Description With a permanently snarled upper lip and the perfect matinee-idol blond hair, Billy Idol made punk rock palatable for MTV and the masses. He did so by watering down punk's aggressive attack with dance grooves and stretches of keyboards where no self-respecting punk would've dared. Essentially, he maWith a permanently snarled upper lip and the perfect matinee-idol blond hair, Billy Idol made punk rock palatable for MTV and the masses. He did so by watering down punk's aggressive attack with dance grooves and stretches of keyboards where no self-respecting punk would've dared. Essentially, he made pop music with a spare razor blade tossed in for fun. When it clicked, as it does on the anthemic title track of this, his career highlight, well, only an anarchist could complain. "Eyes Without a Face" and "Flesh for Fantasy" are two other early '80s radio stapes found here and they went further to establish Idol as a potential Vegas balladeer. This reissue contains some worthwhile demos. --Rob O'Connor (Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)... (more)(less)
1. Rebel Yell 2. Daytime Drama 3. Eyes Without A Face 4. Blue Highway 5. Flesh For Fantasy 6. Catch My Fall 7. Crank Call 8. Do Not Stand In The Shadows 9. Dead Next Door 10. Rebel Yell 11. Motorbikin' 12. Catch My Fall 13. Flesh For Fantasy 14. Blue Highway
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