content: Without Chris DeGarmo, QR became an ordinary hard rock band. Actually, *extremely* ordinary. I really can't even get through this album. DeGarmo seemed to be the guiding force behind QR's best work and without him, there seems to be no direction - nothing holding the songs together and nothing feeling very passionate. The music is played well & Tate sounds find, but this does not stand up to their best work (_Promised Land_, _Empire_, & _Mindcrime_). Listening to this album will only make you want to shut it off, grab one of their classics, and remind yourself why you liked them so much in the first place.