The Roxx Regime Demos

The Roxx Regime Demos
Compilation album by Stryper
Released July 10, 2007
Recorded 1983
Genre Christian metal
Length 28:39
Label Fifty Three Five Records
Stryper chronology
Extended Versions
(2006)		 The Roxx Regime Demos
(2007)		 Murder by Pride
(2009)

The Roxx Regime Demos is a compilation album[1][2] by Stryper consisting of songs originally released under the band's previous name, Roxx Regime,[3][1][4] except for the track "Honestly", which is taken from a later demo. While the album's general release was on July 10, 2007, pre-sale purchases at Stryper.com shipped on July 7, 2007, a reference to 777,[5] a holy number in Christianity and one that used to appear onstage at Stryper concerts.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [6]
PiercingMetal [7]

Greg Prato of Allmusic said, "you hear a band that had pretty much found their sound early on".[1] He compared the band favorably to other pop-metal bands of the time, but said the album was "aimed at die-hard die-hard Stryper fans".[1] Ken Pierce of Piercing Metal said the songs "rock quite well and are a fun listen", but also stated that the release was for die-hard fans.[8]

Track listing

All songs were written by Michael Sweet, except where noted.

  1. "From Wrong to Right" (Oz Fox, Robert Sweet, M. Sweet) – 4:00
  2. "My Love I'll Always Show" (original rock version) – 3:28
  3. "Loud N Clear" – 3:42
  4. "You Know What to Do" (Fox, M. Sweet, R. Sweet, Tim Gaines) – 5:04
  5. "You Won’t Be Lonely" – 3:55
  6. "Co’mon Rock" – 3:42
  7. "Tank" (Sweet, R.) (drum solo) – 0:43
  8. "Honestly" (original demo version) – 4:05

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. ^ a b c d Prato, Greg. "The Roxx Regime Demos Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1078290. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Stryper: List of Albums". MSN.com. http://music.msn.com/music/artist-albums/stryper/?gtm=2&ipp=10. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 
  3. ^ "Stryper Discography on Official Website". Stryper. http://www.stryper.com/Discography/Albums/albums.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "Stryper Discography at RollingStone.com". RollingStone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stryper/discography. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Stryper – The Roxx Regime Demos To Be Released". Brave Worlds. April 21, 2007. http://www.bravewords.com/news/64630. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 
  6. ^ Allmusic review
  7. ^ PiercingMetal review
  8. ^ Pierce, Ken. "Reviews:Roxx Regime Demos 1983". http://www.piercingmetal.com/cd_stryper_roxxregime.htm. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 

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