Studio Cd19839 tracks1 Mr. Roboto
2 Cold War
3 Don't Let It End
4 High Time
5 Heavy Metal Poisoning
6 Just Get Through This Night
7 Double Life
8 Haven't We Been Here Before?
9 Don't Let It End (Reprise)
I remember buying this cd the day it came out, I don't remember making it past
Mr. Roboto, the first day. The next day at high school, I was singing the song, all day, to anyone who would, or wouldn't listen. Later, I played the rest of the CD. I thought it was good, very good. Now as I listen to the cd,
Kilroy, I find that it really doesn't really stand up to the test of time, or even other Styx Cd's.
Mr Roboto, is still awesome, but its one of those songs that you crank up at home, but in public, you turn it down, and hope that no one hears you, but thanks to the Volkswagen commercial, a few years back, its now hip again to crank this song up in public.
Don't Let End, is you typical Dennis Deyoung song, your typical good Dennis Deyoung song. The sing along chorus, and catchy beat of this song will, having you singing it all day.
Cold War, suffers alot over time, seems very dated now, but the keyboard work in this song is very good. And the live version, of this song (see Caught in the Act video), really rocks. Tommy's other two songs ,
Haven't We Been Here Before, and
Just Get Thru This Night, are both very good, with the latter, being very textured, a very pleasing song to listen, and relax to. Dennis' other song,
High Time, is not a good song, its tied into the Kilroy concept, and that seems to bring it down. Even though Dennis ties a good beat to this song, it wobbles as bad as a
Roboto. JY's two songs, are
Double Life, and
Heavy Metal Poisoning.
Double Life, is a good song, and a little on the slow side for JY, one of the things that makes it an even better song.
Heavy Metal Poisoning, is the most disappointing song on the CD. Just the name of the song promises, a get down, head banging, in your face song, but .... it's a song from the point of view of, Dr Righteous, the "bad guy" of the concept CD. So instead of this great hand pumping get down song, we get this slowed down song that sags under its own overblown weight. And JY's singing on it, is boring beyond tears. But I have to say JY does a great job of tying the song it with the Kilroy concept. The CD closes with
Don't Let it End (reprise), a waste of space, it's an attempt to bring the concept to a close. It tries to tie a couple songs together, like the
Grand Finale did for
the Grand Illusion, but it never gets off the ground. If you don't take this CD serious,for the concept it is suppose to be, and you just sit back and listen to it, you'll find some good songs. But what this CD really needs is rocking song or two added to it..
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