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Richie Ranno from Starz comes on the show and we take an in-depth look at their 1978 album Attention Shoppers!![/"/"](/"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=therockandr0c-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0007N19VO/")
/n We go track by track and find out all of the behind the scenes dirt on each song. Richie holds nothing back. If you don/'t have this album in your record collection, you need to go get it today. Along with all of the Starz records. Each one is a classic.
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Review from Allmusic.com:
Arguably, pop-metal is a form of power pop, or, at the very least, the two have some things in common. Like the Raspberries, the Go-Go/'s, or Blondie, a pop-metal act will typically blend rockin/', guitar-powered aggression with pop sensibilities. Cheap Trick and Sweet,/nin fact, are perfect examples of bands that are relevant to both/npop-metal and power pop. So it seemed logical when Starz provided a big/ndose of outright power pop on its third album, Attention Shoppers!./nThe band didn/'t eliminate the pop-metal factor on this 1978 LP; /"X-Ray/nSpex/" and /"Good Ale We Seek,/" for example, are the type of pop-minded/nhard rock items that one expected from Starz. But tunes like /"I/'ll Be/nThere,/" /"She/" (not to be confused with the Kiss favorite), and /"Hold on to the Night/" are power pop ditties that wouldn/'t have been out of place at a Raspberries session; this isn/'t to say that Attention Shoppers! is in a class with the Raspberries/'/nbest work. Starz/'s third album isn/'t a masterpiece, but it/'s competent/nand enjoyable. Further, Starz deserves credit for trying something/ndifferent and not turning this LP into a carbon copy of Starz or Violation.
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