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│ + Tygers Of Pan Tang - The Cage (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-11-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1982 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.tygersofpantang.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Tygers Of Pan Tang Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Cage (Jap. Ed.) Label : Geffen ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I'll tell you what happened. The Tygers of Pan ║ │
│║ Tang lost their balls. Their first two albums ║ │
│║ are classics in the NWOBHM movement, and their ║ │
│║ third, while being sort of unmemorable, is ║ │
│║ enjoyable enough. But this, this is just fucking ║ │
│║ horrid! An easy way to describe the music on ║ │
│║ this album is sugar coated, ultra commercial pop ║ │
│║ rock that is lifeless and pointless. Or in other ║ │
│║ words, its extreme Def Leppard worshipping. Its ║ │
│║ just another sad story of a heavy band losing ║ │
│║ their edge and going commercial. ║ │
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│║ A possible explanation to why this album sucks ║ │
│║ could have something to do with John Sykes ║ │
│║ leaving the band. Sykes's amazing guitar playing ║ │
│║ was a major reason that "Spellbound" kicked ass, ║ │
│║ or I should say the Tygers of Pan Tang kicked ║ │
│║ ass. His chops brought life to an otherwise ║ │
│║ stale band. It doesn't help much either that the ║ │
│║ Tygers other FOUNDING guitarist Robb Weir has ║ │
│║ barely any guitar playing capabilities in his ║ │
│║ own right. For "The Cage" album, they found some ║ │
│║ jerk-off from a local punk band named Fred ║ │
│║ Purser to take John Sykes's place, and he ║ │
│║ obviously doesn't fill his shoes well. His ║ │
│║ horrid leads don't help make the pop on this ║ │
│║ album listenable at all, it just makes it worse. ║ │
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│║ The songs on this album range from bad to ║ │
│║ fucking shit. The opening track, "Rendezvous", ║ │
│║ is pop rock none the less, but is still actually ║ │
│║ quite listenable. The vocals are enjoyable, and ║ │
│║ if this was the only pop song on the album, I ║ │
│║ would of most likely let it slide. But after the ║ │
│║ first track, everything goes down the shithole. ║ │
│║ "Lonely at the Top" is incredibly pompous and ║ │
│║ stale, its nothing you haven't heard before. The ║ │
│║ same goes for the next track "Letter From L.A.", ║ │
│║ though on this track the chorus is so fucking ║ │
│║ bad it makes me cringe, its so over-produced and ║ │
│║ sounds WAYYYYYYY to much like something Def ║ │
│║ Leppard would do. "Paris By Air" sounds EXACTLY ║ │
│║ like "Lonely at the Top", but with a slightly ║ │
│║ altered chorus with a little piano splashed in, ║ │
│║ though the piano doesn't help much as its still ║ │
│║ horrid as fuck. Another bad but not awful track ║ │
│║ is later on in the album, which is the "Love ║ │
│║ Potion #9" cover, which actually has some pretty ║ │
│║ heavy John Sykes lead in it. I guess he recorded ║ │
│║ it before he jumped ship. Anyways, its not ║ │
│║ horrible, but pointless to the extreme at best. ║ │
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│║ Then we get to the worst tracks on this shit ║ │
│║ fest. "Tides" is completely balless half-ballad ║ │
│║ that sounds like it was heavily influenced by ║ │
│║ the new wave scene at the time. The chorus ║ │
│║ sounds like it has been rehashed a thousand ║ │
│║ times over by other bands as well, and the lame ║ │
│║ as fuck lead in this song doesn't save it from ║ │
│║ its bullshit. "Making Tracks"...this track ║ │
│║ fucking makes me sick! I can say this one song ║ │
│║ represents how fucking bad this whole album is, ║ │
│║ easily. Go on youtube or something like that and ║ │
│║ listen to this ONE song, and it'll make sure you ║ │
│║ stay far far away from ever purchasing it. The ║ │
│║ chorus is one of the worst ever devised, ║ │
│║ sounding like a mix of a kids sing-along chorus ║ │
│║ and more pop rock shit that we all have heard ║ │
│║ before.The last three songs on the album ║ │
│║ continue the shit trend. Especially, "You Always ║ │
│║ See", listen to the first 10 seconds of the ║ │
│║ track and I promise you'll never listen again. ║ │
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│║ I was actually excited to get this album, as I ║ │
│║ was a HUGE Tygers of Pan Tang fan, and up to ║ │
│║ that point I thought they could do no wrong. But ║ │
│║ when I first heard this, it completely blew my ║ │
│║ whole image of the band. The vocals are half- ║ │
│║ assed and bland, the guitars are lame and bland, ║ │
│║ the drums are over-produced to shit and the bass ║ │
│║ is inaudible. The whole record is so sugar ║ │
│║ coated that its too painful to listen to at one ║ │
│║ sitting. What happened to the raw, fierce Tygers ║ │
│║ of Pan Tang of the past? Where did all the ║ │
│║ memorable metallic songs go? Where did the ║ │
│║ fierce melodic guitar playing disappear to? ║ │
│║ Where did the METAL go? Its all actually pretty ║ │
│║ easy to answer; it all went down the fucking ║ │
│║ shithole. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Rendezvous [03:22] │
│ 02 - Lonely At The Top [03:30] │
│ 03 - Letter From L.A. [03:14] │
│ 04 - Paris Bt Air [02:57] │
│ 05 - Tides [04:18] │
│ 06 - Making Tracks [03:39] │
│ 07 - The Cage [01:13] │
│ 08 - Love Potion No. 9 [02:05] │
│ 09 - You Always See What You Want To See [03:14] │
│ 10 - Danger In Paradise [03:30] │
│ 11 - The Actor [04:18] │
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│ Total Length : [35:20 minn │
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