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First Offense

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"First Offense", Corey Hart's first album, features some rather diverse musical styles. For instance, there's the synthesizer-rock driven "Sunglasses At Night", the jazzy "Peruvian Lady" and "She Got The Radio" and the melancholic, heart touching ballads, which are Corey's forte, foretold both musically and lyrically in "It Ain't Enough" and "Jenny Fey". There's also a little Latin flavor in the somewhat salsified rhythms of "At The Dance". These are just some of the tracks which make "First Offense" a CD to add to your collection. It's a real shame this is no longer available on EMI as a domestic title, so get it while you still can!

Corey Hart burst onto the MTV music scene with his hit single, "Sunglasses at Night". A few pretty major hits followed after that (Never Surrender, Can't Help Falling, etc.), but anyone who has sampled even a few of his albums can't help but feel that he has been pretty un-recognized and very underrated, given his undeniable talent. This is nothing less than a crime in my opinion.

This first record by Corey Hart contains a number of songs that could easily have been the FM hits that 'Sunglasses at Night' was; maybe it was a good thing that they weren't. Overwhelming success at the tender age of 21 (yes, he was *21* when he made this record!!) might have served only to compromise the quality of his later work.

As it stands, other cuts, like "Peruvian Lady" have the undeniable mark of talent; it is all the more rare, because it is the kind of young and buoyant talent that captured the interest of idol-hungry teenagers but will endure because of its absolute qualities.

Thanks again to Amazon.com for making available a rare CD that deserves to be more available to lovers of great music-- and that's what this CD is chock-full of: Great, great music. I've since lost the original record, but I'm putting the CD in my In-Basket right NOW!

I have been a Corey Hart (CH)'s fan since I heard "Never Surrender" in the 80s, his big hit from the bestseller album "Boy In The Box". "First Offense" album is reminiscent of "Boy In The Box" in singing style & sound. His voice is however sharper than ever. Solid tracks include "Sunglasses At Night", "Cheatin' In School", "At The Dance" , and "Jenny Fey". If you like "Boy In The Box", you 'll enjoy this one & much more. CH is consistent in delivering good music in this earlier debut release! A highly recommended reading!

My favorite songs on this CD which I don't have but I do have on cassette is in which he sings are "Sunglasses At Night" and "It Ain't Enough" are my favorites here!

Other reviewers below, what can I say? , some people thought the Beatles sucked too when I was growing up.

If you can have only one Corey Hart Album, this is it! One of the few I have loved every cut on it, and thought fit in with the rest. He had several other "good" albums, but none like this one. Get it if you don't have it, or were too young to have been exposed to the best of the early 80's.

Corey is now on his ninth cd. It's a shame that you can't find more than four of them on the "world" wide web. the lastest, "jade" is his best to date. an unrecognized talent going yet again, unrecognized.

the process to order was great. Mail received in great condition and was even happier to open and listen to the cd. great music

1. Sunglasses at Night
2. Peruvian Lady
3. Lamp at Midnite
4. She Got the Radio
5. It Ain't Enough
6. Does She Love You
7. Cheatin' in School
8. World Is Fire
9. At the Dance
10. Jenny Fey

First Offence is the first album recorded by Corey Hart. He had been writing songs however since he was 13 years old. Some of these have been used on the album.He sings about the high school dance on "At the Dance",even though he recorded this album at 22 years old.Still its good to hear his early writings. First Offence blends pop with a rock edge. Highlights are Peruvian Lady,Lamp at midnite,Shes got the radio and the hit single Sunglasses At Night which is an extended version.This album is very enjoyable bubblegum pop but not his best work.That came later!

This album is perfect for fans of 80's hits. I first heard it from my mom, since she owns it on a tape. We listen to it a lot in the car, especially on those long trips! First Offence is really fun to sing along to, as most of the songs are easy to understand. Go ahead, try it!