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Title: good CD, not his best
Review: While Shadow Zone is a good CD, it's not ARP's best. If you are to buy your first ARP CD, I would recommend "Magic" or "Black Moon Pyramid" instead - those were the peak of ARP, with the mighty Jeff Scott Soto singing.I think the other albums with Gioeli's vocals ("Oceans" and "Masquerade") are superior to this one, basically because songs are more diverse, vocals are more dynamic and those CDs have fewer ballads than this one. In time, Shadow Zone would be a far better CD if ARP dropped one ballad and included one more rocker, especially because the slow tunes here are not as diverse and inventive as in past efforts (listen to "Eyes Of The Lost" off of "Magic").The top songs here are "Follow the Sign", "Edge Of The World" and "Coming Home".Anyway, with ARP you don't go wrong, even if you don't get one of his top works. The guy plays classic metal with good guitar riffs, strong vocal melodies and a powerful rhythm session.
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