06 – Are We Rockin Yet
07 – Why the West Was Won
08 – Don’t Hold Back the Night
09 – Just Having Touched
10 – Over the Top

Disc Two : Live At The Bottom Line (Remastered)
01 – Catch My Heart (Live)
02 – Just A Little Bit (Live)
03 – Labor Of Love (Live)
04 – Shoe Shine Man (Live)
05 – Why The West Was Won (Live)
06 – Just Having Touched (Live)
07 – Kick The Wall (Live)
08 – Are We Rockin’ Yet (Live)
09 – Over The Top (Live)
10 – Get Back (Live)

Jimmy Davis – lead vocals, guitar
John Scott – piano, keyboards, vocals
Don Smith – bass
Chuck Reynolds – drums
Tommy Burroughs – guitar, mandolin

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