Snakes In Paradise - Garden Of Eden

Seventh Wonder
Don't Let Your Love Turn To Hate
Voice Inside
Child Of Yesterday
Gipsy In Your Blood
Key To Your Heart
Hard Day Long
Vagabond
Can't Let Go
Without Love
I Want It All
Garden Of Eden

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Total Playing Time: 50:26 mins:secs

Review date: 6 Nov 1998

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Describing the Snakes In Paradise sound is very easy because they wear their influences very much on their sleeves. SIP are clearly big Whitesnake fans and their influence can be found in virtually every nook & cranny of this album. To narrow things down even further, then late 80's Whitesnake would appear to the era they enjoy the most.

The band set out their stall on the first track - "Seventh Wonder". Whitesnake's "1987" opus is clearly a winner with SIP. The band seem to move up a gear in terms of quality with the seconds track - "Don't Let Your Love Turn To Hate", which has a hooky & catchy chorus. If you don't believe me about the WS thing, then just listen to "Voice Inside". In fact, it is much better than some the stuff WS did. The band pretty much maintain this high standard throughout the remainder of the album. "Gypsy In Your Blood" adds some variety with it's King's X/Hendrix style. "Hard Day Long" is a mid-tempo rocker that features some tasty guitar playing. Can't Let Go is an acoustic guitar driven tune that lifts you and sweeps you along. With "Can't Let Go", "Without Love" and "I Want It All" the band score a nice little hat-trick. On the title track the band go for bust on the Whitesnake 1987 impersonations by incorporating a Led Zep influence. To be fair to them they do add their own little touch by incorporating a rap section.

Snakes In Paradise have created a good album, albeit with a heavy Whitesnake influence. However, there are about just enough of their own ideas and style thrown in here & there to stop things becoming to derivative.