Babylon Rockets [Enhanced]

Gemini Five | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0009NZ36Y
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,690 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Babylon Rockets

2. Twentyfourseven

3. You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)

4. Myself Esteem

5. Get It Off

6. Hardcore

7. Poison Envy

8. Automaticool

9. Chemicals Between Us

10. Hitchin' a Ride

11. Neon Kicks

12. Suicide Tuesday

13. Babylon Rockets [*][Multimedia Track]

Editorial Reviews

Review

This highly acclaimed debut album from European classic rockers Gemini Five has garnered rave reviews in Germany, Italy and all over Europe!

Features the fist-pumping anthems TwentyFourSeven, Myself Esteem and a brilliant re-working of Dead Or Alive s You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)!

Full on publicity campaign done by Saenz Of The Times Publicity and the radio campaign will be done by Skateboard Marketing!

Enhanced CD features 2 bonus videos, which will be serviced to MTV, M2, Much Music and other regional and cable shows by Ride Video Marketing! --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

1. Babylon Rockets
2. TwentyFourSeven
3. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
4. Myself Esteem
5. Get It Off
6. Hardcore
7. Poison Envy
8. Automaticool
9. Chemicals Between Us
10. Hitchin A Ride
11. Neon Kicks
12. Suicide Tuesday

BONUS VIDEOS
Babylon Rockets
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hitting the 80's again, these guys ROX!!!!, April 20, 2004

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Ricardo "rapt3" (São Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Babylon Rockets (Audio CD)

I can't express you my satisfaction in listening a fresh sound of what I grew up listening too in the 80's!! This album shows that rock n' roll, the real one, will never die, no matter what decade or millenium we are! Motley Crüe, Rage Against The Machine, Whitesnake, are just some of the influences of these fantastic guys!! OK, the visual is worst than Motley Crüe and Poison together, but forget about labels and visuals and go straight to what matters most!! ROCK N' ROLL!! Well written heavy songs and excellent ballads will makes you wish for more!! If you're a die hard 80's hard rock fan like me, buy it, you won't regret!!

Oh, really nice Anime cover!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Gemini Five - 'Babylon Rockets' (Deadline/Cleopatra), January 6, 2006

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babylon Rockets (Audio CD)

Looks to be the Swedish glam rocker's first release.It's decent.Better cuts included "Twenty Four Seven",their Dead Or Alive cover "You Spin Me Around-Like A Record"(anyone else remember those guys?),"Myself Esteem",the ass-kicking "Poison Envy","Hitchin' A Ride" and "Neon Kicks"(nice rippin' guitar solo).The disc's power ballad "Hardcore" isn't half-bad either.Line-up:Tin Star-guitar&lead vocals,Snoopy-lead guitar&vocals,Rod Teilmann-bass&vocals and Slim Pete-drums.Comes with a twelve page color booklet with song lyrics.Might appeal to some fans of Faster Pussycat,Hanoi Rocks,Jetboy and Motley Crue.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Swedish party rock, 80's style!, June 18, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babylon Rockets (Audio CD)

2003's Babylon Rockets is the debut album from Swedish hard rockers Gemini Five. I remember seeing this album in stores a few years back and passing it over due to the manga-looking cover art. Amazon kept recommending it to me based on my interest in bands like Hardcore Superstar and the Last Vegas, so I decided to give it a try.

It turns out Gemini Five play a modern, melodic version of the Sunset Strip hair metal I so enjoyed as a kid. They took that tried and true formula of party anthems and power ballads, removed most of the image-related silliness, and added a thoroughly European sense of melody and class, not to mention a great and infectious overall energy. Motley Crue is the obvious basis for the band's sound, but I hear a lot of KISS, Hanoi Rocks and LA Guns as well. Highlights include the raucous "Get It Off," "Neon Kicks" and the title track, plus of course the turbo-charged cover of the Dead or Alive single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)."

Babylon Rockets is just a good, fun rock n' roll album, and that's more than enough for me in this age of Creed and Coldplay. If you grew up rocking to bands like Motley Crue and Ratt and still love that kind of music, you need to check these guys out. If you like what you hear, look into bands like Hardcore Superstar, Babylon Bombs and Endeverafter. They're all keeping the party rock flame burning.

Edition Notes: Deadline reissued Babylon Rockets in 2005, adding a pair of videos. It's the easiest version of the album to find, and the videos are a cool bonus.