Over the Edge

Over the Edge Artist: Hurricane
Label: Capitol
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 018777332026
EAN: 0018777332026
ASIN: B000008GR2


Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

  1. Over the Edge
  2. I'm Eighteen
  3. I'm on to You
  4. Messin' With a Hurricane
  5. Insane
  6. We Are Strong
  7. Spark in My Heart
  8. Give Me an Inch
  9. Shout Baby Snakes

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Singer needs a better band.......2006-11-01

A respectable album. This band might have made it but timing and luck weren't on their side. Some songs are fun in the typical 80's way. The vocal quality is intense- heads above those 80's sleaze rockers like Vince Neil and Brett Michaels but the songwriting is weak. The first three songs are solid (I personally love the cover of "I'm Eighteen"). 4.5 stars to the singer 2.5 stars to the rest of the band.

4 out of 5 stars Forget about the price tag...Hurricane rocks!.......2006-10-15

If you're dogging on this album simply because it carries a high price tag, then you're missing the point. The fact is, Over the Edge is a really good hard rock album, and one of the "hair metal" scene's better releases.

Over the Edge is the first full-length album from Hurricane, which featured vocal powerhouse Kelly Hansen (who would later go on to front Unruly Child and Foreigner). Hurricane's style was somewhere between Warrant and Dokken. It was hard hitting, but very melodic. The songs stuck pretty close to the love song/rock anthem formula that was so common with these kinds of bands, but never got too clichéd - there's no "Cherry Pie" moment here. All of the songs are fairly strong, but the cover of Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" and the catchy as hell single "I'm On To You" are the album's highlights. Over the Edge's odd moments are the extraordinarily poppy "Give Me an Inch" and the "hidden" final track "Baby Snakes", which is essentially a guy repeatedly calling (stalking?) a girl on the phone while Hurricane's music plays in the background.

Overall, this is a very good album, and one that most hair metal/melodic rock fans will want to hear. Is it worth $50 or more? Probably not. So unless they reissue it or you happen across it used somewhere (mine was a $2 pawn shop find), Over the Edge may remain out of reach.

4 out of 5 stars Hurricane is all right!.......2005-12-19

This is definitely Hurricane's best effort. There are three good songs on this album - 1.The title track "Over The Edge" 2. "I'm On To You" 3. Alice Cooper cover "I'm Eighteen". The remainder of the album is not that good, but these are three quality songs(Typically 80's though). If you do not want to pay this rediculous amount for a used CD(Not worth anymore $12.99 brand new, I do not care if it is out of print, go to Limewire if you want the songs). If this CD was $4.99 used it might be worth picking up.

1 out of 5 stars hurricane this cd is a waste of money........2005-09-09

i had this on cassette in the late 80's 1 catchy tune ...im on to you.this song grows old quick na na na na na nah im on to you.the other songs just blow as well. im surprised to see this cd selling used for over $70.00any one dumb enuf to pay that should get a cd that sucks as bad as this one does.this band went nowhere & was so short lived its amazing.they lasted as long as a hurricane here & gone.

3 out of 5 stars Another Band That Had A Chance.......2004-03-19

I picked this up back in the 80's basically to hear what they would do with Alice Cooper's "Eighteen". It wasn't what I expected, they turned it into a ballad, but after a couple listens it started to grow on me. What I like about this band was that they tried different things. This is definately a pop metal album, and the songs all have a radio friendly chorus and hook, that is 9 of the 10 songs do. My review and three stars all go toward the final song on the album called "Baby Snakes". This song is great, I guess you could call it an instrumental, because basically the band is just jamming out while you hear a loser named Jeff working up the courage to call a girl and ask her out. Listening to Jeff get shot down in flames all to a killer drum beat and screaming guitar riff is too much. I think my favoite line is when Jeff is asked what he is doing he says "Oh not much just sitting around watch Mr. Ed...I mean Miami Vice" If you can find a used version of this disk pick it up, but it's not worth the $30+ I see it listed for here.

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