Neon City Rockers

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Neon City Rockers
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Studio album by
Jann Wilde & The Neon Comets
Released27 August 2008
Studio NoteNet Studios Tampere
Genre Glam Rock, Post-punk revival
Label Hype Records
Producer Mefisto Miettinen
Jann Wilde & The Neon Comets chronology
Tokio Okei
(2007)
Neon City Rockers
(2008)
Don`t Play With The Flame On Your Hand
(2010)

Neon City Rockers is the second studio album by Finnish glam rock singer Jann Wilde. Released on 27 August 2008 it the only Jann Wilde album under the band name Jann Wilde & The Neon Comets. [1] The album draws influences from rock music dating from the 1950s to 1970s.

Contents

Reception

Reviews were generally very good. At soundi-fi reviewer Tero Alanko found the album to be "fresh and catchy" although clearly with influences from Suede and David Bowie. The album was awarded 4 stars, although negative attention was drawn to the poor quality of the artwork. [2] At Terrorverlag the album was awarded 9 out of 10. [3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jann Wilde; all music is composed by Jann Wilde.

No.TitleLength
1."Baby Said Yeah"2:45
2."Danceroom Bop"3:04
3."Screams at the Ballet"2:51
4."Neon City Rockers"2:51
5."Deimos & Phobos"3:07
6."Superstar Cocktail Bar"2:08
7."The Ballad Of Jane Glaze"2:32
8."Glamtronik"2:38
9."Forever"3:38
10."She's A Killer"3:12
11."Saturday Love"3:20
12."The Motion Picture"4:45

Personnel

Guest musicians

Production

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References

  1. "JANN WILDE AND THE NEON COMETS: Neon City Rockers". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "JANN WILDE AND THE NEON COMETS: Neon City Rockers". soundi-fi.com. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. "JANN WILDE AND THE NEON COMETS: Neon City Rockers". terrorverlag.com. Retrieved 10 April 2017.