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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Saxon Album is Glorious, March 2, 2005
A Kid's Review
THE POWER & THE GLORY (1983)
It took me awhile to finally get it but i was glad i did because it was the best thing they ever recorded. The first thing about this album is that the lyrics (for the mostpart)are a step above that from previous albums like WHEELS OF STEEL or DENIM AND LEATHER. The song topics are diverse this time, ranging from subjects like vikings(Warrior), E.T.(Watching the Sky), the moon-landing(The Eagle Has Landed), supernatural occurances(The Midas Touch) and soilders in battle(the title track) to the standard Saxon motorcycle song's(Redline)and crowd rocker's(This Town Rocks) that they always put on their albums.The title track kicks off the album and it is one of the best album starters ever, it literaly kicks the record into overdrive. Like mentioned before, the songwritting is diverse this time instead of just songs about highways,motorcycles, and rocking the crowd which plaged every Saxon album up untill this one (not that it was a bad thing). THE POWER&THE GLORY is a exellent early british metal album and what i belive to be Saxon's swan song because after this they would start relesing albums aimed at the american market and the music was just not in the same league as this, thank god they started to make a metal come back in the mid 90's. Saxon is a very underrated group, they never enjoyed the commercial success in America like their peers did (Iron Maiden, Def Lepard, Judas Preist) butIMHO they were the definition of the NWOBHM wave which was being lead by the aformentioned bands. Certainly they could write catchy tunes while retaining the heavy metalic edge to it, but they were never really accepted in to America like the others were. If Biff is reading this, don't take it personaly, many great groups never made it big in America, what do we Americans know about music anyway? look at the crap that's considered popular and "in" today to see what i mean,christ,all you had to do was wacth the last Grammys to see the abyssmal puke we have for musical 'TALENT'.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
QUESTION - ALL SAXON FANS . . . ., March 9, 2006
Hey guys, the cassette version of this release had the song "Suzi Hold On" and the CD has "Midas Touch". "Suzi Hold On" appears on an earlier Saxon release (WHEELS OF STEEL), but the version on the POWER & THE GLORY is far superior. Can ANYONE tell me where to find the POWER & THE GLORY version of "Suzi Hold On" on CD?
OK, now for the review . . .
I LOVE the title track "Power And The Glory" - fast riffs and some great drumming. It sould similar to DIO's "Stand Up And Shout", if you've ever heard it. "This Town Rocks" is another fast-paced, hard rocker.
Saxon has had some interesting lyrical content throughout their career. They seemed to take a cue from Iron Maiden for topics like vikings ("Warrior") and fighting and war ("Power And The Glory"). We've also got the standard metal topics of motorcycles ("Redline") and crowd pleasers ("This Town Rocks") - themes we've seen on earlier Saxon releases that will perpetuate in later releases.
Nigel Glockler makes his drummer debut here - and he is GOOD. The talent base for the band is good - maybe not quite up to Judas Priest or Iron Maiden level, but these guys wrote great songs and they play their metal hearts out for their fans. It's a shame they were not appreciated in the USA the way they were in their native England because they have a lot to offer the metal world. I have most of their CD's and all are in the 4 and 5 star range. Don't miss out on these guys. If you are new to SAXON, begin with POWER & THE GLORY, DENIM AND LEATHER, and INNOCENCE IS NO EXCUSE.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!, June 21, 2000
I think this is one of the best metal albums of all time. I thought it was incredible when it first came out and it has not lost its punch today. Saxon never acheived the success they deserved but with great bands like this that is to be expected.
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