''Hear!'' is the second album by the American glam metal band
Trixter
Trixter is an American glam metal band from Paramus, New Jersey. The band achieved major success in the early 1990s with their top hit, "Give It To Me Good" reaching sixty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The band disbanded for several ye ...
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[ The album was released on October 13, 1992, through ]MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group.
Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wi ...
. ''Hear!'' failed to reach the same success of the band's self-titled debut, peaking at No. 109 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
The band supported the album by touring with Kiss
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and Faster Pussycat
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Production
The album was produced by James Barton. Trixter wrote and demoed eight of the songs while touring in support of their debut. The band hoped to move away from the pop metal of ''Trixter'' by titling the album ''Hear!'' and opting to forgo a band cover photo; Trixter considered the music to be rock 'n' roll.
Critical reception
The ''Chicago Tribune
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'' wrote: "It's such a disappointment when the band you liked on their debut decides to turn tough and rocker-ready on its second disc. That's the case with Trixter, the quartet of teen rockers who brought real flavor to bubble-gum metal with ''Trixter'' in 1990."[ '']The Indianapolis Star
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'' concluded that the album shows "a great deal of improvement as musicians from two years ago, when they couldn't even play well enough to compete with Warrant and Firehouse on a touring triple bill. (That shouldn't have been difficult)."[
'']The Star-Ledger
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'' opined that "the hard-rocking songs sound more vibrant and raw than before." ''Rolling Stone
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'' dismissed ''Hear!'' as "listenable but utterly uninteresting bits of album rock silliness."[ '']The Virginian-Pilot
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'' deemed it "a markedly gutsier effort."
Track listing
#"Road of a Thousand Dreams" – 4:06
#"Damn Good" – 4:52
#"Rockin' Horse" – 4:11
#"Power of Love" – 3:51
#"Runaway Train" – 5:23
#"Bloodrock" – 4:35
#"Waiting in That Line" – 5:05
#"Nobody's a Hero" – 4:26
#"Wild Is the Heart" – 4:16
#"What It Takes" – 5:03
#"As the Candle Burns" – 5:55
#"On the Road Again" – 3:43
Credits
;Trixter
* Peter "Pete" Loran – lead vocals
* Steve Brown – lead guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
* P. J. Farley – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Mark "Gus" Scott – drums, percussion, backing vocals
;Additional
* Liad Cohen – keyboards
* James Barton – producer, engineer, mixing
* Steve Brown – co-producer
* Dean Fasano – co-producer
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering
* Danny O'Neill – studio technician
* Nick Jainschigg – illustration
References
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Trixter albums
1992 albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by James Barton (producer)