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.
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.
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