Tabe

Not their best song but still good.  Looking forward to the rest of the album.

Yeah, that's a good track.  Eager to hear more.

I think I need to give this another spin.  On first listen, the album ran together and came across as very, very generic.  Not nearly as good as past efforts.

This one's been in heavy rotation for me since it came out.  Not the greatest album ever but good.  Am a big fan of "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Playing Tricks on Me".  FM's catalog is definitely up and down but this one's an "up" for me.

This is fantastic news.  Am a big fan of Christian's work - House of Lords, solo, Voices of Rock, whatever.

On 12/4/2017 at 4:30 AM, Stefan said:

New video. Great song.

 

 

This was written by John Wetton and Jim Peterik and originally appeared on Wetton's 1994 album "Battle Lines".  I think I prefer that version but could just be because that's the version I heard first:

16 hours ago, martinsane said:

 

This isn't a hateful song.  "Bodies' was written about the brotherhood of the moshpit and was never about violence", to quote Drowning Pool.

This is fantastic news! 

Just got it and had my first listen...

Definitely the lowest of the three (studio) albums with Erik for me.  ATN and TDTW are classics and Live in London is incredible.  This?  This is...average.  Nothing stands out to me.  As far as releases this year go, it's way behind One Desire's album and Eclipse's "Monumentum".

But I'll give it more listens and maybe it'll improve over time.

 

 

Its. Fucking. Fantastic.

I can't remember what you said about Tearing Down The Walls before it came out (although I think it got a perfect score on the website), but how do you feel about it 3 years after release?

 

 

I loved TDTW from almost straight away....it grew on me before I reviewed. This one is extraordinary straight outta the box. Still adore both the Erik fronted albums - among my favourites in the last decade. This will go nicely with those.

 

Man, this is music to my ears. The two Erik albums are among my all-time favorites - way ahead of the earlier albums. If this one is in the mix with the other Erik stuff - BRING. IT. ON.

Listened to "I'm Alright" and my the thought I had was just how much it reinforced that I want Terry Ilous to do a new XYZ album instead of this.

Picked this album up a couple weeks ago and it's been on constant rotation on my iPod ever since. Holy cow, great album. Yeah, the vocalist is...different...but it works somehow. Sounds like he's straining with every fiber in his body to make any sound at all but ultimately succeeds. Lots of great songs, too - "A Harder Place", "Ice Turned to Rain", and "If Her Tears Could Talk" are all outstanding.

That's cool guys, for the most part we like/love the same bands(some more and some less than others). Love HS (Harry's voice is one of the best around) just prefer HOL's catalog more as a whole.

Hey, there's two of us. Am also a huge fan of House of Lords.

Yeah, this is promising. Definitely throws off a Saraya vibe.

Loving the music, not sure on the vocals. Definitely wanna hear more...

First track is out:

I like - don't love - the song. It's decent enough. But, man, this video is just...way beyond awful.

I'm digging that sampler. Eager to hear the full album.

they've been in the news lately due to induction, so I had this 2011 album playing in my car today. A pleasant melodic album with good vocals, however no big song there to stand out.

I found this album to be a big disappointment after the...err...revelation of "Revelation". That album was great, this one not so much.

Seems like a decent song that would be a lot better with a different singer.

Agree - song is really promising, chorus is a little weak.

I've listened to this album probably 15 times over the last week or so and it continues to grow on me. It'll never rise to the level of "Bleed & Scream", let alone "Armaggedonize" but it's a terrific album nonetheless.

Argh, knew I should've been clearer. It was $200 because I took my wife Still $100 a seat for 16th row floor seats, dead center. I think it was like $83 face value and about $18 a ticket in fees.

I actually had strongly considered paying a lot more to get the VIP package so I could meet Asia. Held off on that and, callous as it might be to say, am glad I did as John Wetton was the one guy I wanted to meet.

Saw Journey & Asia on March 16th in Spokane. One of the more disappointing shows I've ever seen.

Asia - musically, they were great. Carl Palmer was on fire and the rest of the band was basically tight. Billy Sherwood on vocals... not so much. Decent on a couple songs, like "Sole Survivor", but struggled on anything with high notes and mangled lyrics on multiple songs despite having them on an iPad in front of him. Overall a letdown from what I'd hoped for buying the tickets but not much you can do when an icon dies.

Journey - I love Arnel. He was great in 2008 and love their first album with him. Somehow he aged 15 years in reverse and looks great. But on this night? The sound was incredibly bad. Distorted, echo-y and just a total mess. Somehow, despite being incredibly loud, Arnel was impossible to hear at times. Heck, the vocals even clipped a couple times. One highlight was an amazing drum solo from Steve Smith.

All in all, not a great night for $200.