Title: A fading memory
Review: Blue Murder were John Sykes (vox/G), Tony Franklin + Carmine Appice and were, in essence, a project put together to take advantage of the short term high profile Sykes had after his association with David Coverdales Whitesnake. Backed by the seemingly unstoppable (at the time) Geffen, produced by Bob Rock and with John Kalodner lurking around this album had just about everything going fot it. Yet it utterly failed to ignite and the reasons may well include;* A annoying treble heavy mix that's distracting to the listener on an average stereo and downright painful via headphones.* Overly long songs. They wouldn't of fired if they were four minutes long so why drag them out for six minutes?But it's not all bad. John Sykes sings well enough in an over extended way. And the players are skilled and worthy plus Valley of the Kings is lumbering - but in this instance in a good way.2.5 stars on a good day. But these guys have all played on better albums.
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