Guild Of Ages - One | |||
| Tracks:
Into The Night |
Bonus CD
CITA Live Over Germany Tracks: Heat Of Emotion Total playing time: 69:25 m:s |
Album Cover:
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Label: MTM Music/NEH Records Producers: Bobby Barth Year: 1998 Total Playing Time: 60:02 m:s Review date: 28 Aug 1998 |
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| Rating: 7 | |||
| Verdict: The name may have changed, but the song remains the same. | |||
| If Guild Of Ages is a new name to you, then perhaps CITA will be more familiar. Another name change was necessary due to a boy-band of the same name. Th irony is that I heard recently that their name rivals have now broken up. Caught In The Act, CITA, Order Of Power, Guild Of Ages, wonder what they will call themselves for the fourth album? Well, the name may have changed, but the song remains the same. "One" continues on where Heat Of Emotion left off.
The band are still playing the same style of melodic hard rock. When I'm listening to this I enjoy it, but the trouble is don't find myself playing it too often. The songs all sound similar and individual tracks don't standout that much. Listen to part of one track, flick onto the next, more of the same, flick on to the next, more of the same, and so the cycle repeats until you reach the end of the album. I get exactly the same feeling about this album, as I did about Heat Of Emotion - I keep thinking I should like this more than I actually do. It is very seldom that I listen to this all the way through. Play me any of the tracks on their own and I'll be impressed. Sit me down and play me the whole album and I'll give you a so-so reaction. Strange! Included with this copy of the album is a live album recorded in Germany. It features songs from the band's two previous releases. It proves the band can 'cut it' on stage. The band do a good job of re-creating the studio sound in the live environment, with everyone doing good job. I'm impressed that the vocals, lead & background, sound this good live. As you might expect, a bit of the studio 'Oomph' is missing, but that always happens on live albums. I'm listening to the live album virtually for the first time as I write this review and I'm enjoying it more than "One". I think that some of the melody in their earlier material got replaced by a harder edge on the "One" material. If you're gonna buy this album, make sure you get the version that includes the bonus-CD. I'm convinced that GOA are create a really great album some day. I'm still waiting. | |||
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