Teen Dance Ordinanceby A

This is A's fourth and final album Teen Dance Ordinance released in 2005 and it's their hardest hitting of the four. It couldn't be called a departure on sound per se, because the direction they headed in on this one was hinted at on the previous effort Hi-Fi Serious. Because that album was a relative success, A understandably were ready to try and capitalize on it with the follow-up. Sadly Teen Dance Ordinance was shelved for no discernible reason (some have sighted singer Jason Perry's illness as a possible explanation), and it kind of faded from public interest shortly after.
This is a shame because it's another great record, and though the real musical experimentation is gone, there is still plenty of interesting riffage and just generally epic playing from the band, who seemed to have essentially wanted to go a little bit more metal in their approach. It didn't seem to matter what they did, A were master craftsman and this album proves they were comfortable in a few genres.

Just check the awesome riff fests of "2nd Coming" or "Afterburner", these tunes are indicative of the rest of the album where they decide to rock out and take the band to another plain, as a unit rather than look for something else interesting to do. It works well, and Perry's vocals are screaming beautifully in parts, to get the point across. I hope this isn't the last studio album from A but if it is Teen Dance Ordinance is a great statement to go out on.