EVEREST – Everest [Long Island Records remastered +1] out of print *HQ*

As requested, here’s a little gem from the awesome ’80s Canadian AOR factory.
EVEREST were a Canadian melodic rock band from Toronto that released this self-titled album on Epic in 1984. The band recorded a second album next year mixed by Rush’s Alex Lifeson but never released until a decade after.
The Rush connection continues as Geddy Lee helped EVEREST in many aspects, as example mixing the song “Don’t Know What To Do”, added into this remastered reissue as bonus track.
Produced by Paul Gross, who took on the same role for the first three Saga albums, the music of Everest was richly progressive / pomp with lush Hi-Tech keyboard arrangements in a melodic rock style. While the sound does resemble Saga in many ways I am also reminded of Charlie, Pallas (circa The Wedge) and other UK works from the same period such as Jaguar’s ‘This Time’ LP .
An excellent album from band that should be better known to fans of melodic rock with a light proggy touch.

01. Right Between The Eyes
02. Hold On
03. Only A Moment
04. I Think It’s My Heart
05. Danger Zone
06. Streetwise
07. You Make Me Shiver
08. Come To The City
09. Everybody’s Nuts At The Palace
10. I Know You’re There
11. I Don’t Know
12. Don’t Know What To Do (bonus track mixed by Geddy Lee)

Ric McDonald – lead vocals, bass
Frank Reid – keyboards, vocals
Don Gaze – guitars
Jim MacLellan – drums, percussion

out of print