Salute

21 Guns | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (July 28, 1992)
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000EUFR
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,600,737 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Knee Deep

2. These Eyes

3. Walking

4. Marching in Time

5. The Rain

6. Little Sister

7. Pays off Big

8. Just a Wish

9. Battered and Bruised

10. Jungleland

11. Tell Me

12. No Way Out

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a classic album!, February 21, 2006

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Paul J. Mahoney "Paul Jason" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Salute (Audio CD)

This album definately rates up there in my top ten favourite. On first hearing, it sounds very much the same as the majority of hair metal bands around during that era. Im not saying that hair metal isn't great, but a lot of bands lacked originality in terms of their sound and production. But every now and again an album will just shine with uniqueness and quality, this is one of those albums. It reminds me a little of Mr Big's Lean into it album in terms of its ability to give you goosepimples and not wear off particularly quickly. It boasts emotional melodies, fast guitar riffs and Thomas La Verdi's unique vocal talent to make this a great listen. There is a good variety of songs, most containing powerchord choruses with catchy feelgood melodies and a superb atmospheric production. It is definately one of the best albums to come out of that era, but unfortunately they just weren't recognised as much as they should have done. If your a fan of well produced classic AOR such as giant, queensryche, Bad english, Winger etc, then you'll definately love this album :o)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First Class Melodic Rock, August 28, 2006

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

Released just as the glory days of hair metal were coming to a close, the debut album from melodic rockers 21 Guns didn't make much of an impact on the music scene. It seems like there were a lot of bands who debuted in 1991 and 1992 with very solid albums that would have otherwise been hits if they hadn't come just a little too late for the party. The debuts from Von Groove, Tyketto, and Tall Stories come to mind, as does 21 Guns' Salute.

21 Guns is probably most noteworthy for being founded by former Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham. The music on Salute has little in common with Gorham's former band though; instead it follows the AOR/melodic hard rock style that bands like Bad English, Damn Yankees, and Giant were delivering at the time. Salute is a very strong album from start to finish, and features some very catchy, and very well-written pop/rock songs. Album opener Knee Deep starts things off with a bang, and it just keeps going from there. Great songs, great guitar hooks, and great vocals...what more can you ask for?

This one's a winner folks. If you missed it the first time around, you owe it to yourself to track this album down, especially given its relatively low price. If you enjoy AOR, melodic rock, and/or hair metal, especially the bands listed above, you'll love 21 Guns' Salute.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gorem's project, June 19, 2004

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Nick DiTondo (Guam,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salute (Audio CD)

This album has more bright moments than the review below. The strength of the vocalist is actually pretty good. He is singing in a real vocal range as opposed to a falsetto or compaired to the "scream at the wall-dime a dozen" from this Genere' These Eyes has a HUGE chorus and is the steller track on this disc. Also Knee Deep, Walking the Edge, and And Marching in Time are solid solid tracks. The rest is pretty much in the standard AOR sense. But that should not take away fromthe fact that Gorem's playing here is VERY tight and the production value is crystal clear, which makes this record more ear friendly than Demo-lition.