★★★★★
"'...if you're expecting this album to sound like the Vixen of the 80's you're going to be surprised.'" Vixen was one of those 80's bands you either loved or hated. Accused of pandering to the MTV crowd, they came under a lot of fire from some for their radio-friendly tunes and glam (albeit sexy) looks. But these ladies blew off the ridicule, and rightfully so...
- www.metalunderground.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
Does Vixen have its trashy reputation onlybecause its members are women? On Rev It Up they rock harder ? andsing much stronger songs ? than most of their male competition. B+
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Nearly 20 years have passed since Vixen's Richard Marx-penned breakthrough single "Edge of a Broken Heart", and after going through enough confusing incarnations to give Pete Frame writer's cramp, guitarist Jan Kuehnemund, the sole remaining member from the '80s heyday, has managed to assemble a lineup stable enough to perform on the retro-rawk circuit and yield the band's first new studio effort in nine years...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Formulated from the very glamorous elements that made hair metal in the '80s so decadently enjoyable, Vixen was the female equivalent of Warrant: rocking just hard enough so it was OK for macho hair metal dudes to enjoy and just soft enough so that they would be the darlings of the Dial MTV circuit...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Exalted as "the Female Bon Jovi," Vixen spent several years paying dues on L.A.'s hard rock circuit before enjoying national exposure in 1988 with a self-titled album and the mega-hit "Edge of a Broken Heart." The all-female band's popularity was short-lived, however. EMI had high hopes for Vixen's next album, Rev It Up, but was disappointed when it didn't do nearly as well as expected...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Eight long years after Rev It Up, Vixen return with a recording of all new material dubbed Tangerine. In the interim, the group's pop-metal sound has changed only imperceptibly, so if you liked Vixen before, Tangerine will be right up your alley; if you didn't, this new record will do nothing to change your mind.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
For Live & Learn, Vixen's first new studio release in nearly ten years, one of the few all-female heavy metal bands to prosper in the '80s continues to focus on highly commercial, mainstream rock. But unlike the last studio album credited to Vixen, 1998's Tangerine, the players are completely different...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Nearly 20 years have passed since Vixen's Richard Marx-penned breakthrough single "Edge of a Broken Heart", and after going through enough confusing incarnations to give Pete Frame writer's cramp, guitarist Jan Kuehnemund, the sole remaining member from the '80s heyday, has managed to assemble a lineup stable enough to perform on the retro-rawk circuit and yield the band's first new studio effort in nine years...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-03
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