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Rare vinyl ep by a band very much like a cross between Canadian pop rockers Loverboy and some pompous melodic Aor in the vein of, Dakota. "Angel Of The Night" is a classic tune that will have you reaching for yer dancin' clogs! Check it out below. Mark Moulin has played with Keane and more recently with Christian aorsters, Visionary (Highest Calling, 1997).
DREAMER ‘WE’VE GOT THE POWER’ (AOR FM RECORDS) REVIEW STRUTTER E-ZINE Score 9.2/10
Looking for a label which releases the real rare unheard AOR gems from the 1980s? Well, then look no further, because from the start of the UK based label AOR FM RECORDS, this was the intention and they have been working hard to gather some great material released on CD for the first time. PRIDE from Sweden , ROULETTE from Sweden , the American better known band THRILLS and now they have put out a CD of the 80s Californian band DREAMER. This is perhaps their finest release so far, because ‘We’ve got the power’ contains 14 smashing Pompy AOR/Melodic Rock tunes that can easily be put next to bands like SHELTER, PREVIEW, SUGARCREEK, LOVERBOY, AIRRACE, LE ROUX, CHAMPION, AVION, DAKOTA, FRANKE AND THE KNOCKOUTS… so basically breathing out the classic early 80s North American AOR/Radiorocksound. Just listen to the amazing “Playing with the devil” that can be ranked among LE ROUX and SUGARCREEK, a real crank-it-up Pompy AOR dut-dut keyboards driven rocking tune. Opener “One in a million” sounds like an uptempo 1983 AOR Classic and the semi-ballad “Don’t wanna make you cry” almost makes you cry, because it is a beautiful tune. The sound of the whole CD is brilliant, pure LP mastering magic, although the band only released a small independent EP back in the 1980s and a 10-tracks counting demo. Best known cuts of that EP to me are the incredible catchy LOVERBOYish uptempo AOR rockers “Nothing to lose”, “Cheap shot lovers” and “Angel of the night”, which could’ve both been big US hitsingles if they just had that lucky break 25 years ago. Sadly that didn’t happen and AOR FM RECORDS is now the proud record label to release a complete huge sounding CD filled with 14 pure AOR gems. The midtempo “Heart to heart” is as close to pure 1983 AOR as you can get, with it’s keys and harmonies sounding like SWEET COMFORT BAND (their last)/ALLIES (their first) meets ROADMASTER (their last 2 records) meets DAKOTA (‘Runaway’) meets LE ROUX (‘So fired up’), just PURE MAGIC AOR ALL THE WAY HERE! This CD is a must have for fans of THRILLS, DAKOTA, LE ROUX, SUGARCREEK, SHELER, PREVIEW, SPYS, URGENT, etc. etc. To my knowledge this is the complete collection of all DREAMER songs ever recorded. Do not confuse this new magical 80s AOR CD with the average Glamrockband of the same name from the mid 1990s. Big thanks to AOR FM RECORDS for releasing one of the absolute highlights of rare 80s AOR on CD and not just the EP the band made, but also 10 demo tracks and most surprising is the fact it all sounds as good as any other AOR Classic, both musically and also soundwise.
Concluded, this CD release is a big contender for re-issue of the year 2008!!!
(Points: 9.2 out of 10)
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