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With the band's sophomore release, they really mis-guessed what their audience was looking for. In my opinion, these would be the only songs I would describe as hard rock on this album and definitely the standout cuts. The short instrumental acts as an intro into "Built for Speed".
Lynch's solo guitar piece, "Hammerhead," a song that recalls Van Halen's "Eruption", proves just how underutilized he is on this album. Guitarist Steve Lynch lets loose on some nice lead-work, which even if it were mediocre would shine in comparison. One of the shining spots on this disc is the guitar solos that break out of the doldrums. They also changed the album cover art to a different female robot on a blue background. I suppose the record company was looking for something to boost sales and though a cover would do it. For whatever reason, on second pressings of this CD, the song was replaced with a cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band".
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"Six String Fever" is another attempt at an anthem. Of course there is the mandatory ballad in "Changing Hands", which is absolutely formula in it's approach and lacks emotion. He's a solid singer, but this sort of cheese isn't so much about singing, it's about personality. Vocalist Steve "Plunk" Plunkett doing his best David Lee Roth impression, though he doesn't quite have the charisma to pull it off quite the like Roth. Things don't really get much better, though I will admit that the single "Blondes in Black Cars" is somewhat catchy, even if it is beyond cheesy and cliché! "Blondes in black cars, burnin' up the boulevard, blondes in black cars, and they're here for me". The album opens with a keyboard driven soft rock song that leads way into the Bon Jovi-ish "Take No Prisoners". As it turns out, most fans weren't interested and the album's singles flopped. Still, somehow on this second album, Autograph managed to dumb down their sound even further. After all, they built their reputation on "Turn Up the Radio", a sing-along anthem that was fun in it's cheesiness. Of course, anyone listening to an Autograph CD to begin with is probably expecting cheesy 80's rock. That is certainly the case with Autograph's "That the Stuff". Even guys like Ted Nugent, and to a lesser extent, Judas Priest, were watering down their sound and stripping the raw rock away with lush keyboards and studio wizardry. It seems by mid-1985 every hard rock band with even an ounce of commercial viability felt that the super-slick, watered down, keyboard-driven pop rock sound was the way to go. Teen & Non-Stop", "Cloud 10," and "Friday" are all standout tracks, making the To get regular airplay on rock radio two decades later. Of course "Turn Up the Radio" was a huge hit for the band and continues Please" is actually a good rockin' disc with many melodic, memorable and catchy metal assault like early Crue or Ratt will be disappointed. It's just that their image doesn't hold up to their sound, soĪnyone expecting a vicious L.A. That almost defines 1980's rock radio, along with bands like Night Ranger andĮven later years. Must be heavy metal? NOT! Despite Autograph's long-haired,Ĩ0's heavy metal image, "Sign in Please" is actually mainstream pop-hard-rock "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me" (3:31) Copyright © 2007 moodpoint.No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - AutographĦ.