Category: RICK CUA

Girder Records has just reissued all the first RICK CUA albums for the first time remastered. An Italian-American sporting a cool leather jacket, Cua (Koo-ah) was the bass player for The Outlaws then he went solo becoming a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary Christian AOR music.
Just in case you did not know how to pronounce Rick’s last name, he made it incredibly easy on us by entitling his debut album with the phonetics of his family name. “Koo-ah“, released in 1982, featured a solid cast of musicians including members from The Outlaws and Wescoast AOR guru Robbie Dupree.
For his debut solo album, Cua left The Outlaws three guitar attack and 7 minute epics in favor to very polished, mainstream melodic rock with catchy choruses and radio appeal. Many songs rock hard like the rollicking ‘You Can Still Rock & Roll’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Crossfire’ and ‘I Wanna Be Like You’ bringing to mind Van Zant, then ‘Fly Me to Heaven’ or ‘The Rock Was Rolled Away’ are very Night Ranger.
This is the first time “Koo-ah” is being released on CD as well, another reason to get this really good first half of the ’80s Melodic Rock album with excellent sound quality…

Girder Records has just reissued all the first RICK CUA albums for the first time remastered. An Italian-American sporting a cool leather jacket, Cua (Koo-ah) was the bass player for The Outlaws then he went solo becoming a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary Christian music.
Rick Cua’s first 4 albums were and still are among the top classic AOR albums to come out of the widely successful Christian Rock scene.
“You’re My Road” is Cua’s third album, and being originally released in 1985 you know the AOR sound from the era, catchy, commercial, radio-ready but still rocking.
Including songs penned with his writing partner talented Bob Halligan Jr (Kix, Icon, KISS), and producer Dave Perkins (who also play guitar), on “You’re My Road” the guitars are given equal distribution with the keys, where there’s expressive lead vocals and harmonies.
This is the first time “You’re My Road” is being released on CD as well, another reason to get this really good album of mid-Eighties American AOR / Melodic Rock with excellent sound quality…

Girder Records has just reissued all the first RICK CUA albums for the first time remastered. An Italian-American sporting a cool leather jacket, Cua (Koo-ah) was the bass player for The Outlaws then he went solo becoming a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary Christian AOR music.
“No Mystery“, Cua’s second solo album, was released in 1983 with a classic cover art very representative of the era, a polished sound production and musically a mix of Rick Springfield, Preview, Franke & The Knockouts, etc.
Here’s appear the first Bob Halligan Jr. songwriting contributions for Rick Cua, and the session players are top notch including Ian Bairnson of Alan Parson Project fame on guitars, Andy Richards of The Strawbs on keyboards, and more.
This is the first time “No Mystery” is being released on CD as well, another reason to get this really good album of mid-Eighties American AOR / Melodic Rock with excellent sound quality…

Girder Records has just reissued / remastered all the first RICK CUA albums, for the first time on CD. An Italian-American sporting a cool leather jacket, Cua (Koo-ah) was the bass player for The Outlaws then he went solo becoming a force to be reckoned with in the world of contemporary Christian music.
Rick Cua’s first 4 albums were and still are among the top classic AOR albums to come out of the widely successful Christian Rock scene.
“Wear Your Colors“, originally from 1986, is one of his best, sporting that year’s glossy production. One look at the album cover, Rick holding up his black bass guitar in his frayed leather jacket, and you know this is a rocking album. And it shows up in the larger-than-life stadium melodic rock numbers.
With songs penned with his writing partner, talented Bob Halligan Jr (Kix, Icon, KISS), and a huge Def Leppard-esque sound & shouted backing vocals/choruses, the songs on “Wear Your Colors” are uber-catchy – like a mixture of Rick Springfield, Jude Cole and Mitch Malloy.
A great ’80s American AOR album.