Harlequin - Love Crimes (1980)

Country: Canada
Year: 1980
Line-up: George Belanger (vocals), Glen Willows (guitars), Ralph James (bass), David Budzak (drums), Gary Golden (keyboards)

Track Listing:

1.   Innocence   4:19 2.   Love on the Rocks   3:16 3.   Thinking of You   4:21 4.   It's All Over Now   4:03 5.   Heaven (Dial 999)   3:18 6.   Sayin' Goodbye to the Boys   3:30 7.   Wait for the Night   4:14 8.   Crime of Passion   4:31 9.   Can't Hold Back   2:51 10.   Midnight Magic   3:10

Fletchanator's comment: Here's one for the fans of keyboard-orientated AOR. Canadians Harlequin released this, their second album, a year after their debut. They would release a few more in the 80s before disbanding, then coming back briefly as Harlequin II, and finally back to Harlequin (Belanger with new backing musicians) a few years back.
In terms of sound, on the best songs Harlequin sound like Helix or Night Ranger, with Steven Tyler singing (without the high-pitched screeching). Some of the blander AOR songs (like Heaven) don't click but the opener, Innocence, is fantastic. Sayin' Goodbye to the Boys is a great rocker.
As a side note, this album was re-released on CD by England's Rock Candy Records in 2011, but this rip is from the original Japan-only CD release, by SME in 1999.

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