Now that you mention it, there do seem to be Turbo elements in RiD as well.
Yep. To me, the glam/pop metal that is a hallmark of the "Turbo" album, still exists in trace elements on RiD. The title track is a good example. It's faster and rawer than anything on the previous album, but it retains the silly lyrical slant, and lighter sonic qualities. This is especially evident during the "shout it out, we're all together now" bridge. It definitely lacks the darker, more intense sonics found on it's successor's title track. And several other examples exist on the album, of songs that are heavier than "Turbo", but lighter than "Painkiller". It absolutely is like a mixture of those two albums to me.
As for Turbo elements in RID, did you know that those two albums were written at the same time? It was meant to be a double album, with one disc showcasing their heavy side and one showcasing their commercial side. Unfortunately, the label wasn't having that.
I did know that, yep!
They originally wanted to make a double album called "Twin Turbos", with one album showcasing a more mainstream, poppier sound, whilst the other would be harder and heavier. The label shut the idea down, but the heavier portion of the planned double album eventually became "Ram It Down".
I dunno why record companies are so against the idea of double albums. It's also a fact that Helloween wanted to release "Keeper Of The 7 Keys" as a double album, but the record company rejected their idea, so they ended up having to release two separate albums a year apart.
Things like Stained Class and Sad Wings were some of the heaviest music avaliable at the time, so you can't really compare the heaviness in this way.
Absolutely. By today's standards, those albums aren't particularly heavy. But I can only imagine what it must have been like to hear songs like "Tyrant" or "Exicter" back when they were originally released in the mid-70's. They would have sounded super-fast and heavy as hell back then!
