 SUNSTORM
S/T
Frontiers Records 2006
www.frontiers.it
What's the 4-1-1?
When 80s rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner isn’t working on a
solo album or a project with Glenn Hughes, he has just enough time to help
out the melodic
rock newbies.
Genre
Melodic rock / pop rock
The Good
You’ll feel that the 80s melodic rock scene is back when you hear the
opening keyboard and guitar tones of “Keep Tonight.” When you hear
Joe Lynn Turner’s scratchy yet melodic vocals kick in, you’ll swear
you were back in the 80s. After all of these years, Turner can still belt it
out. “Fame and Fortune” is by far the best track on the album.
It has that high production sheen to it, and lots of chucky riffs and pulsing
keys. The lyrics make you wonder if this is about someone Turner knows, or
if it’s autobiographical. What a great chorus hook.
The synthesizer is
traded for a piano on the heartfelt ballad “Heart Over Mind.” Like
most power ballads, this one starts off slow and unassuming, but builds to
an over-the-top crescendo. Sunstorm keep the power balladry going with a string
of them; “This is My Heart,” “Strength Over Time,” and “Another
You.” Each range from slow to mid-tempo and showcase Turner at his touching
and melodic best. Sunstorm set their guitar phasers on rock on “Fist
Full of Heat.” “Night Moves” is full of passion and power
as Turner challenges his insatiable lover. The Bad
Nothing
The Verdict
12 tracks of over-the-top rockers and ballads full of catchy rhythms, pulsing
keyboards, driving guitars, and powerful melodic vocals. It even comes
complete with all of the gloss and sheen of a classic eighties arena rock
production. Even twenty years later, Joe Lynn Turner knows how to please
his die-hard fans.
Did You know?
Some of the songs on this album were taken from material that Turner wrote
for his Rescue You follow-up album that never materialized.
Rating:  out
of 5
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--George Dionne
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