D-A-D — Draws A Circle (review)

D-A-D — Draws A Circle album cover Album · 1987 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Draws a Circle is the 2nd full-length studio album by Danish hard rock/ heavy rock act D-A-D ( then called Disneyland After Dark). The album was released in in June 1987 by Mega Records. Draws a Circle was produced by Mark Dearnley, who had worked as a studio technician on "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC ( the sound is decent but nothing special).

The band started out playing something as unconventional and un-Danish as cowpunk on their debut album "Call of the Wild (1986)". The music on Draws a Circle still have more than a few traces of that style, but it´s on this album that D-A-D started playing hard rock/ heavy rock and tracks like "Isn´t That Wild", "I Won´t Cut My Hair" ( which would later appear on the US version of the band´s 4th full-length studio album "Riskin' It All (1991)") and "God's Favorite" are probably the best examples of that. As mentioned the band had not completely given up their country/ cowpunk sound yet though and the America cover "A Horse With No Name" ( which on a sidenote is excellent) and "Black Crickets" are examples of that style. The band also venture into gospel rock territory in the song "There's A Ship", so bearing the eclectic nature of Draws a Circle in mind the album will probably appeal the most to an open minded hard rock listener.

I think there are some absolutely lovely tracks on Draws a Circle like "Isn´t That Wild", "I Won´t Cut My Hair", "God's Favorite" and "A Horse With No Name", but infortunately not all tracks on the album reach the same high quality level and there are a couple of rather forgettable tracks on the album too. So somewhere between a 3 and a 3.5 star rating is warranted. I guess I´ll be a proud nationalist this time and give out a 3.5 star rating.
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