Loverboy

Loverboy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 6, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025JY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,678 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, June 9, 2005

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Gitters (Allendale, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loverboy (Audio CD)

Loverboy's self titled debut album is one of the strongest debut albums that I have ever heard. I have to rank it up there with "Boston" and "The Cars" debut albums. The Kid is Hot Tonite gets things going, an excellent rocker to open the album with. Then the big hit Turn Me Loose is on. The whole first half is flawless, really the whole album is flawless. Although you may only know The Kid is Hot Tonite and Turn Me Loose from the radio, other songs like Always on My Mind, Lady of the 80s, Little Girl, Prissy Prissy, Teenage Overdose,DOA, and It Don't Matter are just as strong. This is where you should start your Loverboy collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Early 80's ROCK, November 27, 2003

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David Wooler (New Bedford, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loverboy (Audio CD)

Loverboy's dubut album "Loverboy" starts out with two of my favorite 80's rock tunes, The Kid Is Hot Tonite" and "Turn Me Loose". I remember back in my college days playing these songs prior to heading out to the clubs. Great party songs that brought us into the 80's and the MTV era!

While "The Kid" has more of the traditional 80's sound, "Turn Me Loose" is heavier and has clearly stood the test of time. There are a few other good songs as well, such as "Lady of the 80's" and "Always On My Mind", but for me, everything else is pretty much filler. Three 1/2 stars (5 for the first 2 songs and 3 for the rest). Better off getting the Greatest Hits CD.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice debut out of Canada., July 5, 2000

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grundle2600 "grundle2600" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loverboy (Audio CD)

Loverboy's self titled debut from 1980 is a lot better than some of the critics would try to have you believe. The lyrics, the writing of the songs, the singing, and the playing of the instruments are all quite skilled. To this very day, I have never understood why the critics have been so hard on this group.

Three of the songs here have lyrics along the lines of, "Be careful, because actions have consequences." Those songs are "The Kid is Hot Tonight," "Teenage Overdose," and "D.O.A." You'd think that such a message would get praise from critics and parents groups, but yet it hasn't. I wonder why that is.

My personal favorite here is "Turn Me Loose." For some reason, the MTV video of that song cut off the beginning and the end, resulting in a relatively weak, watered down version of the song. Fortunately, this CD has the full length version. At nearly 6 minutes, it packs quite a punch!

Some of my other favorites here are "The Kid is Hot Tonight," "Lady of the 80s," "Little Girl," and "It Don't Matter." "Little Girl" would have made a great single for radio airplay, and I wonder why it was never released. "It Don't Matter" has some excellent saxaphone playing.

Well, the critics never really caught on to Loverboy. But the fans did, and that's what counts. In my opinion, this album, and Loverboy's second album, "Get Lucky," are their two best works. Their third and fourth albums, "Keep It Up" and "Lovin' Every Minute Of It," are also worth owning, but for some reason, those two are both out of print. Good thing for me that I already own them on CD!