Living Loud [Import] [Enhanced]

First the originals, Last Chance is a power rocker that starts off the cd. It features heavy guitar, heavy bass and is easy to sing along with. One of those songs that gets your hips moving and screams get up and dance!
"Every Moment a Lifetime" track 3 is a bluesy song that turns power rocker. The guitar just rings out in this song and vocal emotional and moving. The song ambles along nicely with an underlayment of some nice Hammond. It sort of reminds me of Uriah Heep's "Shelter From the Song" with its intensity and structure.
Track 5 is "In the Name of God" I like the message, so appropriate in today's times. The song is not syrupy at all, but powerful. I cannot predict the success of this as a single, it will be either a huge dud or a smash hit. It is that different and has that potential. The guitar work has an Asian sounding twang to it, I am talking region, not the group Wetton was in. Track 7 "Push me too hard" is killer!! I love it!! It first starts out with some ACDC sounding guitar riffs, but becomes more complex than ACDC ever would be. My highlight of the cd, featuring rip roaring guitar solos, some nice Hammond and overall a danceable rocker. Walk Away is a power blues rock ballads. Has emotional vocals, prominent keyboards and lots of changes throughout the song.

Now for the remakes! "I Don't Know" very true to the original, nice treatment and very powerful. "Crazy Train" has stunning guitar work and sound effects, Morse makes you forget Randy Rhoads, the playing is that great! The end of the song has a very cool vocal effect. "Flying High Again" featuring more power guitar work and outstanding vocals. One of the ozzy songs "Mr. Crowley" just blew me away. If Heep were to cover an Ozzy tune, this is what it would sound like. The opening Hammond riffs sent chills up and down my spine. It has a vocal sort of like Iron Man or 21st Century Schizoid Man. "Tonight" I at first thought was original, since the song to me sounds different then the original. A power ballad with emotional vocals, one of my favorite tracks on the cd. Lastly "Over the Mountain" closes out the cd, it is my opinion the heaviest track on the cd. Lee's drumming is fast and furious, Bob plays a thumping bass, the guitar work is screaming and Jimmy Barnes sounds like he is singing for his life. They put it all into this song.

Overall this cd is a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!