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Rev It Up!

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Vixen's second album is the strongest "second album" ever released by an 80's rock band. The guitar work is first rate, the bass and drums fit perfectly, and the vocals are astonishing. Rev It Up has remained one of my favorites over the last decade and will continue as such. Whether you're driving, catching some rays, or anything in between, nothing will keep your blood pumping like Rev It Up. Thanks to Vixen for a timeless rock album!

I think with the first record Vixen was trying to break into a male controled metal field. With this second album they break even more ground. Start to finish this album rocks hard and fast. Songs like "Rev It Up," "Streets In Paradise" and "How Much Love" are all personal favorites.

I love Vixen! Back in the days of men rockin' out dressing a little like women here we have the best female rock band ever! They had the hair... they had the moves... they had the talent! They could play with the big boys and keep up! They said in an interview once that as they were opening for the guys they'd sometimes come out to see if they were faking, but they weren't & they guys were shocked! They are amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This sophmore album was, by far, the best. It's too bad that internal squabbles tore the band apart. This album showcased the greatness that Vixen could have achieved.

1990's Rev It Up was the second album from all-girl "hair metal" band Vixen. The Richard Marx-produced Vixen debut was a surprise hit a couple of years earlier, but Marx wasn't on board for Rev It Up, which featured much more songwriting involvement from the band members.

Musically, Rev It Up continues in the same style as the Vixen debut. It's highly melodic, hook-oriented "pop metal" that's very processed and very pop-oriented. It's a little edgier than Heart's late `80s material, but tamer than the average Lita Ford album. It's good stuff if you're into this kind of music, but Rev It Up does lack the kind of radio hits that the first album had. There's no real "Edge of a Broken Heart" or "Cryin'" moment here, which hurt the band since radio and MTV airplay were so crucial at the time.

Rev It Up is a perfectly solid melodic rock album overall, but just doesn't hold up as well as the debut Vixen album does. Perhaps with better songwriting and a bit more support from the record label, Rev It Up could have been the album that made Vixen bona fide stars. Instead the band got swept away by the wave of alternative rock in the early `90s.

Vixen was a short-lived band from the late 1980s, with all female members. In their mellower moments, they could sound somewhat like Journey. In their harder moments, they could be quite metallic, on a par with Lita Ford. This CD is a remastered edition of their second album, and the sound engineering is extremely good. The songwriting is outstanding, and much more consistent than on their first CD. For the most part, these songs could be characterized as hard rock or glam metal. They feature catchy hooks, tasteful guitar leads, and pleasant vocal harmonies. There is no weak material on this CD.

i recieved my cd in a timely manner and i have alway's liked vixen from the first time i heard them even though they did'nt last that long . their music was hard and i loved listening to them .

I love this CD and even though the addresses got mixed up the store called me personally to find out why I had to change the address. Then they discovered a small flaw in the paper part of the cd and gave me two other cds to make up for it. I would buy from this company again and again!! Great CD and great people

From www.MaximumMetal.com

It seems as thought EMI wanted to take advantage of the VH1 Program "Bands Reunited" when it thought to re-issue the two albums by the all-girl "Metal" band Vixen. The sophomore effort by the band really was nothing all that special, and simply contained more of the same thing that the band featured on their self-titled release. Granted the girls knew how to play, but it was simply just "nice rock" if you needed a title. This record suffers from sounding a little too much like the manner of music that Heart had been playing for a couple of years so it loses a little based on that. Also when you held them up against the Pat Benatar or Lita Ford's and Joan Jett's, it simply did not cut the mustard.

There are a couple of numbers that do stand out such as "Love Is A Killer" and "Hard 16", yet nothing that is the hit material of the "Edge Of A Broken Heart" which broke some ground for these young ladies. While it was a nice blast from the past to hear them again, I really think only their die-hard followers from way back when would look to pick this up. Maybe to replace a worn out vinyl copy of the same piece. New fans from the show might be best served by a hits piece as I know one is around.

As mentioned, the band was recently featured on the VH1 show, and they got together for one night and performed. The show really only shows one song and not the rest of any music that is played which is a shame since they should really showcase the whole thing for some of these bands might never do this again. I am thinking some bands from the 80's are better left to the fond memories. Vixen - while a rocking group of girls is probably one of those bands. The music sounds too dated after the years.