{"id":553,"date":"1985-01-01T00:00:40","date_gmt":"1985-01-01T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=553"},"modified":"2013-06-01T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T15:29:09","slug":"album-review-earthshaker-midnight-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-earthshaker-midnight-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"EARTHSHAKER – Midnight Flight (1984) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

EARTHSHAKER
Midnight Flight<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMusic For Nations (1984)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, I must admit that Earthshaker\u2019s strongly American-influenced hard rock has never really done anything for me. I\u2019ve always found the Japanese band\u2019s past albums too pedestrian to warrant any serious wear and tear on my turntable.<\/p>\n

With Midnight Flight the direction is pretty much the same, though with a couple of exceptions the overall quality of material seems to be a lot stronger. Certainly the band will need to reproduce songs to the quality of \u2018Ushinawareta 7224\u2019, \u2018Radio Magic\u2019 and the title track – with its Styx-like backing vocal harmonies – if they are going to make any impact in the commercial rock field. At the same time, Earthshaker must dispense with monotonous ballads like \u2018Zawameku Tokieto\u2019, \u2018Tada Kanashiku\u2019 and \u2019Family\u2019 which has that same sloppy appeal as Slade\u2019s \u2018My Oh My\u2019. To me, in a ballad the lyrics become as equally important as the music, so when those lyrics are in Japanese it\u2019s defeating the object for a band with their eyes firmly on the English-speaking American market.<\/p>\n

\u2018T-O-K-Y-O\u2019 is typical Earthshaker… one paced \u201cplod-rock\u201d. The fast paced \u2018Money\u2019 however is a completely different proposition; a heavier approach I\u2019d like to see the band adopting more in the future. Still, all in all, Midnight Flight<\/em> is probably Earthshaker\u2019s best album to date.<\/p>\n

Bernard Doe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 9 (1985)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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