Breaking Loose

Breaking Loose

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Product Description
CD debut of the Canadian heavy metal veterans' 1979 debut. Features the original cover art & all eight of the cuts that appeared on it when the Hands label first released it. 1999 release.

Breaking Loose,Helix,Griffin Records,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock

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Classics Explained: Rite of Spring
Stravinsky , Rahbari , and Brt Po Brussels
Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00007FPFN
Release Date: 2003-07-15

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Helix - 'Breaking Loose' (Griffin)

Helix's First, Helix's Finest

Breaking Loose
Helix
Manufacturer: Griffin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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White Lace & Black Leather

ASIN: B00000IPAW
Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

I Could Never Leave
Don't Hide Your Love
Down In The City
Crazy Women
Billy Oxygen
Here I Go Again
You're A Woman Now
Wish I Could Be There

Album Description

CD debut of the Canadian heavy metal veterans' 1979 debut. Features the original cover art & all eight of the cuts that appeared on it when the Hands label first released it. 1999 release.

Album Details

One of Canada's Finest Metal Bands. This is their 1979 Debut Album. First Time on CD.

Customer Reviews:

Helix - 'Breaking Loose' (Griffin).......2006-02-13

Originally released in 1979,as this was actually Helix's debut record.News to me,that it wasn't '83's 'No Rest For The Wicked',as I've always previously thought.Hadn't listened to that much Helix in the last couple years,as that's as long as I've been on the internet.'Breaking Loose' is a decent effort by the long-running Canadian heavy rockers.Certainly not as good as their later material,but 'okay'.Tunes I sort of dug were "I Could Never Leave",the power rocker "Down In The City" and "You're A Woman".Might appeal to fans of Dokken,early Rainbow,Roth-era Van Halen and Ratt.

Helix's First, Helix's Finest.......2005-07-07

Breaking Loose, Helix's debut album, stands today as one of the finest albums they've done, if not their very best.

In 1976, original band members Brian Vollmer and Keith Zurbrigg were joined by the Doerner brothers, Brent and Brian (lead guitar and drums respectively) and Paul Hackman (lead guitar) and toured extensively. This album collects many of the songs they wrote during those early days.

Kicking it off with the mid-tempo "I Could Never Leave", Helix right away hit you with one of their best songs. They keep building it until you get to "Billy Oxygen", one of their first hits, with lead vocals courtesy of Brent Doerner. "Billy Oxygen" is still a favourite to this day, a short fast rocker about a guy named Billy Oxygen, captain of a starship called an ES-335, looking to meet some aliens to party with.

There isn't a weak song on this album, but two other highlights are definitely "You're A Woman Now", featuring female backing vocals and a structure that builds into something dramatic, as if it's Helix's own "Stairway To Heaven". "Wish I Could Be There" brings back the outer space theme, and has acoustic and heavy sections, sort of Helix's foray into prog rock.

This lineup only lasted for one album, both Brian Doerner and Keith Zurbrigg departed shortly after this, leaving Vollmer the sole original member. Their legacy is this debut album, something for any band to be proud of.