Out Here All Night

Damone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B000F2CA7O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

If you can imagine Avril Lavigne fronting Mötley Crüe, you have a sense of where Damone is heading--and for listeners who favor melodic, high-revving power-pop, this is a fun, rocking journey worth taking. A youthful quartet out of Boston fronted by its lone female member, 20-year-old singer/guitarist Noelle, Damone burns through the dozen tracks on Out Here All Night (the group's second recording; its first with Mike Woods as guitarist and chief songwriter) at a manic pace. The band's compact songs (all but one clock in under four minutes) bristle with pounding, noisy energy, yet the melodies shine through the wall-of-racket production with a delectable, beguiling charm. Influences are far-ranging: AC/DC, the Go-Go's, the Ramones, the Runaways, Andrew W.K., Poison--even some soaring guitar salvos that bring to mind Queen's Brian May and Boston's Tom Scholz. (Sample, for instance, "Out of My Way.") The tone is forceful, but the mood is party-minded, not menacing. And while you'll find no revelations in the songs' lyrics, Noelle demonstrates a terrific vocal range that allows her to coo as effectively as she hollers (e.g., "You're the One"). Catchy stuff. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great female fronted rock band, February 1, 2006

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M. Lambert (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out Here All Night (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Damone since "From the Attic" came out 3 years ago and I must say they have outdone themselves with their new EP "Out Here All night." Each track is a masterpiece and so tightly put together you can tell they have worked hard to get where they are today.

The 5 song EP opens up with "Out here All Night" and is an automatic head banging song contrasted with Noelle's soft but poignant vocal ability. The guitars by her and Mike Wood also add to the bands talent. The last song "Time And Time Again" is also a fine showcase of how soft Noelle's voice can be. There is nothing about this band that I don't like except the fact that they are teasing us with only 5 songs! I cannot wait until the full length is released. If you're already a fan of Damone and are ready for a less bubbly Noelle then get ready for "Out here All night" and pick it up. If you're not already a fan, well what are you waiting for? Check them out!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait!, May 23, 2006

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Damian Saiz "Pop Culture Encyclopedia" (Woburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out Here All Night (Audio CD)

Man, it's been 3 years since their first album, but it was well worth the looong wait for this poppy rocknroll gem. Their first cd was great, but a tad too clean sounding. The production on this one is soooo much better, like the band is actually playing on a stage in front of you. Way more punch and crunch to the guitars, even bringing back fond memories of old Poison albums, which is another way this album blows away their first. The Weezer type songs have made way for their total love of 80's rock to shine through. And shine it does. In spades, baby! They even cover Iron Maiden's classic song "Wasted Years", albeit acoustically, but to great and beautiful effect! Every other song rocks hard and comes through with total confidence and rocknroll swagger. Noelle's vocals are as always fantastic and the boys pound their instruments like it's 1987 all over again! Don't pass this one up peeps! Rock out now!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most fun you can have without waking up in a bathtub!, May 30, 2006

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Randall Shatkowski "Music Guru" (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out Here All Night (Audio CD)

What is there to say? These guys are fun crammed into an audio format. Just about every song is brain-damaging, head-banging, pop metal goodness, a blend of the best elements of Poison, Motley Crue (guitarist Mike Woods even LOOKS like a clone of Nikki Sixx), and the more anthemic moments of, perhaps, Judas Priest. There isn't a single song that will take more than 2 or 3 listens to have you singing along at the top of your lungs, unaware you're standing in line at a hospital to get that bump on your head looked at.

Songs worthy of specific mention are "What We Came Here For", which is the best sing-along I've heard in well over a year, the unfairly catchy "Out Here All Night", which refuses to leave your head, the godlike riffs that propel "Out Of My Way", and the emotional, better-than-the-original acoustic cover of "Wasted Years". Not that any of the other songs are poor, but those 4 just blow the roof off.

As is that weren't enough, their live show overshadows even the CD. I caught them a couple days ago at HFStival near Baltimore, and you can tell that these guys (and girl) are having the time of their life. Cheesy poses, big goofy grins, and inspiring speeches to "forget that your mom threw out your porno stash" are all par for the course with Damone. Catch the excitement.