After turning some heads with his debut, Billy Squier truly arrived with 1981's Don't Say No, which kicks off in spectacular fashion with the triple opening salvo of "In the Dark," "The Stroke," and "My Kinda Lover" -- all of which become staples at ock radio. The album is a near-perfect example of early-'80s melodic hard rock, and even less enduring (but hardly inferior rockers) such as "You Know What I Like" and "Lonely Is the Night" keep up the intensity. And Squier also finds time for the occasional allad, like the disarmingly gentle "Nobody Knows." Completists may want to review his mid-'90s double-disc anthology, but as far as studio albums are concerned, Don't Say No is undoubtedly his best.
I haven't MOGged in a while, cause of the new "baby being born":http://flickr.com/photos/allspaw/tags/sadie and all, but I'm going out on a limb this morning, possibly ruining any cred I had to begin with:I think that Billy Squier gets a bum rap. So his "Rock Me Tonight" video was really bad. Ok, it's was really really really bad. But so ? "Don't Say No" was a classic album, and the produc...
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I haven't MOGged in a while, cause of the new "baby being born":http://flickr.com/photos/allspaw/tags/sadie and all, but I'm going out on a limb this morning, possibly ruining any cred I had to begin with:I think that Billy Squier gets a bum rap. So his "Rock Me Tonight" video was really bad. Ok, it's was really really really bad. But so ? "Don't Say No" was a classic album, and the produc...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 In the Dark |
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| 2 The Stroke |
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| 3 My Kinda Lover |
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| 4 You Know What I Like |
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| 5 Too Daze Gone |
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| 6 Lonely Is the Night |
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| 7 Whadda You Want from Me |
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| 8 Nobody Knows |
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| 9 I Need You |
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| 10 Don't Say No |
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