Rick Cua
Within Reach
Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt
Cua's seventh album is produced this time by John and Dino Elefante. Most of these tunes are great bubble gum rock tunes for 11 to 14 year old girls. The lyrics do a great job of hitting right where they live. In other words, there ain't much here for the typical Heaven's Metal reader. Some of the more rockin' numbers, like "Big Gun", and "Diamond Girl", where co-written by Bob Halligan, who also wrote "Breakin' The Law" for Judas Priest and is releasing his own pop debut album this year on Atco Records. There's no loud 'n' brazen rockers here that compare to Cua and Halligan's work together on the "You're My Road" album.
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