TALK OF THE TOWN – Talk Of The Town ’88 [Remastered reissue +8] *HQ*

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And here’s a must have album in your Scandi Melodic Rock / AOR / 80s collection; Swedes TALK OF THE TOWN self-titled 1988’s album in its remastered reissue including 8 bonus tracks.
“Talk Of The Town” is classic ’80s Scandinavian Melodic Rock from every corner – from catchy songwriting and first class performances to the pristine production – musically in the same league of Da Vinci, Bad Habit, Glory, Fate, etc. All songs are simply irresistible.

‘Scandinavian Dynamite’… that’s their original name, and makes justice to the music. Fronted by talented Thomas Vikström (later Therion and countless albums as backing vocalist), TALK OF THE TOWN were just marvelous. “Free Like An Eagle”, “Fever”, “You’ve Got Your Dreams”, “Wildcat” are top notch uptempo AOR tracks. “Feel My Heartbeat” is a superb funk-AOR song, ”Undercover Love’ midtempo magic, while “In The Night” is a breathtaking power ballad. “The Power Inside” sounds like a hi-tech AOR Jojo song but is still great.

The band recorded pre-production demos for a second album that never was, years later finally released by AOR Heaven Records. This remastered reissue add as bonus some of these pre-production demos, a couple of Vikström solo songs (very good) and 2 previously unreleased tracks.
ESSENTIAL in your collection!

01 – Free Like An Eagle
02 – Fever
03 – Sing To The World
04 – Undercover Love
05 – I Love The Look In Your Eyes
06 – Feel My Heartbeat
07 – Livin’ For Lovin’
08 – You’ve Got Your Dreams
09 – In The Night
10 – The Power Inside
11 – Wildcat
BONUS TRACKS:
12 – Top Of The Mountain (Demo)
13 – Reach For The Sky (Demo)
14 – Strange Love (Demo)
15 – Come On Closer (Demo)
16 – Wish I Could Fly (Thomas Vikström solo)
17 – Love Touch (Thomas Vikström solo)
18 – Queen Of The Night (Previously Unreleased)
19 – Midnight Cowboy (Previously Unreleased)

Lead and Backing Vocals – Thomas Vikström
Guitar – Antonio Salueña
Keyboards – Mats Jacobsson, Mats Olausson
Bass – Jonas Olson, Staffan Linder
Drums – Johan Kullberg, Staffan Scharin

Out of Print