Welcome Home – “Ladies and Gentlemen… Welcome Home”
The Liner/Sleeve Notes:
None.
Personal Review:
To be completely fair, I bought this album due to the guy on right on the back cover looking like Dana Carvey, only to be pleasantly surprised by the duo’s amazing musical abilities.
The EP opens with the song “Radioactive Love” – and it’s got like these heavy synth tones to start before we get into some lighter synth playing and some drums, the beat is pretty good. The chorus is catchy, it’s definitely 80’s synth pop to the core on this one. It’s enjoyable for sure. I like the spoken backing vocals, which I assume is done by Chris Coolidge. The guitar playing and the bass are pretty on point for this one. We get that dark synth sound again as we transition into “Don’t You Run” which starts to pick up as we get some piano playing in the background, Blizz’s vocals come in and they’re pretty good, I do quite enjoy when the backing vocals come in. So far, it’s a pretty solid release.
The B-Side opens with “I Should Have Known” – and I should have known by the design of this sleeve that this was going to be some enjoyable synth pop on here, but I didn’t and I’m glad I chose to pick this one up. The song has a good beat, great synth tones again and the vocals are good. Looking into Blizz Neurolick, he’s had a pretty varied career in music, starting off in the Montreal based band, Zyklon-B in 1983, then reforming as Vomit and the Zits in 1985, before leading us here in 1987 with the 7″ single that was released prior to the EP. All in all, this was another good song. The EP closes out with the song “Chance of a Lifetime” – it’s got a more jangly sound to the music, and I may be mistaken, but I don’t believe Blizz is doing the lead vocals on this one. But maybe I’m wrong, only Blizz knows. It’s a pretty good way to close out the EP, I personally think this a good EP and an excellent Canadian release.
Interesting Facts:
None.
Track Listing:
A1 – Radio Active Love
A2 – Don’t You Run
B1 – I Should Have Known
B2 – Chance of a Life Time
Label:
S.A.R.M.
Catalog Number:
BN 001
Studio Musicians & Other Album Credits:
Lead Vocals, Guitar & Bass – Blizz Neurolick
Keyboards & Vocals – Chris ‘Maestro’ Coolidge
Engineer – Jean Trudeau
Assistant Engineer – Jean ‘Boo Boo’ Lachance
Photo by Bob Burgess
Produced by Blizz Neurolick
Other Albums I Own by Welcome Home:
None.
Released:
1988
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