Don't Say No

No.

No.

This is so eighties! It's very good at what it does, but it's not my kind of thing.

Sounds like hair metal bands did 5 years later. It's not terrible, but I don't like it very much.

All these years I thought some of these songs were just Zeppelin b-sides. Huh.

I saw Billy Squier open for Styx and Bad Company when I was in high school probably 25 years ago now. Styx was incredible and at this point I don't remember much else from that show. This album at the same time seems to be entirely familiar and entirely ordinary. I feel like I have heard of all of these songs so many times, but they all sound kind of the same, and just kind of sound like ubiquitous inoffensive rock music from the late 70s/early 80s.

And I thought Jeff Buckley wanted to be Robert Plant

OK. Dad rock.

Didn’t get into this one at all I’m afraid. A cheesy ‘80s take on ‘60s-style rock with generic songwriting, rubbish synths and reverse snares all over certain tracks, and really cringy lyrics. The falsetto in the ballad Nobody Knows is pretty painful, and the bass tone in the verses of I Need You sounds so much like a Casio preset it’s actually kind of funny (though otherwise I think it’s a pretty good song and probably my favourite on the album) Apparently two songs from this album have been sampled by Eminem which is fun Also my goodness Billy, please put your dogs away

I'm going to have to say no to this, Billy.

I'm afraid I have to say No to Billy Squier. I do not like this MOR stadium hardrock sound and the songs are mediocre.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with my fellow user in this group. Although it sounds good, it's a total Led Zep ripp-off. In at least three songs I hear a riff or vocal line that sounds exactly like that. No, this I cannot approve.

Is Billy Squier the guy who had his career ruined because a music video for one of his singles was deemed "too gay" or "too emasculate"? Such a stupid reason to ruin a career. I watched the video, and it is pretty bad though. I'm sorry to whoever submitted it and to any Billy Squier fans here, because I'm aware he's an influential and talented individual, but this album is kryptonite to me. I get what he's going for here, sexual lyrics about hedonism and a rock-'n'-roll lifestyle, pop oriented hard rock with smooth and clean 80s production, heavy guitar distortion but not so heavy as to overshadow the hooks and keep it from radio play. This is an extremely corporate album, it plays into the edginess of the rock world while playing it safe with pop songwriting and production. I know this isn't metal but on a lot of ways it feels like a precursor to the glam metal that would dominate towards the end of the decade, and I'm sure it was a big influence for arena rock. Yeah this just isn't for me, I despise this kind of music. Should it be on the main list: N... Oh wait, uh, personally I would not add it to the main list. Top 3 songs: My Kinda Lover, Lonely is the Night, Don't Say No

Strokin' strokin'! Stroke!

Meh