Angel?

Every now and then there is a band that I've heard about, but never heard from (such as music). Angel would have to be one of them.

I'd like to get into them. So, to the Angel fans here, what albums/songs would you recommend?

Thanks in advance.

Ult will be all over this.

Personally my favorite is Sinful. But I like White Hot a lot too. But their best song IMO is "Tower" and that's on the S/T.

Their first album is considered their best by many fans. I would certainly agree that "Tower" is one of their greatest songs ever. However, I prefer "Helluva Band". Really, you can't go wrong with any of them. I'd suggest going with the Anthology and get a good idea of the band's whole catalog. It's a good collection and a decent overview of their catalog.

ult

The first three. "On Earth as it is in Heaven" is impossive to find on CD though. Needs re-issue. I've been expecting BGO to re-issue it, but no go yet.
The one thing I don't like about them is that they never seemed to make up their mind whether they wanted to be silk or steel. As I've said before, the way they seemed to alternate saturday night party rock with serious prog/pomp songs has always grated on me for some reason. I think they would have been a better band if they had stuck with the "Tower" type songs. In fact the first thing I ever did when I got my first CD burner was to burn myself a CD with their proggier stuff on it only.

Androcles, I felt the same as you at one time and I found their Anthology (20 tracks) used for $5 over the summer. I spun it a few times over the next few days and couldn't have cared less. I wanted so much to love them cuz I had read glowing reviews at Ult's site and respect his opinion on music but it just wasn't there for me. Maybe I will revisit the disc again and see if anything sticks. I encourage you to see for yourself though.

"Tower" Is a great track & the 1st lp/cd is where I woud start.

1979's Sinful is a commercial masterpiece, IMO. I enjoy all 5 studio albums ('75-'79) very much. Perhaps 90+% of the time, I prefer a band's earliest works, but with ANGEL I just prefer the appeal of Sinful the most. Every song's a winner to me..."Bad Time," "I'll Bring The Whole World To Your Door," "Waited A Long Time," "Just Can't Take It," "L.A. Lady," etc. The first one I ever got was On Earth As It Is In Heaven, and it has 2 of my favorite songs on it..."She's A Mover" and "On The Rocks." Perhaps the anthology would be best, as it's difficult to pick one over another.

There's a few nice clips of ANGEL performing in the Jodie Foster "coming of age" movie entitled Foxes. They had a couple of songs on the soundtrack, too.

After reading this thead, and talking to Trog last night, I had to dig out ANGEL's first album for play today.

"Tower" is one of the greatest songs ever!

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"Tower" is one of the greatest songs ever!

Yep! I love the dynamics in that song. The verse is mellow, pretty much featuring just the vocals, then the chorus kicks in...

My favorite is "Helluva Band". I wish the CD version and the vinyl version were the same. I prefer the vinyl version.

ultmetal wrote:

Their first album is considered their best by many fans. I would certainly agree that "Tower" is one of their greatest songs ever. However, I prefer "Helluva Band". Really, you can't go wrong with any of them. I'd suggest going with the Anthology and get a good idea of the band's whole catalog. It's a good collection and a decent overview of their catalog.

ult

I agree tenfold with this, but I prefer their S/T best!

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