Thrill of A Lifetime [Extra tracks, Import]

King Kobra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Axe Killer
• ASIN: B00004W0Z3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,608 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Second Time Around

2. Dream-On

3. Feel The Heat

4. Thrill Of A Lifetime

5. Only The Strong Will Survive

6. Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)

7. Home Street Home

8. Overnight Sensation

9. Raise Your Hands To Rock

10. Party Animal

11. This Raging Fire

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Call me crazy but..., September 10, 2004

By 

George Dionne (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thrill of A Lifetime (Audio CD)

What's the 4-1-1?

King Kobra was just one of the 1,528 bands that Carmine Appice was a part of in the eighties. Their debut release was Ready to Strike; a heavy metal powerhouse that bordered on pop-metal. Thrill of a Lifetime, their sophomore release, finds the group completely selling out to the pop-rock/AOR genre. Honestly, that's not a bad thing. Maybe King Kobra would have lasted longer if they didn't try to sound like everyone else.

The dual guitar leads and heavy synths make "Dream On" sound like a long lost Loverboy track. "Feel the Heat" channels the sounds of Y & T with its faint guitar chords, and once again, synth heavy intro. "Home Street Home" is King Kobra's sad attempt at rap. In their defense, everyone was giving it a try at the time. I don't know who's rapping here, it doesn't really sound like him, but kudos for him for sounding like the guys from "Rapper Delight". As you would expect, this one is heavy on the drums. Kobra put their own stamp on it with finger-tapping solos and layered vocal harmonies.

To further support my theory of sounding like everyone else, "Never Say Die" is the anthemic theme to the Top Gun rip off Iron Eagle. Driving synths, powerful vocals, and a powerful chorus make you feel like the jets are flying over head. I wonder what Kenny Loggins thinks about this one? I swear that the exact same chord progression from "Ballroom Blitz" is used on "Party Animal". Might I add this is a pretty light song about an animal. Eighties cliché alert: A song using the work `rock'. This anthem has a great sing along chorus. I'll start: Raise your hands to rock... (everybody)...rock, rock, rock!

Bottom Line

King Kobra went from heavy metal to glossy, corporate rock in one fell swoop. Call me crazy, but Thrill of a Lifetime is one of my guilty pleasures.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good melodic rock!, March 24, 2002

By 

Daniel - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thrill of A Lifetime (Audio CD)

If you enjoy 80's rock melodic bands like Survivor, Journey, Europe, Van Halen, Starship, full of keyboards and guitar solos, this cd is for you. I simply loved all songs. But note that this album is quite different than the other two! KK have changed their style in this album possibly to earn big bucks with the "Iron Eagle" movie soundtrack. But be aware that if you are an extreme headbanger, this cd will make you sleep. Anyway, Mark Free vocals are simply fantastic!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much different than the first album, February 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Thrill of A Lifetime (Audio CD)

I just recently bought this album and when I first heard it I was a bit suprised to say the least. This album is 75% less heavy than their first release. The band really go for a more commercialized, melodic, lightweight AORish sound here. And you know what? I kinda like it! I mean this album doesn't have any where near the venom the first one did and it's not something I would blast on the cd player on a hot summer day but the thing I like the most about this record are the vocals of Mark Free. He really steps out and sings all of the songs very well as opposed to the first record where to me he sounds a bit hidden behind all the big drums and big guitars. I recommend this cd but be warned it's extremely different from the first one. If you want loud guitars and drums just stick with the first one. But if you want to hear the awesome vocals of Mark Free and you don't mind the music on the lighter side give this a listen.