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MICHAEL FURY / REFUGEE (Can)

REFUGEE – Burning From The Inside Out (1987) HQ

As requested, here’s one of the finest AOR / Melodic Rock albums released in the ’80s from the Canadian factory: REFUGEE‘s ”Burning From The Inside Out”, a piece of work with ‘that special’ sound plenty of awesome melodies, smooth vocals and tinkling keys.
Refugee immediately makes clear their intentions with the band’s acclaimed opening track “Survival in the Western World”. Excellent craftsmanship combined with skilled writing abilities and a fine tuned feeling for emotion, melody and drama, lasting throughout the entire album. Pompous and keyboard driven magic!
We’re talking 1987 here, as if it just passed by. “The Beauty of Pain” and the remarkable pomp rocker “Love Survives” take us further down memory lane. “Lay me Down” is the unmistakable power ballad. Warm and honest, almost timidly piano work and soaring vocal work, slowly building up towards the mighty chorus (goosebumps)…

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MICHAEL FURY – Affairs In Babylon [AOR Heaven digitally remastered] (2021) *0dayrox Exclusive*

AOR Heaven Records just released a remastered limited edition of cult classic Canadian AOR album “Affairs In Babylon“, from MICHAEL FURY, which is not an individual but the name of the band which was formed in 1979 by singer Myles Hunter (formerly of the Canadian band Avalon), guitarist Rob Kennedy and bassist Martyn Jones, with the name of MICHAEL FURY being chosen after a character in the James Joyce story ‘The Dead’.
Originally released via a small label in Canada only (1984), the band soon secured a deal with an American company and re-named themselves REFUGEE, releasing two fantastic AOR albums. In fact, Refugee’s first album consists of re-mixed and re-recorded of half the tracks from this MICHAEL FURY first LP.
But 5 songs, awesome songs, remain exclusive to this LP, for decades impossible to find. Now it’s being available on CD for the first time, a wonderful piece of mi-Eighties Canadian AOR.
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