Loud & Clear [Import, Original recording remastered]

Autograph | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rock Candy
• ASIN: B000EF7YFA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,223 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Loud and Clear

2. Dance All Night

3. She Never Looked That Good for Me

4. Bad Boy

5. Everytime I Dream

6. She's a Tease

7. Just Got Back from Heaven

8. Down 'N Dirty

9. More Than a Million Times

10. When the Sun Goes Down

Editorial Reviews

Appearing in 1984, seemingly from out of nowhere, Autograph, unsigned at the time, were hand picked by Van Halen to open a mammoth North American concert trek - an accomplishment that quickly led to their inking with industry giant RCA Records and an ensuing hit single, the energetic and infectious, 'Turn Up The Radio' which made the US top 30. Feted and championed by the hard rock cognoscenti (supporters included Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne) this Los Angeles based quintet made all the right noises to further enhance their career by packing both melody and muscle into their music. Recording a string of highly successful albums the band peaked with this, their third album, unleashing a beast of significant fire power and songs that would stand not only the test of time but would also improve with age. Produced by Brit legend Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Humble Pie, Cinderella) the album exudes Class-A hard rock all the way. One of the all time great yet largely overlooked albums of the 80's LA scene. Rock Candy. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most overlooked great albums, December 30, 2007

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M. Braman "Tune-head" (Kansas City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loud & Clear (Audio CD)

Everyone has one of those albums that nearly everyone else passed over at the record store that is really phenomenal.

This autograph album is probably the best autograph album, as it captures the band at its peak abilities. The production is awesome, the songs are well developed, the sound captures the whole 80s hair-band era prior to the implosion that was Dr. Feelgood and New Jersey (which ruined the whole era).

Every track is solid, with many almost perfect in their execution. If you ever own one autograph album this should be the one. No major hits were released to match "Turn up the Radio", but every song would be very radio friendly.

Way underated and overlooked. Buy it, listen to it a few times, you'll hear what I mean.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loud and Clear rocked like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, September 2, 2003

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Big Montanna (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loud & Clear (Audio CD)

This is a forgotten but great album!!!! If more people would have heard this, it would have been a big hit!!!! It is great!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4-star album, 5-star reissue, September 27, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loud & Clear (Audio CD)

Originally release in 1987, Loud and Clear was the third album from Los Angeles-based rockers Autograph. The band released a string of impressive melodic rock albums in the mid `80s, but for some reason never seemed to fit into the hair metal scene that came to dominate L.A. in the second half of the decade.

Loud and Clear is very similar to Autograph's previous albums (1984's Sign In Please and 1985's That's The Stuff). It's an upbeat, feel-good party rock album with odes to hot girls, loud parties, and rocking all nite. Catchy hooks, great melodies and just enough keyboards are all abundant on Loud & Clear, and Steve Plunkett does another knockout job on vocals. There really isn't a "Turn Up the Radio" style hit on this album, but "Dance All Night" and "Just Got Back From Heaven" should have been solid radio hits at the time, and "More Than a Million Times" should have been huge. It's a brilliant, "soundtrack ready" melodic rocker.

As good as it is, Loud and Clear was Autograph's least successful `80s album, and ended up being their last work as a band. Plunkett would launch a new version of Autograph with 2003's Buzz, but it wasn't quite the same. If you're a fan of the mid `80s melodic rock sound, Loud & Clear is a "can't miss" album from one of the era's more unfairly overlooked bands. Check it out, especially now that it has been remastered.

Edition Notes: Loud and Clear was reissued by UK label Rock Candy in 2006. For this reissue, Rock Candy included detailed liner notes and gave the album a brilliant digital remastering. The improved sound quality is so impressive I'm bumping my rating for this album up to 5-stars. You've never heard the album until you've heard this reissue.