"I Need a Woman" and "This Boy Needs to Rock," the titles of two of the songs on 7 Wishes, neatly encapsulate both Night Ranger's interests and its appeal. The band plays heavy metal with a light enough touch for radio and MTV and bellows bombastic sub-Broadway ballads that, from a distance, sound slightly sincere. If Meat Loaf were to make a heavy-metal album, it would sound like this.

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