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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
THIS is Savatage?, May 19, 2006
Fight for the Rock is widely considered by everyone (including the band) to be Savatage's worst album. Caving to record company pressure, the band abandoned their underground power metal sound and made an album of bland, derivative corporate rock, full of ballads and pop rock clichés.
Despite not living up to the standard set by the band's previous releases, Fight for the Rock does have its good points. Songs like Hyde, the Edge of Midnight, and the title track are closer to what you'd expect from Savatage, standing out like little islands of metal in a sea of love songs and uninspired covers (Badfinger and Free).
Fight for the Rock is an album for Savatage completists only, and is should be sought out only after you get every other Savatage release. Fortunately the band would rebound from this misstep with their metal masterpiece Hall of the Mountain King.
Fight for the Rock has not been remastered, but the 2002 SPV reissue does have a few extras that might make you consider replacing your older version. It features 2 additional tracks - live versions of the Dungeons are Calling and City Beneath the Surface, but the real bonus is that the liner notes have been expanded to include several pages of very detailed information about the band during this particular stage of their career. When added to the chapters from the other SPV Savatage reissues, you'll get the real story behind one of the best (and most underrated) metal bands of all time. These extras are enough to bring a 2-star album up to 3 stars.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not your typical Savatage, still a winner., July 26, 2006
With everything that has been said negitively about this now 20 year old release, most new comers to the band would think this is garbage. Don't think this is garbage. It does have it low points, but tracks such as Hyde and Edge of Midnight may have been 2 of thier better songs of the 80's. This was also the debut of new Bassist Johnny Lee Middleton, who is better then original bassist Keith Collins.
The big problem here was that the record company forced alot of the songs to reach more then just the metal community. Jon Oliva told me that he doesn't hate this record like some of the fans have said. He did say he was upset that he didn't have as much control over the recording as he would have liked (savacon 99').
I wanted to give this record 4 stars, I think I'll go with 3 1/2.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not 'Tage's Best, June 13, 2008
Has a few decent tracks... 'Hyde','Shes only Rock and Roll', 'Fight For The Rock' and 'Edge of Midnight.
There are 2 unnecessary covers. 'Wishing Well' and the bland 'Day after Day' and also a couple of very weak attempts at pop/rock that i wont get into. Pretty embarrassing (Crying for Love and Lady in Disguise).
While not there best, it was better than a lot of standards at the time. There are just some tracks that suck, and that pretty well sums it up. But there are a couple good tracks, especially 'Hyde'. I am sure they had pressure to sell records, but this didnt sell well either.
They would recapture their sound on 'Mountain King' after this. Recommended to round out your Savatage collection, or download the 4 tracks listed above. Tough to pay top dollar for a dismal effort from them.
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