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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1234697)
wasn't "The Living Daylights" a hit in the US as well, because it was a Bond theme?

Sadly, it was not. It only "Bubbled Under" as they say. #113 was the BB peak, Still, In Canada, it did peep in the Top 40 at #35.

The last US Top 100 appearance was for "Cry Wolf," with a very good video to promote it with. With that single, I saw it on CBC's Good Rockin' Tonight, which makes me think that it did a little better in Canada.

Vladcasm1 10-07-2012 07:01 PM

Well, I've only listened to their debut album and I have to say that the singer is very good (good enough to make me overlook their cheesy keyboard playing and that's saying something :laughing:)

Which album of theirs should I check out next?


PS, For anyone interested, there is a very good, unsigned progressive rock band called Gazpacho, also from Norway. Their singer sounds a lot like Morten Harket and the band had been compared to A-ha in general (though I think they're more Radiohead-ish tbh.)

Sorry I'm still new here so I can't post a link to Youtube but check out the song "Chequered Light Buildings" to see what I'm talking about. :)

Trollheart 10-08-2012 08:54 AM

I'd go for "Scoundrel days", then "Analogue", two of their best in my opinion.

As for Gazpacho, love them! Have you got the new album (soon to be reviewed in my journal)? I loved "Missa Atropos", and have the rest of their discog to get through, but I'll be giving "The march of ghosts" a spin first!
But unsigned? Aren't they with KScope now? :confused:

Vladcasm1 10-08-2012 02:59 PM

Oops you're right they're on Kscope. My bad. :)

Anyway, I listened to everything except the last two albums ("Missa Atropos" and "The March of Ghosts") and I think you might wanna listen to their first two albums only after listening to the other stuff. The first two are great but aren't quite as polished as the other ones IMHO.

I'll definitely need to check out the last two albums though, should be awesome :D


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