MINDWORK - Inside Out (1991)

MINDWORK born from the ashes of one of the best Austrian AOR band ever; Fahrenheit.
Drummer & main songwriter Harold Huber and singer Johnny Kanatschnig decided to go for more poppy, Lite AOR sounds on their debut "Inside Out" still retaining high doses of melody and harmonies.
Strongly keyboard oriented but in a stylized way some tracks sport a Hi-Tech style, and while the overall sound is typically European, you can hear traces from the Canadian scene around the era.



There's suave melodies on friendly tunes like "Welcome To My Paradise", "Masters Of Success", "Chinese Wall" or the elegant "Gloria", but my favorite should be the excellent ballad "Endlessly" where Kanatschnig's vocals shine.

"Inside Out" offers a very pleasant listen through its well crafted songs, quality arrangements and crystal clear production. If Mr Mister, Toys Of Joy, Fingerprints, West Of Sunset are your thing, add this one to the collection.
Good Hi-Tech / Lite AOR for the soul.


01 - Welcome To My Paradise
02 - Endlessly
03 - Men In Motion
04 - Gloria
05 - Bring Me Some Water
06 - Chinese Wall
07 - House Of Sin
08 - I Miss You
09 - In The Ghetto
10 - Wonderland
11 - Help Me
12 - Masters Of Success

Johnny Kanatschnig - vocals, guitars
Harold Huber - keyboards, drums, programming
Umbo - bass

MINDWORK Inside Out
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FINGERPRINTS - Time Is All We Need (1989)

Sweden band who had enjoyed good airplay in scandinavia and some european countries at the end of the eighties.
A mix of Lite AOR / Westcoast / pop for a good measure.
The overall sound is light and radio-friendly, with sticky choruses and excellent production.

Many tunes are definitely adult pop, sweet to the ears.
But there's some gems like 'Stay The Night', gorgeous AORish, awesome track.
Other pearls; 'On The Run', like a good Michael Bolton song, 'I Want You' a very classy ballad, or the title track, featuring very nice keys and a sing-along chorus.
I don't like the last ones sung in swedish, except the version of 'Time Is All We Need' (Stjaernfall).
STROM & AXELSSON later would become the duo WEST OF SUNSET, another good project.

Not easy to find CD, ripped at max. quality incl. artwork.


01 - Time Is All We Need
02 - More Than You Know
03 - I Want You
04 - On The Run
05 - Don't You Wanna (Get To Know Me)
06 - Angel
07 - Make My Day
08 - Where Were You Last Night
09 - You're Gonna Be Sorry
10 - Stay The Night
11 - Mitt Ibland Aenglar
12 - Nu Star Jag Haer
13 - Stjaernfall - Time Is All We Need


Bjorn Strom : vocals, guitars
Thomas Axelsson : bass
Jorgen Ingestrom : keyboards

Joan Franzon : drums on tracks 1,2,3,4,8, 9
Lasse Wellander : guitars on tracks 1,2,3, 8
Patric Lindell : guitars on tracks 5, 9
Svein Dan Hauge : guitars on track 7
Rolf Graf (LAVA) : keyboards and programming track 7
Frank Adahl & Tommy Nilsson : backing vocals on track 7



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