WOW! Blew my spandex off!
Jonathan Weller | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania | 06/05/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The first exposure I had to Reckless Love was seeing Beautiful Bomb on Youtube. I heard the song once, and I thought these guys gotta be awesome. Well, I was right. Reckless Love literally blew me away after just one listen. I could have sworn I died and went to hair-metal heaven. I had no idea bands like this still existed, and what's more exciting is, there are a bunch more 80's inspired bands coming out these days.
From the opening riff of Feel My Heat, the listener realizes they are in for an up-tempo, good-time rock 'n' roll roller coaster ride. One More Time, Badass, Love Machine and Born To Rock are other highlights that immediately get stuck in your head. Every single song on this disc could be a massive radio hit, the problem is, radio does'nt play great music like this anymore. This is nothing short of a tragedy in my mind, a band this talented should be headlining areans, not local clubs or bars.
Ollie Herman is the former front-man from Crashdiet, after one listen to this album, you realize he took a much different approach to Reckless Love's debut record. The record is'nt as sleazy as Unattractive Revolution, or as heavy, but what it lacks in sleaze and hard edge, it more than compensates with catchy choruses and fast-hitting riffs. The entire album is golden, and that is coming from a huge skeptic, who never thought they would hear anything that rivaled late 80's early 90's hard rock.
I can't reccommend this record enough. Go buy it now!!! Bands like this deserve our support for bringing back real rock music. I have only heard this album from Ollie Herman, but he has climbed the ladder of my favorite frontmen very rapidly, and I hope this is only the beginning."
The former `Crashdiet' frontman launches his own musical act
Nikiforos V. Skoumas | Athens Greece, Cambridge UK | 04/21/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"`Reckless love' is a debuting-80s influenced- hard rock band from Finland. The group is led by Olli Herman Kosunen the former lead vocalist of Swedish sleaze metal powerhouse "Crashdiet", having replaced the deceased Dave Leppard and sung on their second studio album "The unattractive revolution" (at the time he was known and credited as Oliver Twisted).
Undeniably the major exposure that Olli received as a member of `Crashdiet' led to `Reckless love' also being signed by `Universal music' which I suppose is an incredible complement, particularly for a debuting act.
One must insist on the fact that `Reckless love' follows a very different musical direction than Olli's precious band: Most would agree that `Crashdiet' is positioned as a SLEAZE metal band with tons of attitude, equally influenced by European and American hair metal; `Reckless Love' on the other hand is GLAM metal with 100% American sound. Specifically `Recless...' sounds like 1984-era `Van Halen' (it is no secret that Olli's primary influence is David Lee Roth) and a bit like early `W.A.S.P.' on their harder songs.
So to close this part, "Reckless Love" is much more positive and romantic than "Crashdiet" still equally as energetic and confident.
In terms of quality there is not a single song that slips up. `Romance' is melodic drama of a track with a classic chorus, `Beautiful bomb' is the playful and super catchy radio hit reminding one too much of VH's `Jump'; the emotionally charged `Wild touch' is a testament to `W.A.S.P."'s `Love machine'. Never forgetting `Back to paradise' a potential club/disco hit that has `Kiss' written all over it.
Of course the above are just a few of an amazing collection of songs that `Reckless love' offer us. For a fan of the American glam metal sound, this is heaven sent! If you are a fan of Hair metal or 80s hard rock in general you will not regret getting `Reckless love'.
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One of the best DLR albums ever?
Ronodean | Indianapolis, IN USA | 06/15/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Reckless Love is a straight glam rock release that reminds me a lot of David Lee Roths solo work and you will also notice similarities in the sound of Sweet. After leaving Crashdiet the former front man has released a much softer sound with this release. I loved his work with Crashdiet and was disapointed that he was no longer with the band until I heard Generation Wild (Crashdiets latest release). I honestly think the split was in the best interest of Crashdiet. I dont know if the split was as good for Kosunen, or maybe it was and this is the direction he wanted to go. Either way I am glad this is not the new Crashdiet release. I can honestly say there is some really good guitar work in Reckless Love, however I wouldnt recommend this album to fans of hard rock or sleaze rock. For fans of David Lee Roth, eat your hearts out because this album could have very well been written by him judging by its sound. If your looking for new glam/sleaze rock, this isnt the first album I'd recommend, however if you are looking for something new and are tired of listening to your same old Glam/Sleaze Rock albums then go ahead and pick this release up. If you havent heard Crashdiet, then Id pick up their releases first."
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1