Mjöllnir I'll be kinder with this one, as I feel they put in a real big effort. They go a bit nuts with the CD format and stuff too many tracks on, but with 5 or 6 very solid hard rock tunes it acquits itself smoothly. It's easy to look back at now and enjoy it with a modern sense of nostalgia but this probably sank like a rock on its initial release in 1992. Instead of putting on a tougher attitude and cranking the heaviness up as Skid Row and Kiss tried on early 90s albums to postpone extinction, Danger Danger stuck to their guns with the same overblown pop choruses and relaxed catchy rhythms. It's still wildly generic, and its dated qualities are off-putting but this time it seems to work in their favour. The sheer fun of tracks like "Slipped Her the Big One", "Everybody Wants Some" and "Don't Blame It on Love" (the equivalent shining pop diamond to the first albums Bang Bang) make me want to revisit the album a few more times. They simply have the ingredients and a touch of variety that the first album lacked, while retaining the standard format: raunchy hard rockers melding with big sounding ballads but peppered with some small interludes and different tempos.

I find it drags considerably towards the end, with some of the tracks feeling like they were made out of leftover parts from when they were trying to come up with the earlier songs. Topped off with an electronic "experiment" at the end that makes me want to listen to Guns n' Roses "My World" off Illusion II instead(!) means this is hardly a well rounded album. They were enjoying it and Andy Timmons is of course, real good on his instrument but still, it's bitty and I never did get into too many albums like this anyway.

Mjöllnir Essentially a second-rate Bon Jovi style band with a few more dollops of cheese and an intense hair metal aesthetic, Danger Danger's first album is highly polished but forgettable disc. Very much a late comer to this scene, which was on the cusp of being overrun by grunge and the turned backs of an unforgiving public. I just find a lot of the songs very ho-hum and by numbers with a lack of the essential hooks that this music thrives on. Opener "Naughty Naughty" and "Bang Bang" are obviously the potential hits and stick in the mind most, being well done but wincingly formulaic nonetheless. Even songs where the chorus is memorable such as "Rock America" seem very flat in their execution despite the obvious enthusiasm of the band.

I don't have much else to say on this one really, but it highlights the big problems these sorts of semi imitation bands face and accentuates the strengths of forerunners such as (again) Bon Jovi. The second album I found to be much more enjoyable, even by that time this music was virtually dead and buried in the mainstream.

Stephen Sure it's been a while after a full-length studio album of Danger Danger was released and fans were only treated with live and rarities record, but this time, Bruno Ravel and Steve West decided to ask the original singer, Ted Poley, to rejoin the camp, and "Revolve" was completed in 2009, displaying a mighty return of the American melodic rock giant. The songs arrangement are still trusted on the hands of Ravel/West combo, the eleven killer tracks will take you back to their glorious days, but this time, with a fresh contemporary touch without losing the classic feel, to give you an updated sound.

I must admit Poley's voice isn't as high as he used to be and strangely he sounded like Joe Elliot here, but Danger Danger is always about Poley, even though I could imagine how great it'd be if Laine handles the mic here. The peak of the album is at the middle, starting from "Hearts on The Highway" with a classic groove and gigantic chorus, one of the best melodic rock track of the year; the heart-throbbing acoustical thang of "Fugitive"; and the anthemic "Keep On Keepin' On" with Marcello's fantastic solos. My other favorite tracks here are the opener, "That's What I'm Talking About", the classic melodic rock with alternative rock feel of "Rocket To Your Heart", the Def Leppard-influenced chant of "F.U.$", and the beautiful ballad of "Never Give Up".

"Revolve" marked a magnificent come back by Danger Danger after a long eight years of waiting since Cockroach and a 20 years anniversary celebration of the band. This record has the capacity of recapturing Poley-era's magical moment of the first two albums, but even though this no way could beat the classics, "Revolve" is a big proof that Danger Danger still capable of making a lot of tremendous songs. Highly recommended and definitely belongs to the list of Greatest Albums of Year 2009.