Artist: Joe Lynn Turner
Title Of Album: Joe Lynn Turner - Rescue you
Year Of Release: Juli 4, 1985
Label: Elektra / WEA Music
Genre: Rock
Quality: APE
Bitrate: lossless image+cue +log +SCANS
Total Size: 279,65 Mb

Yeah - another item I can cross off my "great album not on CD" list! I got this shortly after it was released on vinyl many years ago, and I'm glad to see it out on disc.

Since you're reading this particular review, you're certainly familiar with the two Rainbow hits "Stone Cold" and "Street Of Dreams". You also know that Joe Lynn Turner was the lead vocalist on those two songs. This CD has a very similar sound compared to those tunes. I never was a big enough Rainbow fan to buy any of their albums, so I can't compare this to any other Rainbow, nor can I compare it to any other JLT efforts. But I can tell you that this CD is a great representation of the great 80's melodic hard rock genre. It has great vocals, stabbing keyboards, crunchy guitar riffs, and a solid rhythm section. All ten songs are mid- to up-tempo tunes - the closest thing to a ballad would be "Endlessly", and it moves at a decent tempo. "Endlessly" did get played some on MTV when this album was originally released. There's nothing on here I would classify as overly hard rock or heavy metal, just good solid melodic hard rock. No over-the-top guitar heroics either, but good tasty solos. Good songwriting, no silly lyrics.



If you like the following, I definitely recommend this CD: Rainbow (at least the two songs mentioned above), Foreigner, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, Survivor, Sammy Hagar, Eddie Money, Michael Bolton (his first three albums), (and here's some more obscure stuff) Spys, John Parr, Van Stephenson, Van Zant.

Tracklist:

01. "Losing You" (Turner/Greenwood) - 4:25
02. "Young Hearts" (Turner/Greenwood) - 3:52
03. "Prelude" (Turner/Newman) - 0:56
04. "Endlessly" (Turner/Newman) - 3:40
05. "Rescue You" (Turner/Greenwood) - 4:31
06. "Feel the Fire" (Turner/Greenwood) - 3:28
07. "Get Tough" (Turner/Delia) - 4:33
08. "Eyes of Love" (Turner) - 3:49
09. "On the Run" (Turner/Greenwood) - 3:53
10. "Soul Searcher" (Turner/Greenwood/Newman) - 4:08
11. "The Race Is On" (Turner/Greenwood) - 3:23

Personnel

* Joe Lynn Turner – vocals
* Alan Greenwood – keyboards
* Chuck Burgi – drums
* Bobby Messano – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals