One Night Stands is the fourth album from Canadian hard rockers Teaze originally issued back in 1979. The 1970s/1980s was something of a golden era for Canadian rock with so many excellent bands emerging – and not only the bigger names such as Rush, Triumph, April Wine and the like.
Teaze were one of the many who I suppose could be labelled as “second tier” Canadian bands – and that’s certainly not meant as a slight on their ability. Indeed – they were (or rather are as I hear they reformed a few years ago) a band with plenty of ability and grit in their music which had that quirkiness which was typical of the Canadian scene back then.
A run of five albums – including One Night Stands – and that was it for Teaze. Whilst they flew under the radar in Canada they did have some success in Japan after their second album – On the Loose – went down very well there and a live album being recorded.
One Night Stands came next. It is an excellent album indeed though flopped at the time. Full of crisp, meaty hard rockers and a couple of very well put together ballad type songs. April Wine’s Myles Goodwin produced it and it does in parts sound not unlike April Wine but heavier.
Back in Action is a great opener. Big crisp riff, nice keys, tasty lead work over the chunky rhythm guitar and a proper fist thumping chorus. Heavy and catchy.
Young and Reckless a straightforward rocker with a bit of a funky feel to it around the bass line. Then comes Heartless World.
A sweeping rocked up ballad type with variety. Gentle acoustic style intro before the big powerful explosion, slowing down a bit again, a saxophone break, more gentle stuff, more powerful stuff, some strings and a nice. What a song. It’s got the lot. Check out the vocals too. Brian Danter has some voice. Powerful and rangy and he shows the full extent of that on Heartless World. Have a listen:
Boys Night Out similar to Back in Action. Big hard hitting number with the big hook and chorus followed by two more in a similar style being Through the Years and Reach Out.
Stay Here sounds a little proggy to me then Hot and ready goes back to the hard stuff. Touch the Wind closes the album out in some style being akin to Heartless World.
One Night Stands would surely have gone down a storm in the States with the Teaze style here being along the lines of April Wine, Boston, Coney Hatch and a bit of Styx I’d say to try to sum it up.
Danter’s vocals are fabulous. The guitars chug, the solos are tight as is the rhythm section. Goodwin’s production gives a huge overall sound.
A friend recommended this album to me and I’m pleased he did. One Night Stands is a proper product of the era – no bad thing indeed. Rock Candy reissued it a few years ago on CD and other versions available if you prefer the download/streaming option.
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