Album #3 in the brand-new Classix series of AOR Heaven is “Heart On The Line”, the second and – IMHO – best album of Steel Breeze, a US AOR band that was founded in 1980. Things began in a positive way for these guys, signing a record deal with RCA, who released their self-titled album in 1982. Two tracks from that album – “You Don’t Want Me Anymore” and “Dreamin’ Is Easy” – became US hits. If you want to find out what happened to the band after the release of that initial album, I can recommend you to read the liner notes on the inlay of this re-issue, written by well-known journalist Dave Reynolds. Suffice it to say that all their records were pulled from the record shop shelves, just when they were close to selling 750,000 copies. Consequences were that several band members left the band and that the deal with RCA was over. But it didn’t stop the ‘survivors’ to go on and a vocalist by the name of Kevin Chalfant (ex-707) seemed available. One thing was for sure: he was the perfect man for the job. Among the 10 songs on offer on “Heart On The Line”, there are many highlights, such as the mid-tempo title track, “Easy Way Out” (meant for the Rocky III soundtrack, but the song didn’t make it, probably because of the similarities with Robert Tepper’s “No Easy Way Out”), “Temptation Eyes” (feat. Clarence Clemons on sax) and “Try A Little Harder”. Although the album sounds a bit dated now, it’s still a pleasure listening to it. Three other Steel Breeze albums (without Chalfant) followed this one at the end of the 80s and the start of the 90s, but none of them was as good as this second one. So, grab your chance and buy/order it now. (CL)
 

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