Icon - Night Of The Crime (1985) [2009 Rock Candy Remastered]

“Night Of The Crime“, the second album from American outfit ICON is regarded as one of the greatest Melodic Hard Rock / AOR albums of all time. This Rock Candy Records digitally remastered reissue is the one to get: fuller, bigger.
Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, ICON burst into the American hard rock scene in 1984 with a surprisingly mature self-titled debut, compared to Dokken, Quiet Riot and alike. By 1985, the genre was morphing to a more melodic, AOR, polished sound and ICON and the label decided to go in this direction, so the approach for second album was completely different.
They joined talented AOR songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. to pen half the songs, and legendary Eddie Kramer produced, plus genius Ron Nevison mixed the whole thing resulting in a fan-damn-tastic piece of mid-80s AOR / Melodic Hard.
“Night Of The Crime” comprises like few in one single disc all these ’80s rock musical styles with class, ranging from punchy melodic hard rockers to heavenly AOR numbers.


Tracks:

01. Naked Eyes (4:03)
02. Missing (4:30)
03. Danger Calling (3:39)
04. Shot At My Heart (3:22)
05. Out For Blood (5:41)
06. Raise the Hammer (3:32)
07. Frozen Tears (3:56)
08. The Whites of Their Eyes (3:46)
09. Hungry For Love (4:17)
10. Rock My Radio (4:16)

Personnel:

Dan Wexler - guitars (ex-Lydian, ex-Thieves in the Temple)
Stephen Clifford - vocals
John Aquilino - guitar
Tracy Wallach - bass (ex-Lydian)
Pat Dixon - drums