PERFECT STRANGERS – Outside Lookin’ In (2024 Remaster + Bonus tracks) *HQ*

PERFECT STRANGERS was a band put together by singer / songwriter Ian Parry (Vengeance) and ex- Vandenberg drummer Jos Zoomer. The band wrote a lot of songs and recorded many of them between 1988 / 1989, but a record deal never crystallized and the project disbanded in the early Nineties.
However, in 1998, Japanese label Avalon released a compilation of PERFECT STRANGERS ’80s recordings titled “Outside Lookin’ In”, only in Japan. Now the band is reissuing by themselves “Outside Lookin’ In (2024 Remaster + Bonus tracks)“.
This is classic late ’80s melodic hard rock / AOR with stupendous melodies and arrangements, musically a mix of ZINATRA, GIUFFRIA, 1ST. AVENUE, the first HOUSE OF LORDS and VANDENBERG. While in fact these tracks are demos, all are multi-track professionally recorded & produced. This updated sonic remaster polish some flaws, but what really matters is the quality of the songs, excellent timeless stuff.
Be aware there’s a fake version floating the web, this is the real new remastered version.
HIGHLY Recommended

01 – Dancin’ Through the Night
02 – Outside Lookin’ – In
03 – All Night Long (Give Me Your Love)
04 – Information Overload
05 – Only Lies
06 – The Time Has Come
07 – Still the One
08 – Hollywood Star
09 – Live for the Future
10 – Trapped by a Feeling
11 – Dreamin’ It All
12 – Slow Down
13 – Broken Heart
14 – The Big Time (Instrumental)
15 – Spend The Night (Bonus)
16 – Lay Down Your Arms (Bonus)
17 – When I’m Away from You (Demo bonus)

Ian Parry – Vocals
Wilko Van Beek – Guitars
Barend Courbois – Bass
Ronald De Grauw – Keyboards, Synths
Jos Zoomer – Drums

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