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Title: Unpredictable Storm
Review: Storm II represents a solid step forward for this hard to classify hard rock band. Fronted by Jeanette Chase with Benatar pipes, you might think this will stick with the Babe Ruth sound - one screaming rocker after the other. Think again. Tracks 1 and 4 (Settle Down and Hand In Hand) could easily be late period Renaissance. The non-LP ballad, If It's True, is lovely and shows off her range - think Kate Bush with a stronger band. Lear Stevens on guitar has all the licks but most of the time he keeps to the melody making for an ear-friendly experience. Even their mainstream power ballad, Come Home, is great (similar to Journey when they hit it right). There is something endearing about the 80s, twenty short years after the Beatles changed popular music forever. Equipment got better. Production got a lot better. Texturing and over-dubbing became the norm. Storm was ahead of its time. Both CDs with bonus tracks are highly recommended.
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