![]() The Japanese edition of the album contains the bonus track “Dance of the Dead”. NOTES OF INTEREST: The album was produced by Jon Bon Jovi and features Randy Jackson (the former American Idol judge) on bass. But after listening to Blood On The Bricks, it has become quite clear that there is a lot more to discover about the artist and this album is the definitive proof of that newfound belief. I’m definitely one of those people who would only think of the song “Fantasy” if someone had asked me anything about Aldo Nova. If that’s a blasphemous statement for fans of Nova, so be it. The song “Bright Lights” is over six minutes long and it is an astoundingly great song! It is simply my favorite song on the album and I would definitely say that for me, I like it even better than “Fantasy”. I thought “Touch of Madness” was decent but Aldo Nova definitely saved the best for the very last number on the album. “Someday” was decent but this one found me really enjoying the fullness of the track each time I listened to it.īlood On The Bricks closes out with a couple of straight on rockers. While “This Ain’t Love” was a bit disappointing to me, the second power ballad, “Hey Ronnie (Veronica’s Song)”, more than made up for it. There’s a great feeling of aggressively melodic rock and roll that helps sell the song to you. ![]() ![]() Of the ten songs on the album, it is one of my favorites. When you flip the tape over to Side Two, you get treated to another solidly rocking opening track in “Modern World”. It’s an okay sounding rocker (co-written by Bryan Adams collaborator Jim Vallance) but it just didn’t really do much to differentiate itself to me. I was a bit surprised to find that I didn’t really get into the song “Young Love” all that much. While it didn’t really make much noise on the singles chart, I thought it was a decent enough track. It was the second single released from the album. The song on Side One is called “Someday”. I mentioned that the album has a couple of power ballads. It may not have the most original title but the actual song itself was just…COOL! But I really liked “Bang Bang” a whole lot too. “Medicine Man” was the third of three singles released from the album and it’s damn good as well. The next couple of tracks on the first side of the tape are also full on rock and roll numbers. It’s a perfect kind of single for the time of the album’s initial release. The song moves pretty fast, with melody aplenty. Throw in a couple of ballads that don’t make you want to puncture your ear drums and it turns out you have quite the overlooked album.īlood On The Bricks opens up with the title track and it does the intended job of getting things going with a kinetic burst of energy. ![]() The album contains a number of highly charged rockers, full of amped up guitar rock with keyboards adding depth to the overall sound. The fact that this is the 30th anniversary of the album’s release makes it a perfect time to finally listen to it, I’d say. I don’t think I’ve ever heard any other song from Nova until I pulled this album out of The Big Box of Cassettes to write this article.īut for all the prior lack of knowledge about Nova’s music, I can’t help but think that I really missed out by not having listened to Blood On The Bricks before now. I have to put myself in this particular category as well. It’s maybe a little unfair to sum up his career that way, but it isn’t exactly totally inaccurate either. I don’t think it is that much of a shock to most music lovers that when you think of Aldo Nova, that thought likely begins and then ends pretty quickly with the hit song “Fantasy” from his self-titled debut album.
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