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White Hot

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Yeah!! The rockin' melodies of this band make me want to throw up--throw up my hands in the air and boogie down!! Seriously, though; this is great 70s rock. What great rock and roll! I love the songs, "Stick Like Glue" and "Under Suspicion," (the latter song's got a great beat and some RIGHTEOUS screaming!). Of course, the first two songs are just about the greatest openers of any album I own. Those Giuffria chords starting off "Don't leave me lonely" are magnificent! Then the classic "Ain't gonna Eat Out my Heart Anymore" is just perfectly cool. Punky Meadows is one of the great underrated rock guitarists. One final note is that the album art rox.

If you need to understand what the seventies music was all about Angel is required listening. The music is a cross mix of electronic and heavy metal. Sort of a Journey/Kiss/Boston mix. This album is their best work. Bubble gum lyrics with heavy music. Listen to it and you quietly be hooked. Failed (over) marketing was the eventual downfall of this band. I saw them on this tour. Great performance, lots of glitter.....you really had to be 16 and stoned to appreciate it.

Originally released in 1978,this was Angel's fifth album.Overall,it's decent glam/glitter heavy rock.Always heard that with the RIGHT promotion,Angel could've easily been one of the '70's greats.Guess we'll never really know.Cuts that sort of made me sit up and take some notice were "Don't Leave Me Lonely",the Rascal's cover "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore",their ballad "Flying With Broken Wings(Without You)" and "You Could Lose Me".Could appeal to open-minded fans of Cheap Trick,Status Quo,Kiss and possibly even Aerosmith or Van Halen.Can't go wrong with this title's price,that's for sure.

(...) Angel wasn't about exploding rock conventions by playing 3 chord rock songs badly. They pretty much held up rock conventions by playing well-crafted arena rock tunes with competance and flair. Gee, what a crime.
I really like this album. Songs like "Don't Leave Me Lonely" and "Over and Over" are prime examples of 70's pop meets "boot up your ass" rock with plaintive vocals. "Got Love if You Want It" shows that these guys can actually play, and rock out hard (drummer Barry Brandt kicks ass, by the way). Stuff like "Ain't Going to Eat Out My Heart Anymore" is a muscular re-invention of an obvious influence (The Rascals), and "Flying With Broken Wings" is a wonderfully melodic nod to the Fab Four. If you're a fan of synth-sweetened 70's arena rock, this album should be at the top of your list.

Why should I feel guilty for liking this band, when millions of polyester clad morons shook their booties to disco? And even in the nineties - talk about asinine music that isn't even interesting.

Back in the 70's, no one knew that they were supposed to be embarrassed when laying down their 5 bucks for an Angel album. What can I say, this album is filled with catchy tunes and guitar work and terrible marketing. Can anyone say "Spinal Tap?"

Give me the 70's any day!

ANGEL IS A BAND WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. WITH ANY LABEL SUPPORT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS ANY BAND IN THE 70'S. NOT ONE BAD SONG ON THIS CD, A SMOOTH LISTEN FROM START TO FINISH. FROM THE KICK ... STYLE OF 'GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT' TO THE HEART WRENCHING BALLAD OF 'BROKEN WINGS' TO THE SPIRITUAL ENDING OF 'THE WINTER SONG' (LATER CHANGED LYRICALLY TO 'THE CHRISTMAS SONG' ON THE ANTHOLOGY CD) THIS CD HAS IT ALL. A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTION.

Unfortunately, this was the album where the record company billed them as the light (vs. dark)answer to Kiss. It was Casablanca, Kiss's label, so the songs are a mixture of awesome Angel originals and a few pale Kiss imitations. Despite that, it's still a pretty good outing by Angel. They were really more a prog rock outfit than a stadium metal band. I think they fell through the cracks between the two genres and never got the recognition they deserved. I agree with those who made Kansas, Styx and Queen comparisons, but there's even some ELO influence on a song or two (Flying with Broken Wings). A weird mixture of influences on White Hot, but definitely worth a listen.

Angel's "White hot" from 1977 might be regarded as an embryo to the later pop-metal style played by bands like Bon Jovi. The music is rather polished and in a way harmless, but that doesn't mean it's worthless by any means. Even if Angel doesn't manage to go all the way, it's certainly very catchy from time to time, especially shown in the choruses to "Ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore" and "Hold me, squeeze me". "Don't leave me lonely" is quite alright, and a song like "Over and over" could be much less popish with a different production, while "Under suspicion" is in fact rather hard rocking. I would love to hear Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot doing a cover of "Got love if you want it" - I'm sure they would treat the song right. In "Stick like glue", the verse have obvious connection to 1950/1960's melodic rock approach while the chorus is very similar to the chorus in Kiss' "Ladies room". But there's also really cheesy moments and both "Flying with broken wings" and "The winter song" could be enough reason for critics to write this band off as nothing but a image driven sickly-sweet bunch of record company marionettes.

I'll admit I'm biased, cause I would rate all Angel CDs with five stars (bar the newest attempt) cause all their releases contain at least one or two triumphs of musical genius that compensate for one or two musical disasters per disc...but this one truely deserves every star given. "White Hot" is a glorious amalgam of pomp and bubblegum. The songs here seem carefully chosen as the band threw its self a little obviously at times at the Kiss market. First off I have to mention "You Could Loose Me" for the sole reason of the vocal performance (awesome), and "Under Suspicion" again vocally exhilerating. Great pop tunes abound with "Don't Leave Lonely" and "Aint Gonna Eat My Heart" being great additions to the Angel arsenal. Listening to "Flyin With Broken Wings" it is no secret who influenced them with the Beatlesque chorus. With only one duff track being "Winter Song" expectations would have been high for this release to blow the US market open for these satin clad demi-gods, but it didn't quite happen that way. They regrouped and gave us "Sinful" which deserves more stars than I can fit on this page. Strange how the bands who deserve success often fail to achieve it, and those who don't do! The sad sad story of Angel!

Another great dose of Rock and Roll from Angel. After some positive reaction to ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, this was the release that was supposed to put Angel in the lime light. Despite how good the disc was, though, that success didn't follow them with airplay or sales. There are very few bands with more talent than Angel. Fortunately for the listener most of their material is available on CD and at a budget price.

My favorite cut from this disc is "Flying With Broken Wings". Other tracks that showcase the bands talents are "Don't leave Me Lonely", "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore", "Got Love if You Want It", and ""Hold Me, Squeeze Me". Most of the tracks are more commercial than songs from the first two albums, but this was suppposed to be the big push in their careers that just didn't pan out. But, how can you argue with such a respectably priced piece of rock history.