Gorky Park - Gorky Park

 RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON VERTIGO 1989

Vertigo 838 628 made in EEC.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

Despite being quite similar to most of the hair metal releases of the late '80s, Gorky Park's debut album is a solid freshman outing. The lead track "Bang" with its mix of Russian and English lyrics gave the band its first hit. The album also contains a collaboration with Bon Jovi, "Peace I Our Time," a ballad about the end of the cold war. The strangest tune is a cover of the Who's "My Generation" that when sung in the hair metal style appears to be a bit of a hack cover, until the band breaks into a Russian chorus giving the song a decent yet somewhat weird update. Despite the presence of some run-of-the-mill hair metal filler, this album holds up rather well. But with changing musical tastes in the early '90s this was to be band's only popular U.S. release. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky_Park_%28band%29

Tracklist

A1. Bang [04:50]
A2. Try To Find Me [05:12]
A3. Hit Me With The News [03:55]
A4. Sometimes At Night [05:10]
A5. Peace In Our Time [06:01]
B1. My Generation [04:46]
B2. Within Your Eyes [04:58]
B3. Child Of The Wind [05:26]
B4. Fortress [04:09]
B5. Danger [03:32]