The Shazam: S/T (1997)

I've previously talked about The Shazam's unbelievably great second LP, 1999's Godspeed the Shazam , where their upbeat power pop got a healthy kick of glam, and was just riddled with insane hooks. Their debut isn't quite at the same level, but it's still a terrific power pop nugget. The band leans more to the hard rock side of things, punchy 70s-styled rockers (drawing the inevitable Cheap Trick comparisons, though I greatly prefer the Shazam to Cheap Trick). 

Opener "Let's Away" is a bit more po...