Y&T-"Earthshaker" (1981)

Y&T are a hard rock band heir to the best American rock of the 60s and 70s, with the sensitivity of the sublime melodies of British rock, who in the eighties made their three best works, starting with their great "Earthshaker" and the following "Black Tiger" and "Mean Streak".
Formed in the early 70's as Yesterday and Today by guitarist Dave Meniketti, drummer Leonard Haze, bassist Phil Kennemore, and lead vocalist and guitarist Joey Alves. After their first two albums "Yesterday and Today" (1976) and "Struck Down" (1978), the band shortened their name to Y&T under which they released their third album "Earthshaker" in 1981.
Loaded with powerful hard rock such as "Hungry For Rock", "Hurricane", "Shake it Loose" or "Knock You Out", they manage to capture the energy and power of rock in a simple but effective way. The rest of the album did not lag behind with songs like "Rescue Me" where Meniketti does an enviable guitarist job or the ballad "I Believe In You", an epic song loaded with an incredible guitar solo.
His next two albums, although with an undoubted quality, did not reach the level of this "Earthshaker", despite contagious songs such as the well-known "Don´t Wanna Lose", the great ballad "Winds of Change", heavy jewels like "Open Fire" or "Black Tiger" or great rock anthems like "Mean Streak".