Glenn BURTNICK: Talking in Code LP 1986 shout after A.O.R album with Dann Huff, Alan Pasqua, Steve Smith. Rare LP. Check audio + Check video explaining about the artist and this album

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“talkin in code” has only great songs , is the polar-opposite to his 1987 follow up album though which has not one good song imo


Glenn BURTNICK: Talking in Code [Very shout after A.O.R album. Rare. Glen Burtnick â a singer/songwriter born and raised in New Jersey, became a regular part of the Asbury Park music scene during the early eighties. Glen often shared the stage at the Stone Pony with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny,  Little Steven  Van Zandt and Jon Bon Jovi. It is a known fact that Bon Jovi asked Glen to join his new band before their runaway  international success during the 1984-86 period. As the story goes, Burtnick declined, Bon Jovi, well.. the rest is history as they say. In the meantime, Burtnick managed to secure a solo artist deal with A&M Records, culminating in the release of two melodic rock classics  Talking In Code  and  Heroes & Zeros. This pair are considered to be compulsory items for the melodic rock collector. Both feature an array of talent. AOR legends Dann Huff, Alan Pasqua, Steve Smith and Neal Schon all chipped in.]

Track listing
1 Crank It Up 4:10
2 Talking in Code 4:19
3 Little Red House 3:45
4 Perfect World 4:09 ……..also covered by Tonio K  by What If and by Alias
5 Hole in My Pocket 3:51
6 Brave Hearts 3:56
7 Hold Back the Night 3:38
8 Talk That Talk 3:32
9 Heart on the Line 3:36
10 We’re Alright 3:58
Total length: 38:54

Line-up
Glen Burtnick (v, g, b, k, p, dpr)
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additional musicians
10 tracks – TT 39:36


20 years later, a live performance of this song!

The song Perfect World was written by Tonio K. and Glen Burtnick and was first released by Tonio K. in 1986. It was covered by Alias [CA], What If. and Glen


A former member of HAMMER and Pop outfit HELMET BOY, cult AOR hero GLEN BURTNICK’s first solo album “Talking In Codes” was produced by RICHARD LANDIS. The album featured guitarists Dan Huff of GIANT and former STARZ and FIONA man BOBBY MESSANO, ex-EDDIE MONEY keyboard player ALAN PASQUA, ex-PAGES bassist NEIL STUBENHAUS and drums provided by DAVID PRATER and ex-JOURNEY man STEVE SMITH. Burtnick took TOMMY SHAW’s role in the reformed STYX in 1999, appearing on the albums “Styxworld 2001” and “Cyclorama”, but would bow out in September of 2003


The 1st solo debut album of Glen Burtnick, who is probably best known as a former band member of Styx.
Glenn Burtnick was born in Irvington, New Jersey on April 8, 1955. Being the youngest of three brothers, he was forced by the other two to sing harmonies with them at an early age. By the time he was twelve, the Burtnick family decided to move to the Brunswick area of New Jersey. Realizing that a career in music was beckoning, he attended a ‘be-inâ in Johnson’s Park, where he performed a song he had written to anyone who would listen. Being almost thirteen years old, it was his first gig ever. After high school he wrote and performed a rock opera, called  The Walls Of Walden, with his band Albatross. When he then saw a classified ad in the Village Voice asking for Beatle sound- and lookalikes for the Beatlemania show, he decided to seize the opportunity and answered the ad. He became a part of the west coast cast of the show and played the role of Paul McCartney. While still appearing in Beatlemania, he answered another ad in the Village Voice and became the vocalist of Hammer (the band of Jan Hammer), with whom he recorded one album and went on tour in support of it. When one of the other Beatlemania cast members was offered a record deal by Elektra for his band Helmet Boy, Glenn was asked to join in. A self-titled album followed a little later, but didn’t do much and Glenn decided to return to New Brunswick, where he got married. He then began to play with local bands in the Asbury Park scene, among which the band Cats On A Smooth Surface, which was the house band of the Stone Pony club (where Bruce Springsteen used to play almost every Sunday). Around the same time he got acquainted with Jon Bongiovi. When Jon decided to form a band (Bon Jovi), he asked Glenn to join in … but he rejected the offer. It was around that time that Glenn also decided to decided to shorten his first name from Glenn to Glen.
Things gained momentum for Glen in 1984, when a demo that he had recorded came to the attention of an A&M Records executive. Impressed by the song  Here Comes Sally, Glen was offered a deal for two albums: 1986 Talking In Code and 1987 Heroes And Zeros.

Recorded with the help of such famous musicians as Dan Huff, Neil Stubenhaus, David Prater, Alan Pasqua and Jerry Hey (to name but a few) and produced by Richard Landis,  Talking In Code  is one of my all-time favourite albums. It contains ten songs, all written or co-written by Glen himself, that can be described as typical 80s AOR. With no fillers in sight, this classic gives you almost forty minutes of pleasure. Listening tips include Little Red House,  Brave Hearts  and the ballad  Heart On The Line.

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A legendary album indeed. An essential album if you collect all the aor-gems

Classic album, and yes the atmosphere is really special and highly enjoyable for me at least !
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‘Perfect World’ – One of the finest songs ever written (IMO), is enough to make this an album you should have.

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Indeed, a must have album. Without this gem your collection is incomplete.

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Excellent Hi-tech pop/rock /AOR, very melodic and accessible.
Highlights are the brilliant ‘Perfect World’, ‘Hold Back The Night’, ‘Crank It Up’ and ‘Little Red House””.
There a party, poppy AOR 80 atmosphere throughout the whole album.

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