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Mama's Boys - Growing Up The Hard Way (1987) [CHIP 49]

MP3 CBR 320 Kbit/Sec (preset extreme) | 98 Mb | covers

Hard Rock / AOR

Mama's Boys were a 1980s hard rock/heavy metal group from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland featuring the three McManus brothers Pat, a.k.a. 'The Professor", (guitar and occasionally fiddle), John (bass and vocals), Tommy (drums). Later in their career they became a four-piece adding Rick Chase on vocals in 1985 who was later replaced by Keith Murrell in 1987 due to Rick's ill-health. Keith was later replaced with Mike Wilson in 1989.

In 1987 vocalist Keith Murrell was brought in after Rick Chase started having trouble with his vocal cords and they recorded the album "Growing Up The Hard Way". Jive Records chose Murrell with the idea of giving them a more polished commercial sound but it backfired as the unique raw sound of the band was replaced by a bland AOR type sound. This was also contributed by the Producer Phil Begley who produced the single "Pop music" by "M". The Jive contract, which ended that year, was not renewed and Keith Murrell was let go.

Tracklist:

01. Waiting For A Miricle (5:03)
02. Bedroom eyes (5:02)
03. In Over My Head (4:34)
04. Higher Ground (3:39)
05. Hot Blood (4:17)
06. Running Away (4:30)
07. I've had Enough (3:48)
08. Blacklisted (4:12)
09. Last Thing At Night (2:48)