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Description

Romeo Daughter are a British AOR mainstream rock band with Leigh Matty, Craig Joiner, Anthony Mitman. The band released two albums in 1988 and 1993 respectively.
The manager of the band was Olga Lange, then the wife of Robert John “”Mutt”” Lange. Mutt Lange was impressed by their song-writing abilities and agreed to produce (part of) their debut album. Hence, Romeo Daughter was often seen as protege  of Mutt Lange.
The first album contained the singles “”Don’t Break My Heart””, “”I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night””, covered by Bonnie Tyler and “”Heaven in the Back Seat””, the latter from the Nightmare on Elm Street Part V soundtrack. The album was produced by Mutt Lange and John Parr. “”Wild Child”” (written by Mutt Lange) was later covered by Heart on the Brigade album, and “”Heaven in the Back Seat”” was covered by Eddie Money on his 1991 album, Right Here, which was also produced by Mutt Lange.
The second album, Delectable was a more mature affair, although it was released on the smaller Music for Nations label so got less exposure. Mitman went on to work with FM and other bands while the band quietly broke up in the mid 1990’s.

01 – Have Mercy
02 – Attracted To The Animal
03 – Nobody Like You
04 – Nothing But Love
05 – God Only Knows
06 – Ready Or Not
07 – Treat Me Like A Lady
08 – Sugar Daddy
09 – Dream In Colour
10 – Dancing Slow

Leigh Matty – Lead Vocals
Craig Joiner – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Tony Mitman – Keyboards
Andy Wells – Drums, Backing Vocals
add. personnel:
Merv Goldsworthy – Bass
Simon Duffy – Producer, Backing Vocals

REVIEWS:
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This is an enjoyable album. I have seen other web sites compare this to Saraya. It doesn’t have that hard of an edge but it is enjoyable. Good vocals and guitars. More like Dante Fox than Saraya.
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Pure heaven! If you dig the Witness S/T album you gotta get this one too. Excellent stuff!

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Leigh Matty the singer is superb. Craig Joiner is the guitarist and boy can he play. This is a superb album a great follow up. Hurry up and purchase this quickly, your ears will love you forever.

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My favorite Romeo Daughter song is here, ‘Attracted To The Animal’ which is a perfect 10 in my opinion. Other good tracks are God Only Knows, Have Mercy and Treat Me Like A Lady.

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This album was recorded at the same time as FM Aphrodisiac album both bands perfrormed backing vocals on each others album,Leigh Matty was at the time dating Merv Goldsworthy from FM who just happened to help produce this little gem listen to Aphrodisiac and listen to All Or Nothing and you can’t mistake Miss Matty backing vocals as well as Craig Joiner. The albums pretty good as well.

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Compared to the debut, this is a heavier and much better release. The track ‘Attracted to the Animal’ is probably the best they have ever done. Good album with a few amazing highlights which make it worth of your hard earned cash. Definitely for fans of Witness and the debut.

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This woman has a magic, amazing voice which still kicks my ass through the year.

Long time out of print, “Delectable” is ROMEO’S DAUGHTER’s second album.
Romeo’s Daughter were UK’s answer to the popular American Melodic Rock bands such as Heart, Journey and Foreigner, with a slick sound designed by the incredible studio wizard John ‘Mutt’ Lange.

‘Mutt’ Lange handled Romeo’s Daughter debut album and was slated to produce “Delectable” as well. Fate, however, had something else in mind. 
The band was delayed due to Mutt’s schedule and, eventually, had to move on without him. They also lost their record label and were forced to go the independent route. 
Unfortunately, “Delectable” arrived too late, when the musical climate already changed, and the band was unable to break in America and ended up as one of the bands in the ‘should have made it’ file.

Switching to the independent Music For Nations label, they took the bull by the horns and got back to work crafting a stunning follow up to their critically lauded debut. 
“Delectable” is a record stuffed to the gills with choice songs and exceptional vocal performances from Leigh Matty, proving that the band’s worth was just as valuable if not more so.



Among the pearls on this record there’s the upbeat “Have Mercy” which sounds like it could easily be reworked into a Def Leppard classic. “Addicted To The Animal” should have been a huge hit as sports an irresistible melodic line.
The band sounds pretty Americanized on “Nothing But Love”, specially on the catchy chorus, “God Only Knows” is a heartfelt track as is the beautiful mid-tempo AOR “Treat Me Like A Lady”.

Of All the British melodic rock groups operating out of the UK during the late ’80s Romeo’s Daughter were, undoubtedly, viewed as the great white hope; they were the saviours of the scene, the band most likely to succeed. 
Released in 1993, that “Delectable” ultimately failed to secure a foot hold to enormo-dome success was not the fault of the band or record, but more a sign of the times. Yet despite everything it remains one of the most revered Melodic Rock albums of the period.
Highly Recommended