The second release from Winger doesn’t bring anything new to the table, so it’s a ‘either love it or hate it’ album.
Listening to it a number of times over the past few days, there’s no doubt it is anchored to the hair metal era. Most of the songs are syrupy-sugar-sweet, very much in the same genre as Def Leppard and even Cinderella. The album itself comes together well, all the songs complementing each other. These days I have to be in the right mood to put in on and listen to it – no use being in an angry mood and looking to bleed that off with angry music! This is in the ‘easy listening’ category of hard rock/metal music.
Kip Winger’s vocals, layered as they are at times, still do the job, while Reb Beach can still cut a riff or two. As an album it doesn’t jump out into the brilliant category, but that doesn’t make it a bad album. Just an average one.
Best for me include the typical Winger anthems of “You Are The Saint, I Am The Sinner”, “In The Heart Of The Young” and “Can’t Get Enuff”.
Rating: Still worth a listen if you are a fan. 2.5/5
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