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Title: Overhyped...
Review: I bought this recently because of all the glowing reviews on here. Well, I was pretty disappointed, I can tell ya. I was expecting the melodic, lush keyboard filled majesty of Seventh Star, one of my favourite heavy rock albums. This album is nowhere near as strong as that one was- maybe thats' why they initially shelved it. A couple of the songs don't even have any real melody- 'Time is the Healer' is a completely tuneless sludgefest. Also, Glenn Hughes wasn't singing like such a maniac on Seventh Star as he is here- he was more restrained back then, not overdoing it all the time like he tends to do these days. Don't get me wrong, I love these guys- they have made some brilliant music over the years. But theres' a bunch of overhyped, misleading reviews on here that lead a prospective buyer to think this album is some sort of rock Holy Grail, and it ain't- its' pretty ordinary. I think I'll go listen to Seventh Star now...
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