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for what it's worth | Maryland, USA | 06/30/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The stars for this review belong to the band Kingdom Come for a beautifully created ass kickin' album. This is as close to Zeppelin as you'll get. Lenny Wolf definately shows his creativity through the hard beat of 17 to the soulful lovin' you. And don't ever forget the rocker, get in on. Which Wolf gives a brief reflection on his latest album effort, independent.
Anyway, you cannot go wrong with any Kingdom Come album. However, I have waited for this album to be remastered for over a decade. NOTE-this album is not remastered. Don't be fooled by the advertisement on the front of the disc. The only remastered song is the extra cut of get it on, which only has one more drum line in the beginning. The wording is very tricky and I can't believe they have the nerve to pull this. I spent all this dough for nothing. The original cd from the eighties sounds much better. Just to think this is 2004 and they are creating cd's that sound worse than the original."

'What love can be'... deserves the 5 stars

Raj | Mumbai, India | 10/27/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like Led Zeppelin and would like to hear music which is influenced by them listen to this Ist album from Lenny Woff's Kingdom Come.



Good hard rock tunes with zeppelinsque type vocals and at times arrangements.



What makes me give this album a 5 star is the amazing 'What love can be' a great rock ballad. Wolf's vocals are amazing, the guitar work and song arrangement is perfect. This song can compete with the best by zeppelin on any day. The album as I say is good but this song elavates it to a classic.



'What love can be' will take you to a different world and I guarantee that you will loose track of time while listining to this song.



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Justly tagged as Led-Zeppelin clones... but, still a rocking

R. Gorham | 12/20/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"THE BAND: Lenny Wolf (vocals), Danny Stag (guitar), Rick Steier (guitar), Johnny B. Frank (bass), James Kottak (drums & percussion).



THE DISC: (1988) 10 tracks clocking in at approximately 48 minutes. Included with the disc is a minimal 2-page foldout containing song titles/credits, band members, and one black & white band photo. Recorded at Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, BC. Label - Polygram Records.



COMMENTS: "Led Zeppelin clones" as many will say... and, sure, I agree. But Kingdom Come wrote some damn catchy songs on their debut album - easily their best album. I wore this vinyl record out upon its release. Their most successful song to date "Get It On" was a slow & heavy, guitar shredding, voice squealing hit. "What Love Can Be" was the other song that made it to the airwaves - a slower, bluesy romantic heart-wrencher... sung perfectly by Wolf (Robert Plant would surely be proud). An acoustic moment in "Loving You" (a moderate rip off of Zeppelin's "Going To California" perhaps). And, my favorite track is the John Bonham thumper "17". If this doesn't rip Zeppelin off, nothing does. If you close your eyes though, other big-haired leather-clad bands from the 80's come to mind... Great White, Skid Row, Kix, Britny Fox, White Lion, etc. All good bands of the time with high-pitched singers... and Kingdom Come deserves to sit on the same shelf with them. Why some made a bigger dent than others surprises me. I thought Kingdom had what it took to be a player, but they quickly faded out of the spotlight (with that being said though, looking on their website I see singer Wolf went back to his native Germany and in the 90's reassembled - the band now has almost a dozen albums to their credit). Song writing, touring, management and promotion were solid... but my guess is the band's chemistry was lacking... the band was thrown together (members from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, California, and Germany). Remastered in 2004 with one bonus track - I've heard it and am not impressed with the sound quality at all... so I'm sticking with the original. A solid rock album - fits perfectly in the late 80's hair/glam genre. This Kingdom Come debut deserves to be in a loftier place than the bargain rack (4 stars).

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