Rising from the ashes of a band called Sin, Jag Wire recorded this, their first album, in ’85. Quite a sought after release, and now it has had the reissue treatment on CD with a myriad of demos and outtakes on FnA records (I think).
A mixture of glam metal and aor, this is quite good, although rather dated in sound. As a Californian band of this period they do have a sound of their own and don’t go along with the glitz and glam of the Sunset Strip. Only 8 tracks and none of them are that long, this album does fly by but highlights include On The Run, which is anything but aor and rocks along with a cool riff and groove; Takin’ The City again is an up tempo rocker; and my personal favourite track Traitor with the crazy keys intro.
These guys badly needed a producer of note and maybe things would have been different. The drum sound is not great and the mix could have been better.
6.5/10 from The Grooveman.
