Before the Storm (Samson album) explained

Before the Storm
Type:studio
Artist:Samson
Cover:Samson Before-The Storm.jpg
Released:November 1982
Recorded:August–September 1982
Studio:Music Works Studios, London
Genre:Hard rock
Length:39:48
Label:Polydor
Producer:Jo Julian
Prev Title:Shock Tactics
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Next Year:1984

Before the Storm is the fourth studio album by British hard rock/heavy metal band Samson, released in 1982. It is the band's first album with vocalist Nicky Moore, who was recruited to replace Bruce Dickinson after Dickinson joined Iron Maiden. The drummer Mel Gaynor was also replaced by Pete Jupp, when Gaynor left to join Simple Minds. The album was included in the three-disc The Polydor Years, issued by Caroline International in 2017. [1] The set also includes their followup album Don't Get Mad, Get Even and a third CD with various B-sides, live and studio rarities.

Reception

The album has received decent reviews from critics and fans. A review from AllMusic gave it a decent rating, mentioning how with the departure of Dickinson the band had traded some of their New Wave of British Heavy Metal edge for a less explosive but more natural-sounding hard rock grit. Rivadavia described the album as a "promising start" to the new line-up, with the music moving more toward hard rock and away from heavy metal.

Track listing

2002 CD Reissue bonus tracks

Notes

Personnel

Samson

Additional musicians

Production

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SAMSON – The Polydor Years (3 CD box via Caroline / Universal). Joe Gessin. With Guitars. March 16, 2017. October 23, 2022.