LIAISON – Urgency +1 [Remastered 500 copies] (2020) *EXCLUSIVE*

LIAISON was an American arena rock band with ‘big hair’ (look the cover art!) that was cast in the same mold as White Heart, Giant, Def Leppard, and alike. Renowned Bill Baumgart produced the band’s first 2 albums and on this second effort “Urgency” was even listed as a member of the group.
Originally released in 1991, on “Urgency” the Melby brothers Larry and Tim attained a grittier sound, rocking even harder than the self-titled debut – featuring massive background vocals arrangements and a huge production sound.
This fresh remastered reissue includes a bonus track and it’s limited to 500 copies.

Highlights includes the title track “Urgency” which is a hell of a catchy song, “Ocean View” is a cool midtempo lite AOR song, there’s a smooth sound to the relaxed “Luwenda”, a lots of catchiness on “All I Have To Offer You”.

This is that kind of early Nineties melodic rock albums wrapped by pristine production, a mix of upbeat rockers, midpaced AOR tunes, and few ballads, all including very nicely arranged harmony vocals.
Highly Recommended

01 – Urgency
02 – Ocean View
03 – Luwenda
04 – Listen Up
05 – The Hardest Part’s The Waiting
06 – He Smiled
07 – Lay Our Weapons Down
08 – Free Will
09 – All I Have To Offer You
10 – Friend To The World
BONUS TRACK:
11 – Who Can Heal The Pain

Tim Melby: acoustic and rhythm guitars
Lary Melby: lead vocals, guitar
Bill Baumgart: keyboards
Glenn Pearce: lead and rhythm guitars
Kelly Burns: bass
Doug Mathews: drums

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