GARY MOORE — Victims Of The Future (review)

GARY MOORE — Victims Of The Future album cover Album · 1983 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
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"Victims of the Future" is the 5th full-length studio album by UK heavy rock artist Gary Moore. The album was released in February 1984 by 10 Records ( in the UK).

The music on the album is AOR tinged heavy rock. Rather simple vers/ chorus structured heavy rock tracks containing few surprises. What the album does contain, is solid musicianship and a couple of great metal tinged tracks in the title track and especially Murder in the Skies. The rest is so and so, but nothing is downright awful. The production is very time typical. Thin, high end and reverb laden. Sometimes it sounds like Gary Moore recorded his vocal parts in an empty bathroom. The AOR part of the sound I mentioned above is especially heard in the choirs in the choruses and the plastic keyboard sounds. Again a very time typical feature. While Gary Moore rips through a couple of great solos during the album´s playing time, I wouldn´t call this a guitar dominated album by any means. I´d say the vocals are given just as much attention.

Hmm...Personally I can´t say "Victims of the Future" really impressed me much, for that there are too many generic AOR features in the music. The problem is not so much the AOR elements though, it´s the generic part. "Victims of the Future" don´t stand out enough from other similar releases from that time to be called anything but standard. It´s not bad but I can´t give more than a 2.5 star rating.
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