Sven Gali [Import]

Sven Gali (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Axe Killer
• ASIN: B00002MKMG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #628,785 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Under The Influence

2. Tie Dyed Skies

3. Sweet Little Gypsy

4. In My Garden

5. Freakz

6. Love Don't Live Anymore

7. Stiff Competition

8. Real Thing

9. Whisper In The Rain

10. 25 Hours A Day

11. Here Today Gone Tomorrow

12. Disgusteen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Canooks can ROCK, February 3, 2006

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J. D. walker "METAL GURU" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sven Gali (Audio CD)

WOW!!! Although this was released in '92, these dudes managed to keep their sound well groomed with furious hardrockmetal. Skid Row comparisons are inevitable but miles more pounding and accessible. Blazing guitars and banshee like vox. All meat with little to no fat. This is a MUST HAVE for any hair metal library. Get it!!!!!!!!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome hard rock band from 1992., May 17, 2010

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Jonathan Weller (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sven Gali (Audio CD)

Sven Gali were hailed as Canada's answer to Skid Row. I am here to tell you, they are not. I'm not saying these guys are'nt awesome, they are, but they are simply not as good as Skid Row.

Sven Gali's debut record is superb, the songs are melodic, catchy, and well written. However, like most other great bands of the era, these guys were simply pushed aside for the grunge revolution of the early 90's. Just about every song on this record is a winner, from the opener Under The Influence, Sven Gali hit you in the face and never back-off.

Go buy this record, and see for yourself if they are as good...or better than Skid Row. I personally feel those shoes are to big to fill, but you may fell otherwise.

4.0 out of 5 stars Canada's answer to Skid Row, July 12, 2008

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

Canadian hard rockers Sven Gali hit the scene in 1992, part of a wave of second tier acts making a last grab at hair metal and melodic rock's waning popularity. The band had a style very similar to Skid Row, thanks in large part to vocalist Dave Wanless, who was a dead ringer (vocally) for Sebastian Bach.

Sven Gali's self-titled 1992 debut album is a hard hitting, very melodic rock album. Again I have to compare it to the first Skid Row album in that it struck the right balance between heavy and melodic, and featured some really impressive rock anthems (like Under the Influence). This kind of testosterone-laden rock album made for a welcome change from the chick friendly stuff Slaughter and Firehouse were releasing at the time.

Unfortunately, 1992 was hardly the best time to be a new hard rock band. Sven Gali made an attempt to ride the wave of grunge rock with their 1995 follow-up album Inwire, but that just ended up alienating their old fans while failing to reach new ones. The band members went their separate ways soon after.

Edition Notes: French reissue label Axe Killer reissued Svan Gali in 1999, giving it expanded liner notes and digital remastering. Unfortunately the reissue is about as hard to find as the original.