Skagarack – Heart and Soul

Formed by guitarist/lead singer/song writer Torben Schmidt, Skagarack became a bit of a name in AOR circles in Scandinavia and the debut – a good album that came with some minor flaws – did pretty good but it was with their sophomore album Hungry For A Game two years later where the band hit their peak. Said album knocked me for six and I was sure it’d take them right to the top. It didn’t. When the slightly heavier follow-up A Slice Of Heaven (1989) more or less bombed the band disbanded and Schmidt tried on a solo career that didn’t set the world on fire either. The band gave it one more shot in 1993 with the underwhelming album Big Time but it was 1993 after all so it didn’t do anything and the band split again. Back in 2020 the band got some offers to reunite for some gigs and so they did and the next step was of course a new album and now the first Skagarack album in 20 years is here.

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