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Yup I cranked this up a couple times this weekend and am really enjoying it. It was a bit of a grower similar to the most recent Crazy Lixx album, but now when the songs come on they really get me fired up.

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Given this one plenty of spins now and for me, it isn't as good as I'd hoped. I had an open mind about the choruses, but having given them plenty of chances, I still think they let this album down badly. I like the vocals, the verses, the solos, etc, but the choruses are often lacking in imagination and memorability. The weakest tracks are 'Girls Go Wild', which has one of the most tedious, banal choruses I've heard for some time and the ballad, 'Shine', which is dreadful - powder-puff soft and without any real tune at all.

 

It's not all bad, there are quite a few reasonable songs on the album - tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are all pleasant enough, although probably not good enough for me to ever feel the need to play again. Some praise is due, though: the title track and 'Dreaming' are better and will get played now and then, while 'Invincible' has a great chorus and a brilliant guitar solo and is my favourite rock song of 2013 so far.

 

Overall, a little disappointing, probably 6.5/10, but worth hearing for 'Invincible' alone.

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Given this one plenty of spins now and for me, it isn't as good as I'd hoped. I had an open mind about the choruses, but having given them plenty of chances, I still think they let this album down badly. I like the vocals, the verses, the solos, etc, but the choruses are often lacking in imagination and memorability. The weakest tracks are 'Girls Go Wild', which has one of the most tedious, banal choruses I've heard for some time and the ballad, 'Shine', which is dreadful - powder-puff soft and without any real tune at all.

 

It's not all bad, there are quite a few reasonable songs on the album - tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are all pleasant enough, although probably not good enough for me to ever feel the need to play again. Some praise is due, though: the title track and 'Dreaming' are better and will get played now and then, while 'Invincible' has a great chorus and a brilliant guitar solo and is my favourite rock song of 2013 so far.

 

Overall, a little disappointing, probably 6.5/10, but worth hearing for 'Invincible' alone.

 

kicks my butt to kingdom come and thats all i play it for..........if i want memorable choruses or lyrics i'll look elsewhere.

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Given this one plenty of spins now and for me, it isn't as good as I'd hoped. I had an open mind about the choruses, but having given them plenty of chances, I still think they let this album down badly. I like the vocals, the verses, the solos, etc, but the choruses are often lacking in imagination and memorability. The weakest tracks are 'Girls Go Wild', which has one of the most tedious, banal choruses I've heard for some time and the ballad, 'Shine', which is dreadful - powder-puff soft and without any real tune at all.

 

It's not all bad, there are quite a few reasonable songs on the album - tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are all pleasant enough, although probably not good enough for me to ever feel the need to play again. Some praise is due, though: the title track and 'Dreaming' are better and will get played now and then, while 'Invincible' has a great chorus and a brilliant guitar solo and is my favourite rock song of 2013 so far.

 

Overall, a little disappointing, probably 6.5/10, but worth hearing for 'Invincible' alone.

 

kicks my butt to kingdom come and thats all i play it for..........if i want memorable choruses or lyrics i'll look elsewhere.

 

Glad to hear it, just doesn't do the same for me. Great sound, but the songs don't really excite me. Apart from 'Invincible'!

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Given this one plenty of spins now and for me, it isn't as good as I'd hoped. I had an open mind about the choruses, but having given them plenty of chances, I still think they let this album down badly. I like the vocals, the verses, the solos, etc, but the choruses are often lacking in imagination and memorability. The weakest tracks are 'Girls Go Wild', which has one of the most tedious, banal choruses I've heard for some time and the ballad, 'Shine', which is dreadful - powder-puff soft and without any real tune at all.

 

It's not all bad, there are quite a few reasonable songs on the album - tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 are all pleasant enough, although probably not good enough for me to ever feel the need to play again. Some praise is due, though: the title track and 'Dreaming' are better and will get played now and then, while 'Invincible' has a great chorus and a brilliant guitar solo and is my favourite rock song of 2013 so far.

 

Overall, a little disappointing, probably 6.5/10, but worth hearing for 'Invincible' alone.

 

kicks my butt to kingdom come and thats all i play it for..........if i want memorable choruses or lyrics i'll look elsewhere.

 

Glad to hear it, just doesn't do the same for me. Great sound, but the songs don't really excite me. Apart from 'Invincible'!

 

that song shows up his vocals worst of all...........good solo but its one of the weaker tracks for me.

 

my favs are Street Level, Turn It Up, Legions Of Love, Dreaming (best song), Set The Night

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my favs are Street Level, Turn It Up, Legions Of Love, Dreaming (best song), Set The Night

 

You've named 2 of my favourites there, that's about as close to agreement as we get! :tumbsup:

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I can't recall what I said about this above and am too lazy to dig it up, but I keep coming back to this one. One of the best, most playable CDs of the year so far for sure. I got over the repetitive thing pretty quick (it's only half the songs anyway) and now just love it all from start to end.

 

One thing that stands out playing this back to back with other albums in the genre, is this thing has a killer production job. Really great stuff. But I can't really fault this and it's an easy spin from start to end - no finger even lingers over the skip button. 'Legions of love' and 'Dreaming' are my two faves, but the whole this is great. Pure 80's hard rock. And for Glen's sake, great solos too.

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I think "Set The Night" has become probably my favorite track on here, but the whole thing is very, very good.

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I thought the EP was pretty decent when I heard it back in 2011, although not amazing. Lately I've been giving some of the tracks another listen and my interest has been renewed. It's certainly a band with a lot of potential. Skimming through this thread I see a lot of different opinions about the full-length, but I'm gonna take a chance and order it anyway. Maybe I'll regret it but what the heck.
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I gave this multiple spins and still nothing has stuck in my head, so I just cant understand why with all that talent, they came up with something that just wasnt that memorable for me.

Shame.

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Great CD in my opinion. It could be missing that one song that is so good it makes the other songs seem more like great compliments to the overall CD.

 

My favorites:

Legions of Love

Girls Go Wild

Set The Night

Invincible

Turn It Up

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as for the album: still one of my 2013 faves VERY high replay value

Wouldn't expect much else with that nickname, mate. :)

Sounds great though.

 

Haha yeah, really diggin the band lately which explains my username. When are you getting your album?

 

I live in Sweden and ordered it from the US, so hopefully should be here within 1-2 weeks. Oh the wait.

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