Over the Edge (Mlps) [Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Hurricane | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B0011WMHUW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,481 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hurricane's defining album, May 31, 2003

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This review is from: Over the Edge (Audio CD)

This is Hurricane's second album and first full length release. Unfortunately, because the Enigma label is no more this release is no longer in print. Would be nice if some other label picked up the rights and reissued it. Similar to the debut EP, Take What You Want, this release has some really good songs, but also has some filler. Eighteen is a cover of the Alice Cooper song and is an aquired taste in this slower, plodding form. Give Me An Inch sounds like a heavier Duran Duran song. Also, the key changes in We Are Strong sometimes seem to put the song on the verge of being out of tune. However, Over The Edge, I'm On To You (probably their best known song), Spark In My Heart, and Shout are all solid rockers and pretty much define the sound of the band with its original lineup. This was the last record to feature original lead guitarist Robert Sarzo and afterwards the band has never sounded the same. The next album, Slave To The Thrill, featured guitarist Doug Aldrich, but sounded too much like a lot of other bands out at the time and isn't as good an album. The singer (Kelly Hansen) and drummer (Jay Schellen) reunited and put together a new album in 2002, titled Liquifury, with a new guitarist and bassist. That album is probably the most cohesive the band has ever recorded, but still lacks the distinctive guitar sound Sarzo seemed to bring to the group. If you can find a used copy of Over The Edge, pick it up while you can. 3 1/2 stars but I'll round up since this is the band's defining album.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Band That Had A Chance, March 19, 2004

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Graboidz (Westminster, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over the Edge (Audio CD)

I picked this up back in the 80's basically to hear what they would do with Alice Cooper's "Eighteen". It wasn't what I expected, they turned it into a ballad, but after a couple listens it started to grow on me. What I like about this band was that they tried different things. This is definately a pop metal album, and the songs all have a radio friendly chorus and hook, that is 9 of the 10 songs do. My review and three stars all go toward the final song on the album called "Baby Snakes". This song is great, I guess you could call it an instrumental, because basically the band is just jamming out while you hear a loser named Jeff working up the courage to call a girl and ask her out. Listening to Jeff get shot down in flames all to a killer drum beat and screaming guitar riff is too much. I think my favoite line is when Jeff is asked what he is doing he says "Oh not much just sitting around watch Mr. Ed...I mean Miami Vice" If you can find a used version of this disk pick it up, but it's not worth the $30+ I see it listed for here.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album, AMAZING remaster, October 15, 2006

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over the Edge (Audio CD)

1988's Over the Edge is the first full-length album from Hurricane, which featured vocal powerhouse Kelly Hansen (who would later go on to front Unruly Child and Foreigner). Hurricane's style was somewhere between Warrant and House of Lords. It was hard hitting, but very melodic.

The songs on Over the Edge stuck pretty close to the love song/rock anthem formula that was so common with these kinds of bands, but never got too clichéd - there's no "Cherry Pie" moment here. All of the songs are fairly strong, but the cover of Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" and the catchy as hell single "I'm On To You" are the album's highlights. Over the Edge's odd moments are the extraordinarily poppy "Give Me an Inch" and the "hidden" final track "Baby Snakes", which is essentially a guy repeatedly calling (stalking?) a girl on the phone while Hurricane's music plays in the background.

Overall, this is a very good album, and one that most hair metal/melodic rock fans will want to hear, especially now that it has been reissued. Not only is this previously impossible to find CD back in print, but it features crystal clear digitally remastered sound. If you already have Over the Edge on CD and are wondering whether this reissue is worthwhile, believe me when I say that the remastering is nothing short of incredible.

NOTE: The CD comes housed in a mini-LP style package. It's essentially a slightly oversized cardboard sleeve with the disc enclosed in an interior envelope with brief liner notes. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of packaging (it doesn't do a great job protecting the CD), but I have to admit that it is ideal for showcasing the album cover artwork, and as you can see Hurricane's album covers are worthy of the extra attention!