The same arena-rocking blend of power ballads and melodic rock anthems is in place here, and if anything, Backlash is even more radio-friendly. “Backlash” may not have had the hit singles the Bad English debut did, but it was arguably the better of their two releases. I think the band won, as while we have have very commercial songs on “Backlash”, for the most part there’s a more elaborated, focused material of offer here. According to Waite, the band wanted to forget about commercial considerations for the second album, and of course, the record company wanted more hit singles. I remember a John Waite interview where he recall the creative process of “Backlash”. Perhaps not a huge seller, but artistically, “Backlash” is even superior to the brilliant debut. 1 double-platinum-selling record, but Bad English did it. Ugh, it is hard for a band to create an album to follow up a No. The awesome AOR / Melodic Rock supergroup BAD ENGLISH.īad English second album “Backlash” is another terrific slice of pure US Melodic Rock AOR, and a must in your collection.įormed in 1987 by Journey guitar master Neal Schon, monster drummer Deen Castronovo and reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain (also Journey) with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips (his former bandmates in The Babys), the band’s self-titled debut exploded into the Melodic Rock scene (and the charts) in 1989. Mark Spiro, Tommy Funderburk – background vocals Jonathan Cain – keyboards, background vocalsĭeen Castronovo – drums, background vocals Great work should sound as fresh and inspired years later as it did when first produced, and in that regard this album more than meets the standard.Bad English was an American rock band super group formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former band mates in The Babys. Despite the fact that this was recorded in 1992 (and from where I listen there really hasn't been much good rock produced since that time), the album still holds up like a brick wall nearly 25 years later. Good, solid songs throughout with only one or two tracks of filler, which is a rarity these days. This is a very well-crafted album that is on par, and perhaps in some ways better, than the group's self-titled debut. The band is tight as a drum, and you can tell that this is a well-accomplished group of pros immersed in their element. John Waite always has, and always will, ROCK! You can view Bad English one of two ways: The Babys with more polished musicianship or Journey with Waite on vocals instead of Steve Perry (you can't go wrong either way, IMHO), as Jonathan Caine (The Babys, Journey) and Neal Schon (Santana, Journey) together work extremely well with Waite's vocals. Great album that Rocks beginning to end.a must-have for any John Wait/Journey fan APO/FPO, Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Central America and Caribbean, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Iceland, India, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Republic of Croatia, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South America, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa
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