Mean Streak – Blind Faith [Japanese Edition+1] (2017)

Whenever Jonas Källsbäck drums on an album, it’s going to be good. Last month’s Night Flight Orchestra was fantastic. From what I’ve heard, Gathering of Kings will rock. And there’s this Mean Streak album, Blind Faith. Not to be confused with the 80s girl band Meanstreak, this version is a Swedish traditional metal band,
ostensibly named after the Y&T album and song of the same name (which saw heavy rotation on my turntable back in 1984, in the form of K-Tel’s Masters of Metal album). How similar is this band to the ill-fated Y&T? Well, for one thing, Max Norman produces this album, and he produced Y&T’s early work — not Mean Streak, that was Chris Tsangarides, but still, it’s a connection, right? Are the Y&T/Night Flight Orchestra connections enough to make Blind Faith awesome?

01. Blood Red Sky
02. Animal In Me
03. Retaliation Call
04. Settle The Score
05. Tear Down The Walls
06. Tears Of The Blind
07. Love Is A Killer
08. Come Undone
09. Fire At Will
10. Caught In The Crossfire
11. Gunnerside
12. Smile Of A Clown (Japanese bonus track)
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