The Payola$ - No Stranger To Danger

- Released: 1982
- Format: standard album (vinyl, cassette or questionable download)

- Songwriting: 7
- Performance: 7
- Recording: 4 (caveat - see below)
- First Impression: 7
- Staying Power: 5

Here's another great Canadian rock album that most people never knew existed, apart from the chart topping single "Eyes of a Stranger".  The songwriting, performance and production are good to very good throughout the album, and there are no filler tracks.  The 80's cheese factor however makes it a little less enjoyable after the first listening.

Caveat: the low rating for the recording is because the only complete version I could find was apparently ripped from a very worn out vinyl.

Suggested sample track: though you've almost certainly heard it before, "Eyes of a Stranger".

Recommendation: look for a used vinyl in good condition.  Crank it up on the turntable stereo that you (or your parents) bought at Consumers Distributing ages ago.