Saxon!

[Charger]

Going through Power & The Glory right now.

The title track is SUBERB! Watching The Sky is another stand out track. Not fully sold Nightmare or Midas Touch which are bit on the softer side.

EDIT

Holy Moses The Eagle Has Landed is one FANTASTIC tune!

[Zzzptm]

Yeah, it's an incredible slow burn of a tune, love that one.

For Midas Touch, that was replaced with a re-recorded version of Suzie Hold On in the USA, a faster-rocking tune that I think makes for a better mix of songs.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Just re-listening to Wheels of Steel and about halfway thru Strong Arm of the Law.... I think I can see why I never continued with them, they're very mixed regarding the quality of song. Wheels has 9 songs, 3 of them are really good, a couple are fine and the rest are generic filler. Side 1 of Strong Arm is generally better but nothing up to the best songs on Wheels.

EDIT: Just finished side 2 and I think it's a stronger album overall than Wheels but doesn't quite hit the highs on Wheels. Essentially 8 songs with no obvious filler, and the best is probably "Dallas 1 PM" which musically is really strong but the lyrics needed to be given to a better lyricist to polish them off... or just re-write completely!

[Charger]

I'm on Strong Arm Of The Law myself right now and I have to say I'm liking this more than Power & The Glory! Some great riffing on this album!!

Really liking it now!

[Charger]

Wheels Of Steel is SUBERB I can say that right now!!

I'm only about half way through the album and it's an absolute killer! The title track is a masterpiece!

[Charger]

Wheels Of Steel was all killer no filler! Great album!

Denim And Leather is bit more of a mixed bag...the over all style is maybe bit softer here. But it still has some good ones too!

[Zzzptm]

What makes me so happy is that they did find away to get back to their basics with Scarratt on guitar instead of Oliver. Once you've worked through the classics, Unleash the Beast is an excellent album to follow those.

[Ted Sallis]

Glad you enjoy WOS and SAOTL so much, Charger.  They are my 2 favourite Saxon albums.

Ted

[Charger]

Very cool indeed! Those are suberb albums through and through! Been listening to them a lot now! I think Wheels Of Steel is the better one...that is just all killer no filler!

Next I think I'll tackle some of the newer albums... Unleash The Best I saw at a resonable price so might go with that first then Carpe Diem and Thunderbolt!

The title track of Carpe Diem surely is BRILLIANT!

[Zzzptm]

that is one smashing track and I loved that album. Call to Arms is another one to consider, very strong work on that.

[Charger]

They put out a new video and it's my favourite song too!!

[Charger]

Inspired by the War thread I just went and ordered 3 new albums!

Call To Arms

The Inner Sanctum

Carpe Diem

All were on sale 13.99€ a pop!

Thank you very much!

[Zzzptm]

Inspired by the War thread I just went and ordered 3 new albums!

Call To Arms

The Inner Sanctum

Carpe Diem

All were on sale 13.99€ a pop!

Thank you very much!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaah, SAXON!!!!

[Thelemech]

I guess you had to hear power and the glory when it was first released as it was such a different sound compared to many of their competitors
I found it to be a breath of fresh air. I also feel that the vocals are very strong on this album

Honestly I'm a fan of most of their records and they have plenty of albums from their past and present that are great and I highly recommend 90% of them

[Charger]

Power And The Glory is a good album, but from the earlier stuff I do prefer Wheels Of Steel myself.

I do believe that you're right about how it must have sounded back in the day. Saxon sure had a sound of their own. Still do I'd say.