This guilty treasure of menacing AOR is MIA.
But if you locate the arcane Lonely at Night, prepare for details of drugs, agoraphobia, dementia, and God knows what strung over chiming wave keys and plastic hair guitar -- and that's just the titular opener, setting the tone for a tightly twisted journey through pedophilia playground propositions ("Hello"), hallucinogenic Halloween hymns ("Night Parade"), and pulsing panoramic paranoia ("What Kind of Love Is This").
Throughout, Lonely at Night maintains the same spooky sense as "Lunatic Fringe" by fellow Canadians Red Rider.
Even when the musical and lyrical tension briefly lets up on the haunted ballad "Miracle," the lonely longing in the center of the record still tremors through lead singer Chris Burke's vexatious vocals.
Blazing and blistering guitar pumps blood into "All Over the World" as well as keeping the obsessive love stories "She Told Me" and "Any Time at All" from disintegrating into Cure cast-offs.
Clean, mainstream production (handclaps, chunky riffs) forces all the compositions into the light.
Unfortunately, this aptly titled band disappeared back into the endless night of the '80s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lonely at Night | Orphan | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | What Kind of Love Is This | Orphan | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | All Over the World | Orphan | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | She Told Me | Orphan | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Saved by the Bell | Orphan | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Any Time at All | Orphan | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 7 | Hello | Orphan | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Miracle | Orphan | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 9 | Night Parade | Orphan | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 37 mins | 86 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 281 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Alexander | Engineer |
| 2 | Ron Boisbenue | Drums, Percussion, Vocals |
| 3 | Tony Bongiovi | Engineer, Producer |
| 4 | Chris Burke | Guitar (Bass), Vocals |
| 5 | Bob Donner | Guitar |
| 6 | Neil Dorfsman | Engineer |
| 7 | Huey McDonald | Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | Steve McGovern | Guitar, Vocals |
| 9 | Orphan | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Lance Quinn | Producer |
| 11 | Bill Scheniman | Engineer |
| 12 | Brent Viamond | Keyboards, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |