Year : 1990 (AOR Heaven Classix Remastered Edition 2011)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Videos
Size : 213 mb
Bio:
Paul Laine is a Canadian musician who has worked with several rock bands. He was the singer of Danger Danger for 10 years, and is now fronting his own band, Shugaazer.Paul was born in Vancouver, Canada. He left home when he was 13 years old, and began playing in bars before he was 18. He recorded a demo that got the attention of Canadian VJ Terry David Mulligan, and Laine was promptly signed to a management and then a major label deal.Laine then formed a band to record and perform his compositions. In 1990, he released his debut album called "Stick It In Your Ear". Laine has also recorded backing vocals for Scorpions.However in 1993 the members of Danger Danger came across Laine's debut album. They liked his voice and offered him the lead vocalist spot in their band. He recorded 5 albums with the band during this period. He finally left the band in 2005 to work with his own band, Shugaazer.
Album:
Mostly known for his 11 year stent fronting Danger Danger from 1993 to 2004 and releasing four studio and one live records with them, PAUL LAINE has also released two superb solo albums. Of course Laine has been part of acts like Shugaazer and more recently in Darkhorse and the phenomenal album with supergroup The Defiants featuring Laine’s ex-bandmate from Danger Danger, Bruno Ravel.But the singer presented himself to the Melodic Hard Rock community with this terrific solo debut “Stick It In Your Ear“. This Canadian musician, producer and singer hit the ground running in the early ’90s with the release of this first album, delivering a perfect set of absolute classic Melodic Hard Rock tunes.As requested, here’s PAUL LAINE’s “Stick It In Your Ear” in its ‘AOR Heaven Classix‘ (an AOR Heaven Records series) remastered release including bonus tracks. It has become a pretty hard to find, out of print CD.“Stick It In Your Ear” is packed with top notch songs, biting musicianship and a superb vocal performance from Laine. All tracks are ridiculously catchy with awesome choruses to die for. From songs like ‘Dorianna’ and the excellent ballad ‘I’ll Be There’, the album really showcase the set of pipes this man has and his sense of melody to craft a killer melodic rock song.The overall songwriting is certainly inspired by classic era Bon Jovi, and this is toughened by Bruce Fairbairn’s top class production.There’s fantastic rockers like ‘One Step Over The Line’, the kicking ‘We Are The Young’, ‘Break Down The Barricades’ and the groovy ‘Doin Time’.The original release of the album contained nine tracks, but here’s augmented with 4 extra songs. All are excellent, and one guess why these weren’t included into the first CD press in the first place.‘My Hometown’ is one of my favorites, probably the most stand out Bon Jovi-esque song as lyrically it’s very similar to Blood On Blood, and musically sounds very much like a mid-paced Bon Jovi song.‘Only Your Heart’ was also recorded by Zinatra for their The Great Escape album, and ‘After The Rain’ is just another delicious slice of pure ’80s-styled Melodic Rock.Results very rare you get a great album with bonus tracks that actually enhance the overall standard. This ‘AOR Heaven Classix’ remastered reissue of “Stick It In Your Ear” is one of them.Why Paul Laine didn’t become a super-star with “Stick It In Your Ear” is a mystery. But talent pay its dues, and this gifted musician got the deserved recognition years later fronting Danger Danger and continues to this day with awesome projects like The Defiants.Fan-damn-tastic classy Melodic Hard Rock record, unfortunately this ‘AOR Heaven Classix’ remaster is out of print so if you find a copy at a decent price buy it with your eyes closed. Be aware there’s fake versions of this ‘AOR Heaven Classix’ remaster – this is the real one.
Line Up:
Paul Laine - Lead Vocals, Guitars, All Acoustics, Additional Keys & Piano - See also: The Defiants, ex-Danger Danger, ex-Shugaazer, ex-Andersen-Laine-Readman, ex-Darkhorse, Jet Set Junkies
Rene Worst - Bass, Fretless Bass
Kenny Kaos - Guitars
Scott Brown - Bass
John Webster - Keyboards
Paul GoGo - Keyboards
Mickey Curry - Drums
Pat Steward - Drums
Bruce Fairbairn - Hell Piano on "One Step Over The Line"
James Cotton - Harmonica & Scat on "Doin' Time"
Joani Bay - Background Vocals on "Heart Of America"
All Background Vocals - Paul Laine, Scott Brown, Paul GoGo, Ryan Blood
production:
Produced by Bruce Fairbairn
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Digitally Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound Co., New York
Engineered and Mixed by Erwin Musper, Second Engineer - Ken Lomas
Tracklist:
01. One Step Over The Line
02. We Are The Young
03. Dorianna
04. Is It Love
05. Heart Of America
06. Main Attraction
07. Doin’ Time
08. I’ll Be There
09. Break Down The Barricades
10. My Hometown (Bonus Track)
11. Only Your Heart (Bonus Track)
12. Keep On Running (Bonus Track)
13. After The Rain (Bonus Track)
+ Video "Dorianna" (Official Video)
+ Video "Is It Love" (Official Video)
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