There was such a long period between TKO’s first and second albums. Five years to be precise, and a lot changed. The first album Let It Roll was okay, but not a patch on this record. But then again, a whole lot happened musically between ’79 and ’84.
The majority of the songs on the album were written with main man Brad Sinsel and young hot shot Adam “Bomb” Brenner who would leave before this album was recorded. The overall sound and vibe is an overdriven glam rock masterpiece, which the band would never match again. You listen to what came after them, and you’ll find that TKO were an influence for that whole late eighties scene.
Although, this band could metal it out with the best of them and tracks like End Of The Line keep the pedal to the metal and double kicks blasting from the get go with epic riffage to match. Chock full of cracking rockin’ tracks and if you’re a lover of huge, fat, dirty riffs then why isn’t this in your collection already?
Run Out Of Town, Give Into The Night, Working Girl, All I Want To Do, man the whole goddam album is one big riff fest and one that I love dearly. Favourite track is a difficult one as I love it all, but today I’m going with So This Is Rock N’ Roll. The guitar sound alone is epic but couple that with an Aerosmith style swagger and it’s bonafide contender.
Without a doubt their best effort, and a classic of its time.
10/10 from The Grooveman.
