Orion the Hunter (album)

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Orion the Hunter
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ReleasedMay 1984
Recorded1983–1984
Studio Power Station and Blue Jay Studios
Genre Hard rock
Length42:29
Label Portrait
Producer Barry Goudreau, Lennie Petze

Orion the Hunter is the only album from the band Orion the Hunter, which was an offshoot of the band Boston. Guitarist Barry Goudreau and backing vocalist Brad Delp were members of Boston, and guitarist/vocalist Fran Cosmo would join a later incarnation of the band. The group also included Michael DeRosier (from the group Heart) on drums and percussion, and Bruce Smith on bass.

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The album was released in 1984 and charted at number 57. It featured the single "So You Ran", which was a rock radio top 10 hit; it also charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Allmusic's Doug Stone retrospectively gave the album two stars. Saying of the songs "Fast Talk", "Dreamin'" and "I Call It Love": "[they are] good, professional rock tunes. Maybe too professional, as they come off a bit cold". He went on to say that "even though Orion the Hunter holds some personal nostalgia, too many albums deserve more attention". [2]

Track listing

  1. All Those Years (Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau, F. Migliaccio) 4:50
  2. So You Ran (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 4:58
  3. Dreamin' (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:26
  4. Dark & Stormy (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:15
  5. Stand Up (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 5:18
  6. Fast Talk (Goudreau, Migliaccio) 4:15
  7. Too Much in Love (Delp, Goudreau, Migliaccio, J. Piercy) 3:51
  8. Joanne (Delp, Migliaccio, Bruce Smith) 4:27
  9. I Call It Love (Delp, Goudreau, Migliaccio) 3:52

Personnel

Orion the Hunter

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Notes

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r46091

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