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Alexa- ST

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Reviewed by: Tommy Hash
Genre: AOR/Pop rock
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: 37:56
Release Date: March 24, 2006
Label:
MTM Classix
Band Members: Alexa -Vocals Paul Sabu -Guitar
  Tommy Rude -Keyboards Murrill Maglio-Bass
  Charles Esposito-Drums Devon Meade -Background Vocals
     
Track Listing: 1.)-I Can’t Shake You-(2:59) 8.)-Heart To Heart - (3:51)
  2.)- We Don’t Remember Why- (4:15) 9.)- Spooky -(3:09)
  3.)- Dance The Night Away-(3:26) 10.)-From Now On - 4:02)
  4.)-Wanderlust -(3:48)  
  5.)- Let It Rock -(4:10)  
  6.)-A Cry Away - (4:17)  
  7.)Cool Wind -(3:40)  
     
The Review

Some of the best synthesizer metal has finally been bestowed back to the masses with this reissue of this 1989 pop metal/AOR classic. "Classic" you ask, why not? Maybe Alexa (Anastasia's) self-titled album might have gone the wayside, but it's a shame. Some of the best pop tinged, hook laden, and catchy melodies are encompassed within this record. No wonder an original copy once fetched the big dough on eBay; but now, all of us can enjoy this remastered re-release from MTM.

Highly in the vein of Fiona, Vixen, and Aina; Alexa's voice is soulful, sassy, and raspy, very much like Bonnie Tyler's. The music is highly synthesizer driven (lots of fat analog synths as well as showcasing the embryonic stages of digital sounds), with the six-string prowess (from producer/axeman Paul Sabu) providing the power to the album for which its production kind of parallels the work of Jeff Paris (major AOR singer/songwriter). Song wise, there is a lot of intriguing melodies that rip your heart out, and hell, they break it too.

Rocking with songs such as "I Can't Shake You" and "Let It Rock" as well as exposing emotion with "A Cry Away" and the ballad "From Now On," there is proof that there was a lot of heart and soul put into the writing of this record. More proof of that is with the stand out track on the record titled "We Don't Remember Why," where the pop prowess is at it's utmost highest, obviously this is the record's radio staple, an excellent cut indeed.

This might have been the case at the time; the music was too pop for metal/hard rock radio, and too heavy for pop stations, but this album had potential that is for sure, and why not rejuvenate that potential with this re-release.

 

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