This is a great record, and just because another flavour of sounds were occupying youth at the time does not make good music bad.
This album appeared in 1990 and basically that was it for them as the colour of brown washed over the musical landscape. In these grooves, Blue Tears created one of the best melodic rock albums ever recorded. If this came out five years earlier, they would have given Bon Jovi a run for their money.
The album has great songs that have a great positive vibe that you can’t help singing a long to. And, in Gregg Fulkerson they possessed one of the great forgotten talents of the genre. Gregg, who passed away in 2009, had a stellar voice that was perfect for the tunes, plus he was a killer guitar player.
As for favourite tracks, I could pick any and that includes the ballads. Today I will go with Side 2 opener, Innocent Kiss. It has everything I love about Blue Tears all in one song: a massive hook and chorus, big fat guitar, and a melody to die for.
I urge anyone who loves melodic rock to seek this one out.
10/10 from The Grooveman.
