Under the Lights (Moxy album)

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Under the Lights
Under the Lights cover
Studio album by Moxy
Released 1978
Recorded Feb 1978 Toronto
Genre Hard rock
Length 33:21
Label Polydor Records
Producer Jack Richardson
Moxy chronology
Ridin' High
1977		 Under the Lights
1978		 A Tribute to Buzz Shearman
1984

Under the Lights is the fourth album by the rock band Moxy in its second incarnation, released in 1978. With the departure of Buzz Shearman as lead vocalist in 1977 for medical reasons, Mike Reno then called Michael Rynoski was brought for his debut in music. The album produced two minor Canadian hits with the title track "Under the Lights" and "High School Queen", that gives a preview of the sound that Reno would take with him to his next band Loverboy that saw great success in the 1980s. Album sales were poor, as fans did not take to the new softer sound on the album. Although Michael Rynoskis vocals are clean it just doesn't fit in the Moxy mold. But then this isn't Moxy, this is a band that was left with the Moxy name and was forced by the record company to put out some radio play material. Missing the raw vocals that made the band by "Buzz" and founding member drummer Bill Wade shows a totally different band with a name of a hard rockin band of the past. Go to Canada or texas and any real true Moxy fan wont even recognize this as a Moxy album After the departure of Earl Johnson in the summer of 1978 Moxy would not record a new album until Bill Wade got Earl Johnson and Buddy Caine back into the studio in 1999 for Moxy V that would have the 3rd line-up change in singer's with Brian Maxim.

In the words of Earl Johnson: "Under The Lights", wasn't even really a Moxy album. Mike Reno has a great voice, but he just wasn't a hard-edged singer".[1]

Contents

[edit] Credits

[edit] Tracks

 Audio samples:
  • High School Queen - 4:53 - (Buddy Caine, Mike Reno)
  • Under the Lights - 4:09 - (Buddy Caine, Mike Reno)
  • Maybe I'm a Dreamer - 4:48 - (Earl Johnson, Mike Reno)
  • Sing to Me - 4:11 - (Earl Johnson, Mike Reno)
  • Sailor's Delight - 4:57 - (Buddy Caine, Mike Reno)
  • Thinking About You - 3:43 - (Buddy Caine, Mike Reno)
  • Easy Come, Easy Go - 4:49 - (Mike Reno)
  • Living and Learning - 3:59 - (Earl Johnson, Mike Reno)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Earl at Moxy.ca. Moxy.ca.

[edit] External links

Moxy
Members
Buzz Shearman • Earl Johnson • Buddy Caine • Bill Wade • Terry Juric
Tommy Bolin • Mike Reno • Danny Bilan • Brian Maxim • Jim Samson • Kim Hunt • Alex Machin
Discography

Studio albums: - Moxy (1975) • Moxy II (1976) • ‎Ridin' High (1977) • Under The Lights (1978) • Moxy V (2000)

Live album: - Raw (2002)

Compilation albums: - A Tribute to Buzz Shearman (1984) • Best Of Moxy: Self-Destruction (1993)