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Randys wrote:

I heard all the songs and here is my early review of the albums. I will review this as:
1. critic (what my mind tells me)
2. fan (what my heart tells me)

As a "critic", the best I could give this is a -7/10.
There is few memorable heavy rock guitars here. I dont like some of the guitar solos here, for me Steve Morse guitar style is boring.

If the guitarist is Steve Vai or Uli Jon Roth or Guthrie Govan or Paul Gilbert or Joe Satriani or Michael Schenker or Eric Johnson or James Byrd or....
I would rate this 8/10 or 9/10!

As a "fan", I'm very happy they released this historic album, the first rock band to have studio albums in 7 decades: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, a feat only a few bands will accomplished. The songs will grow on you, the album cover is a masterpiece.

I will rate this album a perfect 10/10. Thats 10 out of 10.

The final verdict is the heart wins, it's a perfect 10.

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Have to agree about the guitar work Randys
SM is a brilliant technician but i just feel that a harsher or harder tone to his guitar sound would elevate some of the tracks (and of course a bit of imagination with the soloing).I dont think there is anything on this album from SM that we haven't all heard before ad nauseam .
His guitar work is efficient but just a bit too nice and predictable.
I find this particularly disappointing as i felt his work on Infinite was his best ever DP studio work.
That said after listening to the album about 10 times straight through now i am now of the opinion that this is indeed a decent album ,but still a fair bit below the last 2.
I still really like the same tracks that i liked to start with, but find the dull ones have grown on me a little but are still dull.
Paicey is excellent on this album, there are more than few subtle standout moments from him on this album.

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