Rock City

Artist: Riot
Label: Metal Blade
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 039841400922
EAN: 0039841400922
ASIN: B000001C5Y

Release Date: 1993-02-16

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Tracks:

Desperation
Warrior
Rock City
Overdrive
Angel
Tokyo Rose
Heart Of Fire
Gypsy Queen
This Is What I Get

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Customer Reviews:

A solid debut.......2003-05-15

Americans Riot released their debut, "Rock city" in 1977. That was indeed a diverse musical time - hard rockers Kiss were bigger than ever, Disco as a musical genre was very popular, and punk rock got a lot of attention. Old super groups like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath stood a bit outside the spotlight, and Deep Purple had even broken up.

Riot's "Rock city" is a good album, starting off with a straight rocker "Desperation", built more on traditional rock than blues. This song points out the direction very well, and together with tunes like the up tempo "Warrior", the rock `n' roll inspired "Rock city", the heavy "Overdrive", and the melodic and light hearted "Tokyo rose" with its groovy chorus this album is sure worth having. Bits here and there even bare connections to Blue ýyster Cult's earlier efforts.

A Good Start.......2003-03-26

This is pretty good for a first album, but it's not nearly as good as the ones to come after. I don't mind the primitive-sounding production, but the songwriting isn't quite there yet and the band isn't as crisp as it would be later. Guy Speranza and Mark Reale really elevate this album: Reale's leads are melodic and good, and Speranza- he's always been my idea of what a rock singer should sound like. He's got a voice like nobody else, and it's brimming with NYC attitude. This album's worth having just to hear him tear through some tunes.

Amazing Debut!.......2002-01-26

It's hard to believe with the production on this disc how good the music is, but that just goes to show how good the band actually is at this point in their career. From looking at the list of tracks I can actually say I remember all of these songs even though I first heard them over 25 years ago! The weakest part of this disc is "Heart of Fire" and a few lyrics from "Overdrive". Then again I never sold a record, so, what do I have to gripe about.

Despite those few weaknesses this is an excellent release, particularly for a first album on such a small label (Firesign/Attic). I must admit, I bought it because Triumph was on Attic records at the time. It was worth every penny, too! Classics include "Desperation", "Warrior", "Tokyo Rose" and "This Is What I Get (For loving You)". Truthfully, every song here is worth listening to over and over. This is the first of three great releases in a row for Riot, but good luck finding "Narita", I'm still listening to my album!

Rock City: A Killer Debut.......2001-01-30

Riot was one of those great bands that was somehow tragically overlooked by the media. From Guy Speranza's killer vocals to Mark Reale's scorching guitar, ROCK CITY was a very assured debut effort from this band. The debut just teased on how great this original line-up could have become. The lyrics were great, the songs were outstanding, but this is only the tip of the iceberg for this sadly overlooked metal band. Their later releases showed flawless execution of heavy metal material.

ROCK CITY is a great starting point for anyone who wants to find out how great Riot was.

Absolutely Incredible!.......2000-04-05

True Hard Rock at its finest. All the pieces are in place on this debut album. Mark Reale's guitar is excellent from riff to solo; Guy Sperenza on lead vocals is amazing! From "Desperation" to "Overdrive" to "Angel" this album ROCKS the entire way. If you're are looking for that void between Sabbath and Priest of the mid to late 70s and the NWOBHM movement, this is it. Good old american (NYC) rockers! An early metal "must have."

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