2 Minute Warning

Angels | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000008CW8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Small Price

2. Look the Other Way

3. Underground

4. Front Page News

5. Gonna Leave You

6. Between the Eyes

7. Babylon

8. Sticky Little Bitch

9. Razor's Edge

10. Run For the Shelter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars RIPOFF, August 14, 2006

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Daniel J. Cohen (Mount Eliza, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Minute Warning (Audio CD)

Hi this is album is great but it HAS NOT been remastered i have rung the company who stated it hasn't and it sounds like it. The reason I'm giving it three stars is for the following reasons.
1)Not remastered
2)CD notes are non existent less than the original release.
3)Quick cash in because Angels albums bring big money on ebay as they have been out of print for some years.
The Angels were a big and important band in Australias music history and this Australian company should feel embarrassed at the shoddy treatment they have given The Angels back catalogue, next time let Aztec Music do the reissues as they know how to do them properly. What a wasted opportunity

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Angels chase the American market, July 18, 2006

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Mark Munchenberg "Rock'n'Roll Is My Business,... (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Minute Warning (Audio CD)

The Angels clearly show that the US market and its big arenas were in their cross hairs with this release. The production is slick and most of the arrangements are excellent studies in tension and release, creating a record that stands up strongly to repeated listening.

This is a very dynamic album with a sound that has clearly evolved from the earlier 'pub rock' records. The album opens strongly with slow-burner Small Price, and then kicks you in the teeth with the barn-storming Look The Other Way. Next up is the incredible Underground. Other highlights on the record are the first single Between The Eyes, Walking To Babylon, and Razor's Edge.

The Angels sound is hard to compare to other bands. They are a classic twin guitar hard rock act, but do not exhibit the blues influences you normally hear. Similarly they avoid both the punk thrashing and the shed style of metal playing that was so popular in the early-mid eighties.

Their appeal lies in solid riffs that are more melodic than bluesey. The lead guitar work of Rick Brewster stands out as the most perfect example of melody, taste, and restraint you will find in hard rock anywhere. This is not to say that he doesn't kick out the jams when the song calls for it, but when he does, it always serves the song and elevates it to a higher level.

Doc Neeson is one of the most charismatic and enigmatic front men in the business. His lyrics are often "stream of conciousness" in style which juxtaposes nicely against the more accessible sounds of the music. This pairing of wierd lyrics with hard rocking music gives The Angels an edge that is both enticing but at the same time somewhat foreboding.

The good news is that this album has finally been re-released (July 2006) in Australia on the Liberation Blue label. Other Angels albums that have also had the re-master/re-release treatment are Dark Room, Night Attack, Watch The Red, Howling, Beyond Salvation, Liveline, and Red Back Fever. A new greatest hits package, Wasted Sleepless Nights is also available. Its strange that their first three records have not been re-released.

There is also a rumour from Liberation that they are working on a live DVD.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glad I rediscovered this CD, April 5, 2007

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J. O'Mara "jvoa810" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Minute Warning (Audio CD)

I bought this album back in the 80's at a Harmony Hut in the Columbia Mall in MD. I enjoyed the album but forgot all about it when I left for college. Now, 20 some years later, I just bought the CD and I am so glad I did. I am amazed that these guys never made a dent in America. If you are a fan of hard rock, new wave, funk and metal then you need to get this album. Also check out dark room (more new wave than metal) but really solid. You can find the song "Face the Day" that Great White covered.