Without Love

Nasty, Nasty	Black 'N Blue	In Heat	Rough Cutt/Rough Cutt Wants You!	The Right to Rock Re-release of 1985's breakthrough album featuring two versions of the hit single and title track, 'Right To Rock' (Album Version and Remix). Produced by Gene Simmons. 10 tracks in all.
Walkin' the Razor's Edge Canadian reissue of the long running metal act's best-selling album of their career. Tracks include the hits, 'Rock You', (Make Me Do) Anything You Want' and 'Gimme, Gimme Good Lovin''. 1984 release. Standard jewel case.	Thunder in the East Loudness was a Japanese hard rock quartet that had numerous hit albums in the 80's and early 90's. Thunder In The East reached number 74 on the Billboard charts in 1985. Wounded Bird. 2003.	Wild in the Streets First time on CD for the Canadian heavy metal act's 1987 album. Ten tracks. EMI. 2002.	Keel	Danger Danger

LA ERA DORADA DEL HARD ROCK
"Without Love", es el segundo album de los originarios de Portland, Oregon, "Black and Blue", y en este disco dan un cambio de sonido, del europeo de su primer album producido por Dieter Dierks (Scorpions),a uno que vendria a cambiar la escena musical bajo la produccion del desaparecido Bruce Fairbain, que procedia de hacer grandes trabajos en Canada con "Loverboy", y posteriormente el tan famoso "Slippery When Wet" de Bon Jovi(se dice que este es el disco que hizo que Jon Bon Jovi le pidiera trabajar con El), para esta grabacion se incluyeron musicos de "Toto" y los citados Loverboy, y abren el album, con "Rockin on Heavens Door" seguido de "Without Love" y "Stop the Lightning" que son 3 temas que adelantan el estilo que se haria tan popular al final de la decada de los 80s, el disco incluye otras grandes canciones como la balada y sencillo "Miss Mystery", y hacen una obra muy disfrutable para los seguidores de esta generacion musical,(me incluyo)y el cual no ha dejado de sonar primero en mi tornamesa, y ahora actualmente en mi reproductor de "cd", una buena oportunidad de escuchar a otra excelente banda que desaparecio sin el exito que sin duda merecia. (No olvidar que su guitarrista Tommy Thayer ha estado de gira como sustituto de Ace en KISS, y su cantante Jaime St. James es el actual vocalista de los resurgidos "Warrant").

A nice sophomore effort
This is considered their "pop album", which by any means is necesary a bad thing. To tell you the truth, from the first time I listened to this album, I loved it, specially the first side (back in the LP days), "Rockin'on heavens door" is a great way to kick off the album (I love the change of rhythm at the end of the song), followed by the infectious "Without love", "Stop the lightning" and "Nature of the beach", the only complain I have about these three tracks, is that Tommy and Jeff should've put more guitar solos on them. I'm not really into ballads so even though "Miss Mistery" is not bad at all, I would`ve prefer the guys or the company had decided to put a rockier tune instead. "Bombastic Plastic" and "Strange things" are heavier and with a strange mood that make them very interesting to listen to. "Swing time" is simple but with a very contagious rhythm. I like it. "We got he fire" and "Two wrongs" are a pair of good straight rockers. Overall, this is a great album, but I give it 4 1/2 stars because of the guitar fact that I mentioned at the beginning. Anyway you slice it, Black'n Blue rules!!!

black n blues best cd by far...
i had this on cassette & wore it out in th 80's im happy to see it on cd. i will have to buy one. i think this was black n blues finest work to date before gene simmons ruined them. my favorite tracks....miss mystery,without love 7 stop the lightining. id say the band was best on their first couple of recordings up to this cd without love. its been eons since i seen a black n blue video on mtv,but it was really good days when they did play. this band never really broke on the high ground mostly in part of not having a direction,gene simmons, & little fm radio airplay. after black n blues without love cd came nasty nasty & in heat both of which were commercial failures "gene simmons" if black n blue woulda kept the direction the first 3 cd's were going & stayed away from gene simmons they woulda faired far better in the music biz. also check out black n blues ultimate collection cd its worth it.

Discover This Band!!
Do you like 80's hair metal, but are sick of listening to "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Slippery When Wet" for the thousandth time? Well good news....re-issues of one of the most talented, but overlooked bands, Black n Blue are now available. I wore out my cassettes I owned of "Without Love", "Nasty Nasty" and the self titled debut album around the time Clinton was first elected and have been waiting for the cd re-issues. All of the albums still sound great, you will be banging your head and playing air guitar all the way to work. "Without Love" seems to have the reputation of being BnB's "pop" album, and while it does seem the music is a bit more commercialized, it is still a really good album. "Strange Things" may be BnB's best tune, the hook, the catchy chorus, a true 80's metal-head delight. If you are tired of the retread music offered today..then take the time to discover some of the bands you may have missed the first go around. Sure....you know as soon as the opening guitar chord hits that you are listening to music that could only have come out during the Reagan era...so what? These guys had talent, and the music is still fun. Break out the Spandex, get 2 or 3 bottles of hairspray for that big hair look, and rock out like it's 1986!!!

and a half
This is a good album, but it is also indicative of what happens when a band gives up too much creative control. I know some reviewers here like "Nature of the Beach", but come on folks, that song is queer adn isn't really them. With all that said, that style of mix sold millions for Bon Jovi for "Slippery" so what do I know. This probably should be a 4 star because of tracks 1,2,3,5, and 7 alone. I'm certainly not implying this album is bad or that it's not a worthwhile addition for any fan fan of good times 80's hair metal of the Crue/Ratt variety - they were one of the very best of that genre.