By the time
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
was released, the
Kiss
comparisons were finally beginning to peter out, but so was
Angel
's career. It was the last for bass player
Mickey Jones
, who was replaced by
Felix Robinson
for the even weaker
White Hot
album, which came out a year later, but such a minor change was quite unnoticeable when paralleled with the band's declining record sales. Despite all of the bad press,
On Earth
still contains a couple of sufficient
glam
-meets-
heavy metal
tunes, found in the eye-rolling sexual pomposity of
"Big Boy (Let's Do It Again)"
and on predictable riff movers like
"On the Rocks"
and
"Telephone Exchange."
While the entire album may be a little much to sit through, a few of the tracks manage to sport a complaisant, all-in-good-fun
hard rock
feel, as do one or two of the tunes from each of
's first three releases. Still, a compilation or anthology of handpicked material is more convenient, especially for
metal
fans who want to check out
Gregg Giuffria
's early keyboard playing before his '80s hair band days in
Giuffria
. ~ Mike DeGagne