Vixen

Vixen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI-Manhattan
• ASIN: B000008M1P
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,509 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time, November 14, 2004

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Mikey Twain (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vixen (Audio CD)

After VH1's bands reunited got Vixen back together for a one time performance, an EMI exec at the show decided to re-release their first two albums. God bless you. If you remember when rock was fun and not always anger and pain, when bands like Motley Crue, Poison, and Warrant ruled, then you'll love Vixen. Thanks to EMI, we can now buy these underrated gems. Thank you EMI.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best female hair/pop metal band ever., August 2, 2004

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Johny Bottom "Insane and lonely guitarist" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vixen (Audio CD)

The 80's were great, there were so many cool bands. Vixen was right in there with the best (and worst) of them. An all girl band that teased their hair to the moon, wore a lot of make up, and shopped at the same clothing shops as Poison and Warrant.

My first taste of them was MTV of course and their first single 'Edge of a Broken Heart'. My initial thoughts were this is a catchy tune, and Janet Gardner (lead vox) was the most beautiful woman on the planet. She was smokin! I bought the album that week, actually it was a tape way back in 1988, and I bought it with a gift certificate I had won from Camelot Music.

For those who enjoy or need a light album of rock every now and then, Vixen's debut should do you good. You can listen to the whole album straight through. No clunkers here. My personal faves are 'Edge of a Broken Heart', 'Cruisin', and 'I want you to Rock me'.

I really missed them for a long time, then Tangerine came out. That's a different review, but that album is awesome. Well worth the wait.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A guilty pleasure, May 11, 2004

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Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vixen (Audio CD)

Before I got into punk music in high school, I was rabidly a big pop metal fan during my freshman and early sophomore high school years. Vixen was my favorite band at the time. At the time I was more than impressed that it was possible for a group of women to form their own rock band just like the boys. Looking back now, I have to laugh at how cheesy Vixen were but at the time I thought their music was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Their music was undeniably catchy. I forgot how I was introduced to the band but I am more than sure that it was through the first single "Edge of a Broken Heart". Never got to see the band live which I am rather disappointed about. Some of the music on the album is unbelievably cheesy like "I Want You to Rock Me" and "One Night Alone" but they were catchy as heck. Granted the band really didn't write most of the songs on their debut album, I didn't care at the time. My favorite songs (and they still are) are "American Dream", "Waiting", and "One Night Alone" (as cheesy as that song might be). They are so catchy I can't help but sing alone to the songs. Vixen may not have been as hard as L7 or Babes in Toyland but they deserve their spot in rock music. They proved to a lot of people that rock music isn't a gender thing.