ASIA - 'Armed To The Teeth' US Proggy Hard Rock 1980

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:54 pm

Hard to really describe the style, they are heavy-ish at times, at others really...well lame

Give it a listen. The only outright bad songs are 'Paladin' and 'The Bard', simply too soft and lacking in good melodies. The solo section of 'Xanadu' is wonderful.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EPBJT8F2

Trigger · Post by **Trigger** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:22 pm

Thunder Rider!!!!Thanks,I'd always wondered about the whole LP.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:57 pm

Thanks fr the upload, never heard this before. Nice artwork btw.

Pavlos · Post by **Pavlos** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:43 pm

Good stuff, indeed. Thanx.

Warepire · Post by **Warepire** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:43 pm

This one's new to me, will be fun to check it out, thanks!

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Post-listen:
This is a wonderful 12", I do agree with what you said about the song Paladin, it feels very out of place and weaker than supposed to, The Bard however is a beautiful ballad and a perfect closing song. Overall superb, the highlights where "Thunder Rider" and "Kamikaze".

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:40 pm

A classic of Hard Rock/AOR. Very rare to find the vinyl.

Warepire · Post by **Warepire** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:06 pm

rumblefist wrote:A classic of Hard Rock/AOR. Very rare to find the vinyl.

It has been sold 10 times on eBay this year alone. Averages at 70-80 USD.

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:37 pm

Until 2008 it was almost impossible to find.
I never had a copy in my hands. And today with my responsabilities i won't pay 20 bucks a song specially when there are much beter things to buy.
I don't live in 1 of the richest countries on Earth you know...

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:33 pm

'Thunder Rider' is one best songs of the 70s

Warepire · Post by **Warepire** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:50 pm

rumblefist wrote:Until 2008 it was almost impossible to find.
I never had a copy in my hands. And today with my responsabilities i won't pay 20 bucks a song specially when there are much beter things to buy.
I don't live in 1 of the richest countries on Earth you know...

I am aware of that, I just wanted to demonstrate that it is not as rare as I felt you made it out to be, I did not mean to attack you personally. Sorry if you took it that way.

lunaboy · Post by **lunaboy** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:09 pm

Description sounds Interesting so I give a try.Thanks for share.

Kostello · Post by **Kostello** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:38 pm

Thanks for this. I've been wanting to check this LP but always failed to. Heard it once, sounds great

GJ · Post by GJ » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:54 pm

One of my favourite albums ever. The Bard is great and even Paladin is pretty cool imo. Ajm yer kuddly softie ålreit.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:21 am

lunaboy wrote:Description sounds Interesting so I give a try.Thanks for share.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:54 pm

barely started listening to the first track...AND IT ALREADY BLEW MY BRAINS OFF!!!

sucks that it skips at times on the first track