Product Description

Debut album from young London based band inspired by the classic rock sounds of Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Yardbirds and Free. With a manifesto to "bring back stadium rock", their polished, bluesy, melodic sound recalls early Reef, and the funky, elastic rhythms in some of their tracks have also seenthem compared to the Chili Peppers. Includes the singles 'Come Get Some' and 'Staring At The Sun'.

Track Listing

1. Joy Ride
2. Come Get Some
3. Standing In Line
4. Staring At The Sun
5. To Die For
6. You’re So Right For Me
7. Platinum Blind
8. Deep And Meaningless
9. On The Road
10. She Don’t Make Me Feel
11. Angels Calling
12. Drag The Sunrise Down

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17599 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-24
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Rooster's cracking debut album could not have come at a better time. The world has become accustomed to less than good looking teenagers who, while no doubt nefariously put together by insidious management teams, write their own material and manage to play it live too. Busted, granddaddies of this new niche, are sadly no more. Heavier, harder and funkier, Rooster are here to fill this vortex with their own killer pop tunes. McFly beware.

Nick Atkinson's throaty rasp combined with distinctly heavier, Zepplin-style riffs set them apart. If Mcfly were influenced by the Sixties, then Rooster draw heavily from the Seventies. Lead single "Come Get Some" demonstrates their mission statement admirably. "Standing In Line" sounds like adolescent Free and, moving into the Eighties, the frivolous fun of Bon Jovi and Def Leppard happily flows through the songs like Jon Bon Jovi's mullet flapping in the breeze. "Staring At The Sun" and "To Die For" are ballads - not their strength--and occasionally they hit thin, MOR naffness, but overall this is a fine effort. --Ben Johncock

Sunday Times
A debut album stuffed with hits... Rooster are poised to set 2005 on fire

Metro
Rooster: Rockin' like The Rolling Stones

Customer Reviews

Perfect album
Rooster are underrated, but that doesnt mean they're bad. They are actually one of the best bands Britain has seen in a long time.

Their debut album "Rooster" is a fantastic display of the band's potential. It is a solid rock album and despite the band being comepared to Mcfly and Busted, they are clearly more mature than both of those bands (even though Mcfly are great at times).

The highlights of the album are "Come Get Some", "Platinum Blind", "Angels Calling" and "Drag The Sunrise Down", however, every track is fantastic.

Even though Rooster released another album before they broke up, this debut album is their best work.....BUY IT! =D

Take them seriously boys !
We won tickets to see Rooster in Brighton a year or so ago (else there is no way we would have gone) and were staggered at just how good they were. They can play and the lead singer gives an outstanding vocal and stage performance. And these aren't tracks out the McFly jaunty ilk, these are far more Whitesnake\Bon Jovi but even raunchier in places. You just can't help yourself being drawn in.

We were also staggered to find that we were probably the oldest people there being just on the younger side of 40 ! OK, I can see that these are good looking boys, but what those young girls were getting out of it musically I'm not too sure. There was no 'pop' here and the music was sadly wasted on their ignorance and mobile phone video taking (man thats annoying). It seems wrong that the band get tagged with such an image and their output deserves to be taken much more seriously. I'm listening to some AC\DC, Queen, Killers and Rooster on my Ipod thing at the moment and the Rooster songs hold their own comfortably, each and every one of them.

It felt somewhat odd to hear the review of the concert on Southern FM by Danny Pyke the next day saying there was the usual young gang at the front and some 'older rockers' at the back. Danny, that was just you, me and the missus !! But I don't regret a minute. And the bar was virtually empty because most of the audience weren't old enough to go in.

Expect big things from, at minimum, the lead singer and give your ears a treat by buying the album. Just dont tell your teenage daughters.

Good, solid, dependable guitars and drums...
This album is great. It ain't too clever, it ain't too special - it's pretty much just a great rock album... the singer's got a good enough voice... sometimes gets drowned out by the drums and guitars but that's all in the fun of this album. Most of the tracks are pretty in your face with lyrics like: "Are you gonna shout from the rooftops, honey? Tell me I'm the only one!" but there's a ballad type track in there... "Deep And Meaningless"... not bad at all.

Apparently, these guys are getting more popular in the far east than at home... a bit strange really... they deserve a place in more local rock / indie culture...