Best of Aldo Nova: Greatest Hits Series

One of the first practitioners of 1980s pop-metal, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and singer Aldo Nova eventually got lost in the shadows of big-time acts like Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. One spin through the 15 tracks on BEST OF ALDO NOVA, however, serves to remind '80s hard rock fans that his brand of muscular and highly melodic mainstream metal was plenty catchy and appealing. The set leads off with "Fantasy," Aldo Nova's best-known hit, and continues with "Monkey on Your Back" (the artist's other commercial hit) and an array of hard rockers and soaring power ballads. In a genre bursting with clichés, Aldo Nova's dark, slightly atmospheric rock (his use of synthesizers is distinctive) is still noteworthy.