
1992
13 Tracks
1 Aqua, Pt. 1
2 Who Will Stop the Rain?
3 Back in Town
4 Love Under Fire
5 Someday
6 Little Rich Boy
7 The Voice of Reason
8 Lay Down Your Arms
9 Crime of the Heart
10 A Far Cry
11 Don't Call Me
12 Heaven on Earth
13 Aqua, Pt. 2
Big changes for the band here. New vocalist John Payne and new guitarist Al Pitrelli are welcome changes. Both bring an excitement to the band that has been missing for some time. Payne is a good replacement for Wetton, who left to do battle with his own personal demons. Both new comers play great and Payne turns out to be a great vocalist as well as writer. The songs come across as more mature and even though they are not the big arena rock of the 80's hair bands, the music is still strong and has a good kick to it.
Who Will Stop The Rain has some great keyboard work on it and doesn't come across sounding dated. Someday is another good song with a strong chorus. But the two best tracks on the cd are The Voice Of Reason and Don't Call Me. Both pick up speed and power as the move along, and Paynes voice may not be as pristine as Wetton's, but he delivers a very powerful and moving vocal on these tracks.
Rest of the songs are good have some equally strong points to them. There is not any songs that I skip when in my cd player, so this makes a very good cd for the band.
Depending on which CD (company that that released it) you buy, the song order differs
B+
No comments:
Post a Comment