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Special Limited Deluxe Collector's Edition / Five bonus tracks / Fully Remastered Sound shaped from 24 BIT digital technology / 12 page full color booklet - 4,000 word essay, enhanced artwork, memorabilia, rare photos and full involvement from the artist. NOT FOR want of trying, the British melodic rock scene was - post NWOBHM - eclipsed by the great American AOR sound of the early eighties. With bands such as Boston, Foreigner, Journey and Survivor enjoying serious chart action across the great divide, a new wave of melodic British hard rock band tried to muscle in on the action and prove to our American cousins that we could do the job just as well. Enter Strangeways, a Scottish based quartet with an eagle eye on the big prize. Based in Glasgow, the band's ambition was as far reaching as their music, writing and demoing until they found a home with production / management company Bonaire, the people behind popular Canadian pomp rockers Saga. Paired with renowned producer Kevin Elson (Journey, Europe etc) the band cut this, their debut album, in Zurich, Switzerland and finished it in Pete Townshend's Eel Pie and the Kinks Konk studios, London. Album Tracks 1. The Kid Needs Love 2. Hold Back Your Love 3. Close to the Edge 4. Heartbreak Zone 5. Cry Out 6. Power Play 7. Breakin' Down the Barriers 8. Now It's Gone 9. More Than Promises 10. Hold Tight 11. All the Wrong Reasons [Demo Version] 12. Hold on [Demo Version] 13. Close to the Edge [Demo Version] 14. Breakin' Down the Barriers [Demo Version] 15. Streets on Fire [Demo Version]
