Oriental Beat

by Hanoi Rocks

Oriental Beat cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1982
  • Label: Johanna
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 35:46
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Nasty Suicide, Sam Yaffa, Gyp Casino, Peter Woolliscroft, Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seeking to capitalize on their rising momentum, the Finnish rockers relocated to London to record their sophomore effort, attempting to capture their famously chaotic live energy. While the band was famously disappointed with the album's initially muddy mix, the underlying songwriting reveals a potent, swaggering mastery of street-level glam punk. It heavily influenced the aesthetic and sonic direction of the burgeoning Sunset Strip hard rock scene.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, fast, theatrical, infectious, street

Tracklist

  1. Motorvatin' (3:12)
  2. Don't Follow Me (3:17)
  3. Visitor (3:13)
  4. Teenangels Outsiders (3:22)
  5. Sweet Home Suburbia (4:43)
  6. M.C. Baby (3:01)
  7. No Law Or Order (3:41)
  8. Oriental Beat (3:08)
  9. Devil Woman (2:54)
  10. Lightnin' Bar Blues (2:38)
  11. Fallen Star (2:33)

Credits

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