Power Games

Power Games

Track Listings

1. Open the Gate

2. Victim of Freedom

3. Blind Faith

4. Chained to My Pain

5. Bridge to the Past

6. Safely Through the Fight

7. Beyond the Horizon (Guitar Concerto, No. 1)

8. Lead Me on My Way

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Progressive metal featuring Lars Eric Mattsson & singer Lance King (Balance of Power/Empire). 8 tracks with lyrics included in the sleeve. Lion Music. 2003.

Power Games,Lars Eric Mattsson,Lion Music,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock,Slammin', epic length songs of uptempo progressive metal, featuring amazing guitar playing and vocal talents, crossing the styles of Dream Theater, Queensryche, TNT and originality.

Power Games//Anthology
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WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT JAGUAR>?

Clearly a must have if you are into NWOBHM

Power Games//Anthology
Jaguar
Manufacturer: Castle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Release Date: 2002-02-18

Tracks:

Back Street Woman
Chasing the Dragon
Stormchild
Axe Crazy
War Machine
Dutch Connection
Out of Luck
Fox
Master Game
No Lies
Run for Your Life
Prisoner
Ain't No Fantasy
Raw Deal
Coldheart
Dirty Tricks
Long Shadows
Last Flight

Tracks:

This Time
Stand Up
Taste of Freedom
Another Lost Weekend
Sleepwalker
Tear Down the Shackles
Driftwood
Mouth and Trousers
Junk
Sucker
Wake Up
Occasional Hell
Polish
Scrap Metal
Power Games
Dawn Chorus
Pigeon Access Point

Album Description

35 track anthology from the British Heavy Metal act on 2 CDs includes Radio 1 Sessions. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT JAGUAR>?.......2005-07-12

Brilliant. Power Games is an Opus of Glorious Metal Past. Simply a bygone era of Proto Thrash that influenced numerous Metal genres that followed. this is a worthy purchase. TONS of Music for a great price. Also check out their 2003 release "Run Ragged". jaguar is back baby

Clearly a must have if you are into NWOBHM.......2004-02-15

These guys are amazing. I have had this album for a while, but I noticed that nobody had reviewed this album. This 2cd set covers about everything that the band Jaguar has recorded. The first disc has Power Games, which is a relentless heavy metal opus of early 1980s. The second half of disc 1 and first half of disc two contains the album This Time. This Time is a much mellower affair than Power Games but still great. It has been said before, but it bears repeating, This Time has held up quite well. It is simply softer than Power Games and more melodic- trust me, This Time is not some saucy English album with overt synthesizers and prancing theatrics!

Rounding out disc 2 is Jaguar's reformation album of Jaguar, 2000's Wake Me. Wake Me has a new singer, but this guy is a screamer, great powerful voice. Wake Me was one of the best albums of 2000 for frantic metal. This album is classic, and it often feels like a relentless assualt on the senses. Buy it.

Tracks:

Dutch Connection
Out Of Luck
The Fox
Master Game
No Lies
Run For Your Life
Prisoner
Ain't No Fantasy
Rawdeal
Coldheart
Axe Crazy
War Machine
Dirty Tricks

Customer Reviews:

Great,but where's the other one?.......2003-12-05

This was the finest moment from a band that really had a chance to write great riffs and the songwriting shone through, only on this release however. Including the great onrelease tracks (some of which I spent years wishing to find as the re-issue was out-of-print)In another notes a really great release from JAGUAR,missing in action title is JAGUAR-THIS TIME,I really wanna find it someday like others fans of this great band on CDs too,good luck for everybody.

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Big White Lies
Chris VonSneidern
Manufacturer: Heyday
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music

Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000I59
Release Date: 1994-10-15

Tracks:

Interactive Data (CD ROM)
Without A Prayer
Mindreader
On My Hands
Hard Again
Big White Lies
Dream Away
Here I Go
Doctor
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Summertime Sun
Everything I Own

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Power Games
Lars Eric Mattsson
Manufacturer: Lion Music Finland
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00008CR4Q
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

Open the Gate
Victim of Freedom
Blind Faith
Chained to My Pain
Bridge to the Past
Safely Through the Fight
Beyond the Horizon (Guitar Concerto, No. 1)
Lead Me on My Way

Album Description

Progressive metal featuring Lars Eric Mattsson & singer Lance King (Balance of Power/Empire). 8 tracks with lyrics included in the sleeve. Lion Music. 2003.

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Head Games

Manufacturer: Media Mogul Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAEQ4E
Release Date: 2003-06-03

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Power Games [REMASTERED / BONUS TRACKS]

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000UGT4A6

Product Description

Remastered 1984 release by hot Swedish metal rockers 220 Volt! Includes bonus tracks and a MUST HAVE to complete your collection!

Average customer rating:

More Lost 80's Metal that never got a fair Chance!

Mind Over Muscle

Manufacturer: Metal Rendezvous
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Product Description

Reissue of awesome 1985 release by 220 Volt! Remastered with bonus tracks a MUST HAVE IMPORT for all 220 Volt fans.....or just fans of good melodic metal!

Customer Reviews:

More Lost 80's Metal that never got a fair Chance!.......2005-03-12

This album is a must own for 80's metalheads and those of you who want to own a rare metal album!This cd has a lot of good songs.Although not the best of metal bands,they do sound good.
1.The Tower(8/10)Has some impressive guitar work and very tight playing.
2.In the End(7/10)Not bad.More talented guitar work,but the lyrics are nothing special!
3.Electric Messengers(10/10)Great song.The guitar hooks are great.Vocals sound very well here.
4.Power Games(7/10)Not bad.Once the bas kicks in this song really gets moving!
5.Blessed by the Night(9/10)Catchy song.Has a good chorus to it.More great guitars on here.
6.Secret Dance(7/10)More of the same.Still rocks though!
7.It's Nice to be A King(6/10)Nothing special with this one.
8.Mind Over Muscle(7/10)More of the same.Another kind of catchy chorus.
9.Whiter Than White(9/10)Great song.The bass sounds great.More fierce guitar attacks!
10.Touch of Fire(8/10)Good song.
11.Halloween(10/10)Great song.A must hear!One of the few songs ever made about Halloween.Great stuff!
12.Pavement Song(7/10)Not Bad.
13.High heels(10/10)Catchy song with great guitar work.A Must Hear!
14.Dreams(10/10)All I can say is totally excellent!A stellar song.Very Well Done.You'll be playin this one on you radio for a while!
I say buy this if you like 80's metal.It really is a lost gem.
This album is worth the 10 bucks it's going for!So buy it.You won't be sorry!

Average customer rating:

Underrated NWOBHM
VERY GOOD EXAMPLE

Power Games
Jaguar
Manufacturer: Nm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000007ZOL

Tracks:

Dutch Connection
Out of Luck
Fox
Master Game
No Lies
Run for Your Life
Prisoner
Ain't No Fantasy
Rawdeal
Coldheart
Axe Crazy [*]
War Machine [*]
Dirty Tricks [*]

Customer Reviews:

Underrated NWOBHM.......2005-01-20

Power Games (1980.) Jaguar's first album.

In the late seventies/early eighties the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) took Great Britain by storm. Band after band shelled out awesome metal songs, but sadly, very few of these bands found success in England - and an even smaller number found success outside their native homeland (Iron Maiden and Saxon were examples of this rare phenomenon.) Jaguar is one of those bands that never got recognized in their native country - or abroad. With a vocalist whose voice was the happy medium between Paul Di'Anno and Lou Gramm, and a heavy metal guitar assault on the senses, these shelled out AWESOME metal songs. And recently, this album was reissued on CD with bonus tracks! Read on for my review of Power Games.

Admittingly, Jaguar isn't really a band that does a whole lot of unique things with their sound, but if you want straight-up classic metal, you've come to the right place! Dutch Connection kicks off the album. This opener is a straight-up, hard and heavy NWOBHM rocker that epitomizes everything we love about the genre. An opening track of an album should always be one that grabs your attention and gets you hooked - and this one does just that! Out Of Luck is basically more of the same, and if you read the review for the previous track, you'd know that that's a GOOD thing. It's songs like this that make me wonder why nobody appreciates this band. The Fox is more of the hard and heavy stuff you got in the first two tracks - but this time we get a heavy yet melodic chorus. Overall, this is - you guessed it - ANOTHER great track! How many other bands can use similar stylings for three tracks in a row and still keep things fresh?Master Game is a little bit slower than the last few tracks. It combines melodic rock elements with hard and heavy rock ones - and does a surprisingly good job of it. They don't call it "Master" game for nothing! With No Lies, the band shells out a sonic metal assault on the senses you'd have to be a fool not to love. However in this track, the VOCALS are the true attraction. Run For Your Life sounds like one of the NWOBHM's many rip-offs of Iron Maiden's Wrathchild (you'd be surprised how many bands ripped this sing off.) However, if you're going to rip a song off, you may as well rip off one of the best!Prisoner is another heavy rocker that is only made better by its great lyrics. Ain't No Fantasy is a slow rocker, but it's still a heavy one - something NOT easy to pull off! As for Rawdeal - Let's see. The vocals are good, the guitar playing is killer - honestly, how in the hell could a person NOT like this song? The closer, Coldheart, is yet ANOTHER hard and heavy rocker. Overall it manages to be a great closer, wrapping up the album nicely.

The CD reissue of this album features several bonus tracks, which only improve the album. The only real problem is that the album itself is hard to find, especially if you live in America. You'll probably have to end up importing it if you want it.

Overall, Jaguar's best-known album is good, but a little bit redundant. Of course, redundancy isn't a bad thing if what is being repeated is damn good music - which this album consists of from start to finish. The only real reason for the three and a half star rating is that I am a very hard reviewer (see how rarely I give out five-star grades?) If you're a fan of NWOBHM (and everyone SHOULD BE), I stronly suggest you check out Jaguar. These guys are too cool to pass up.

VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.......2001-01-12

The already legendary " New Wave of British Heavy Metal" was a spontaneous movement that ocurred between 1979 and 1983/4 in Britain. More than 300 bands tried to make their names in that prolific scenario, from whom only three ( Iron Maiden, Def Leppard - totally transfigured muscically - and Saxon ) survived until our days - without any interruptions, I mean. Mosf of them had already disappeared by 1985. Jaguar was one of them. This album is a landmark of that era. Hard, fast and simple metal songs played with energy, fury and good taste. Amazing album. The singer, Paul Merrell, has an outstanding voice.

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Great Solid Hard Rock From Sweden!
Possibly The Most UNDERATED Album In Metal History!!!

Power Games [REMASTERED + BONUS TRACKS]

Manufacturer: Metal Rendezvous
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Product Description

Remastered 1984 release by hot Swedish metal rockers 220 Volt! Includes bonus tracks and a MUST HAVE to complete your collection!

Customer Reviews:

Great Solid Hard Rock From Sweden!.......2007-01-12

I first heard 220 Volt when I bought a used cassette of Eye To Eye in the mid 90s. It contained a great ballad called Love Is All You Need! Power Games was actually the last album I got from these guys and I think I saved the best for last. This is one of those great albums that you can listen to from start to finish without skipping a track. The songs range from mostly hard rock to a couple ballads. There are plenty of good riffs, melodic guitar parts, and catchy choruses. The singer, Joakim Lundholm, has a unique emotional and melodic singing style. Mind Over Muscle has a few gems (Electric Messengers rules!) but Power Games is their best overall!

Possibly The Most UNDERATED Album In Metal History!!!.......2005-05-10

Yes!!! The fact that 220 VOLT-"Power Games"(1984) is not one of the most respected metal albums of all time is a travesty!!! 220 Volt SHOULD have made it big. Their first three albums("220 Volt", "Power Games", "Mind Over Muscle") are Euro-metal classics rivaled only by the BEST Accept albums. 220 Volt sounded like a spaced out blend of Judas Priest, debut-era Europe, Torch, and Oz, with absolutely brilliant and classy guitar work... Some of the best metal guitar work of all time! "Power Games" is a classic with an amazing spacy and heavy production. Every song is perfect and the album works on a WHOLE, in a way few other albums(even by bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Accept)have. 220 Volt's vocalist has an extremely unique style which helps to make 220 Volt sound unlike any one else. And the guitars...wow!!! "Power Games" is a great album to get stoned to and blends up-tempo tracks with grooved-out spacy/heavy songs. I guarantee if you check out 220 Volt you will be SHOCKED that so few true metalheads have ever heard them. This travesty must be rectified, something you can help out with by spreading the word about this classic album!!! PRAISE THE METAL GODS FOR 220 VOLT!!! SWEDEN'S GREATEST EXPORT!!!