Music Review: Loverboy "Rock 'n' Roll Revival" CD

Loverboy continue the trend of bands re-recording their past hits with the release of their brand new CD "Rock 'n' Roll Revival."

The CD kicks off with 3 brand new songs... the title track, "No Tomorrow" and "Heartbreaker."  The latter 2 were produced by Bob Rock who engineered the bands biggest 80's hits and makes the band sound as if no time has passed since these Canadians ruled the airwaves.  "Heartbreaker" is infectious and could easily be played side by side with the bands biggest hits which is a good thing because the next 9 songs on the album are re-records of everything from "Turn Me Loose" to "Lovin' Every Minute Of It."

So how do the re-records sound?  To be honest... pretty good!  Think of this as a "LIVE" album without that annoying crowd noise.  The band doesn't try to a perfect note for tone reproduction but instead they opt for a heavier vibe.   The songs sound chunkier and more muscular than before.

Are they better than the originals... well, no and the fact that they changed the iconic cowbell opening of "Working For The Weekend" to a more echoey "Thonk, Thonk, Thonk!" is just blasphemy!

If you want to hear these classic hits as they were originally recorded then pick up one of the bands previous "Best of" collections but if you want to hear what Loverboy sounds LIVE in 2012 and groove to a couple new tracks then "Rock 'n' Roll Revival" will fit the bill.


Drumroll please... 6 out of 10 drumsticks!!!