Trixter "Hear! (Japan, MCA-Victor, MVCM-298)"

Hear! is the second album by the American glam metal band Trixter. The album was released on October 13, 1992, through MCA Records. Hear! failed to reach the same success of the band's self-titled debut, peaking at No. 109 on the Billboard 200.

The band supported the album by touring with Kiss and Faster Pussycat.

The album's first single, "Road of a Thousand Dreams", was re-recorded and included as an iTunes bonus track on the album Human Era.

The album was produced by James Barton. Trixter wrote and demoed eight of the songs while touring in support of their debut. The band hoped to move away from the pop metal of Trixter by titling the album Hear! and opting to forgo a band cover photo; Trixter considered the music to be rock 'n' roll.

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "It's such a disappointment when the band you liked on their debut decides to turn tough and rocker-ready on its second disc. That's the case with Trixter, the quartet of teen rockers who brought real flavor to bubble-gum metal with Trixter in 1990." The Indianapolis Star concluded that the album shows "a great deal of improvement as musicians from two years ago, when they couldn't even play well enough to compete with Warrant and Firehouse on a touring triple bill. (That shouldn't have been difficult)."

The Star-Ledger opined that "the hard-rocking songs sound more vibrant and raw than before." Rolling Stone dismissed Hear! as "listenable but utterly uninteresting bits of album rock silliness." The Virginian-Pilot deemed it "a markedly gutsier effort."

Track listing

1. "Road of a Thousand Dreams" – 4:06
2. "Damn Good" – 4:52
3. "Rockin' Horse" – 4:11
4. "Power of Love" – 3:51
5. "Runaway Train" – 5:23
6. "Bloodrock" – 4:35
7. "Waiting in That Line" – 5:05
8. "Nobody's a Hero" – 4:26
9. "Wild Is the Heart" – 4:16
10. "What It Takes" – 5:03
11. "As the Candle Burns" – 5:55
12. "On the Road Again" – 3:43

James Barton – producer, engineer, mixing

Steve Brown – co-producer

Dean Fasano – co-producer

Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Danny O'Neill – studio technician

Nick Jainschigg – illustration

Trixter "Trixter (Japan, WEA Music, WMC5-163)"

Trixter is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Paramus, New Jersey. The band gain popularity in the early 1990s with hits like "Give It To Me Good" that peaked at sixty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990 and "One In A Million". Despite lineup changes and a hiatus in the late '90s, Trixter has maintained a presence in the rock scene through tours and occasional album releases.

Trixter is the debut album of the band Trixter. It attained gold status, reaching #28 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album spawned three minor hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Give It to Me Good" at #65, "Surrender" at #72, and "One in a Million" at #75.

Track listing

1. "Line of Fire" Steve Brown, Dean Fasano, Bill Wray 4:40
2. "Heart of Steel" Brown, B. Wray 4:11
3. "One in a Million" Brown, B. Wray, Jim Wray 5:05
4. "Surrender" Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray 6:05
5. "Give It to Me Good" Brown 3:29
6. "Only Young Once" Peter Loran, Brown, B. Wray 5:42
7. "Bad Girl" Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray 4:19
8. "Always a Victim" Jack Ponti, Brown, Fasano 4:13
9. "Play Rough" Brown, Fasano, B. Wray 4:04
10. "You'll Never See Me Cryin'" Loran, Brown, B. Wray 5:00
11. "Ride the Whip" Loran, Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray, John Allan 5:07
12. "On and On" Brown 5:03

Total length: 56:18

Bill Wray - producer

Jim Wray - associate producer, engineer

Chris Floberg, Brian Jenkins, John Karpovich, Dennis MacKay - engineers

Brian Foraker - engineer, mixing

Steve Sinclair - art direction, executive producer