When I started this site umpteenth years ago, it wasn't exactly my intention to feature albums housing such mundane titles as "Baby Hold On" and "You're So Cruel." But what if a record existed with the aforementioned tunes that
wasn't so vapid or generic? While not full fledged power-pop or pub rock or barely ever edging into punk terrain,
X-15 are a rare exception to the rule. Admittedly, ya'll AOR fetishists in the house will find a trove to drool over with this one, but this Pittsburgh six-piece seemed to chow at the more credible end of the hard rock trough. Think early Greg Kihn, the first Loverboy album, Clocks, and at times even
Hard Promises-era Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. X-15 were hardly long on innovation, but potent, hard-driving daggers like "Danger Zone" and "Give Me Your Love," not to mention the utterly arresting, mid-tempo "Is it Him," make a persuasive case nonetheless.
01. Is it Him
02. Danger Zone
03. Give Me Your Love
04. Second Hand love
05. Jennifer
06. All the Time
07. You're So Cruel
08. Waiting Tonight
09. Cold Shivers
10. Baby Hold On
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Persuaded.
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