The quality of this Blues-Rock offering is equal to Gallagher's stellar '70s albums like Top Priority [MOVLP625] and Photo-Finish [MOVLP624].
It never took Rory Gallagher a longer time to release a new album. Five years after Jinx [MOVLP626], seemingly an eternity, Defender was released. Although it took so long, the quality of this Blues-Rock offering is equal to his stellar '70s albums like Top Priority [MOVLP625] and Photo-Finish [MOVLP624].
Album opener "Kickback City" could be a song from hairy rockers Bad Company with heavy pounding guitars, but also "Failsafe Day" as well as "Road To Hell" are by-the-book-crunch-rockers.
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