Blue Ambition Seduction Of The Innocent CD Review
Perris Records is back with a fantastic release of AOR tunes from an outfit called Blue Ambition. The album is entitled "Seduction of the Innocent”. From the looks of the band’s bio, they’re what we now call a supergroup but I’m not familiar with any of the gentlemen in the band. That’s doesn’t mean much as I’m not knee-deep in this genre nowadays. Robbie LaBlanc handles vocals, Frédéric Slama plays Guitars & Keyboards and Tommy Denander plays all the other instruments.
AOR was a large part of my formative years as bands like Journey, Foreigner and some of the late 80’s era Glam bands were based around AOR. See Bad English, Diving for Pearls and Bon Jovi at times. Blue Ambition is an absolute throw back to that era of music, while I’ve never heard the band or any of the members in anything else, I feel right at home with the music, the lyrics and approach here. I should also mention that every track has a soundtrack quality to it – any of the tracks would go great in a blockbuster movie from the late 80’s/early 90’s. Or better yet, some of those great sitcoms from back then – “Miami Vice”! Depending on the script and the actors, they could be placed in a few of today’s movies.
Fans of oldschool AOR will be stupefied with this album, there’s not a dud on it. Every track has the vocals, the music and the emotions that made us love this genre so much the first time around. It’s a time capsule back to the days when I had hair, the radio played damned good songs all day and the girls of summer were out in droves and breaking hearts left and right. I was there for it all, it felt good, and I never wanted it to end. If you’re looking for a flashback to those good ole days when music made you feel something, then look no further than Blue Ambition’s “Seduction of the Innocent”.
Stand outs – “Seduction of the Innocent”, “Holding onto You”, “Wired Angel”, “Paradise Hunter” and “The Color of Rain”.