Roadmaster - Fortress (1980) [2012 Rock Candy Remastered]

Indiana’s ROADMASTER was unquestionably one of the pillars of the Pomp AOR movement, and fortunately Rock Candy Records has remastered their more essential albums. All really good – being this “Fortress” their last studio album before broke-up, and a wonderful slice of melodic rock / AOR it is.
ROADMASTER extensively developed the Pomp Rock sound on their previous album, but at the time of the recording of “Fortress” (early ’80s) the band was fully entrenched in the Melodic Rock AOR craze spawned by bands like Foreigner, Journey, Survivor, The Babys, etc.
That year, 1980, “Fortress” was released and is widely considered the band’s creative peak, plenty of urgent hooks and catchy choruses. Still retaining the Pomp AOR flavor, this album is more focused on sharp edged guitar playing with a full-on melodic hard rock attack.


Tracks:

01 – Ride The Wind Away
02 – I Didn’t Notice
03 – You Make Me Feel Alright
04 – Too Long, Too Long
05 – New York, New York
06 – Someday
07 – Satisfied Woman
08 – Another One’s Running
09 – Stay With Me Through The Night

Personnel:

Stephen McNally: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Rick Benick: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Toby Myers: Bass, Backing Vocals
Michael Read: Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Bobby Johns: Drums, Backing Vocals