Tokyo - Fasten Seat Belts (1982) [2011]

“Fasten Seat Belts” is the wonderfully titled second album by German AOR pioneers TOKYO, finely remastered by YesterRock, including bonus tracks. Not only the title is good, the music is even better delivering some true consistent AOR / Melodic Rock tunes in the best Euro Eighties fashion.
Fans of the adorable classic keyboard-driven AOR will love “Fasten Seat Belts”. There’s tons of very well produced catchy songs, sometimes treading the Melodic Rock ground with precise guitars and a sonically solid rhythm section. All songs are good, being the highlights “Dreamer” and “World of Promises” .

Before the strong heat wave of AOR bands began to sweep the world, this five piece German band commanded by Robby Musenbichler was already swinging with two studio albums in 1982.
These recent Tokyo album reissues have even been enough for AOR Magazine to run a huge feature spread on a band that deserves to be discovered by new generations, and why not, veterans who missed them back in the day.

Tracks:

01 – Keiko
02 – Spell On You
03 – Dreamer
04 – Feel Right
05 – World Of Promises
06 – Dreaming Of You
07 – Hearts Of Steel
08 – Get It All Night Long
09 – Bliss
10 – Give Me Power
11 – Lady
12 – Keiko [New Version] (bonus track)
13 – Rainy Days [Prev. Unreleased] (bonus track)
14 – Who Will Stop The Rain [Prev. Unreleased] (bonus track)
15 – Turn Off The Light [Prev. Unreleased] (bonus track)
16 – Mama [Prev. Unreleased] (bonus track)

Personnel:

Robby Musenbichler – guitar, vocals
Klaus Luley – guitar, vocals
Ken Taylor – bass, vocals
Lothar Krell – keyboards, vocals
Fritz Matzka – drums