| Dreamtide Dream and Deliver | AOR Heaven 00036 |
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Some 5 years since their last album (where does the time go), German melodic rockers Dreamtide return for another side dish of Fair Warning mixed with the pomp AOR of Magnum. The guys have employed a really hollow guitar sound on this album – evn more so than their first two records, obviously intentional and part of the band's "charm" I guess, but the overall production style and quality is not going to appeal to all. There's a lot going on within any Dreamtide album and as usual this took several listens to appreciate. The guys have taken a slightly different musical path here. This is a more diverse record than the two previous Dreamtide releases, this time incorporating a more pop feel on a few tracks. The opening melodic hard rock/pomp salvo of A Fool's Crusade and I Don't Wanna Wait are as fine as you will hear from the guys. The mid-tempo melodic pop ballad Same Star and the soulful, smooth and quite impressive ballad Dancing When The Night Falls showcase the other side of the band, while the big bombastic rhythm of Your Beat and King Of Scum wrap around them. The mid-section of the album turns mellower before To Everybody returns the albums sound to a bombastic heavy beat.
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05/10/08: Sava Karadzic - svemirski_modulator@yahoo.com
Rating: 74
Solid record but far from greatness of first two albums!
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