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I'm really surprised of the negativity toward this album!

Humberto Mejia | Perth, Australia | 12/02/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Luis Mejia (son) - Air Supply fortunately survived a terrible era in their music which was the '90s, and coming out of nowhere, the group releases their first entry into the 21st century: Yours Truly. I get really annoyed seeing all the people that dismiss this album but still prise much dull things they've been releasing from 16 years before this album. True, there are negative things in the album, why not, Russell Hitchcock's voice is now least impressive and has lost almost completely his tenor beauty, but it isn't that bad, its still an enjoyable voice that reaches deep emotions, and, while the album contains much more melodic and memorable moments than their previous 6 albums, most are mundane and pretentious. Not a masterpiece, but I can say with all security that this is Air Supply's 5th best album, after Lost In Love, Air Supply (1985), The One That You Love and Now And Forever. The songs keep memorable melodic moments, dramatic and important themes, and a soulful instrumentation and orchestration, and this is remarkable just because the fact that they've totally got out of the '80s and stop producing many dull and fatidical/unemotional songs throughout the '90s, and all in all, this album fits greatly with its time. "Who Am I" isn't a remarkable song but introduces the album in a good manner, "Body Glove" is an extremely sappy and computer-generated song, one that ruins the album, while "Why Don't You Come Over" mixes Graham's acoustic beauty with loveable melodies, this one could have worked out beautiful in the '90s. the title track "Yours Truly" kicks off as a beautiful acoustic solo piece, this one could've also worked out in the '90s, "You Are The Reason" is obviously the most beautiful and soaring song in the album, with a female vocal feature, its one of the best Air Supply songs, while "The Scene" may be the second best song, featuring Russell's voice in an spectacular way. "Hard To Forget Her" is also a fantastic song that captures perfectly the emotion of broken relationships, and, all in all, capturing personal emotions isn't the most beautiful thing music can provide? In conclussion, believe me you won't be dissapointed with this release, its truly beautiful, melodic, and NOT DULL OR SAPPY, forget the negative reviews, this is incredibly worthy for anyone looking for soulful ballads from the kings of romantic music."

ONE OF THEIR BEST

Rondall Banks | Toccoa, Georgia | 02/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Here's Air Supply's newest cd and with a name like yours truly it is just that another great cd and again all songs should have been an hit. If you never have seen this group live in concert before then go see them now. And besure to get this cd just in time for Valentine's Day.



Rondall"

A lot of good moments on this one...

Garry Daniel | Knoxville, TN United States | 07/22/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A lot has been made (at least among A.S. fans) of Russell Hitchcock's voice and how it has lost some of it's edge and range,and that's not in itself a terrible thing. We don't like the thought of our favorite singers losing the power we are used to hearing. But I think Air Supply has done what every good band does; they adapted. I've noticed that Graham Russell is taking more leads than he used to, as well as writing a bit more than he did.The songs are geared more to putting Hitchcock in a supporting role, or having the two sing in unison a bit more. And..it works! And on the songs in which Hitchcock does take the lead, he handles it very well. The Who adapted well to Pete Townshend's hearing problems and Roger Daltrey's diminished vocal strength, and no one whould say they aren't the Who any longer. Well, Air Supply is STILL Air Supply. This album contains a good many GOOD songs and A. P. delivers them in their own style and with a great deal of flair. "Who am I", "Why don't you come over", "Learning to make love to you", "Peaches and Cream" are all very good songs. And then there is the absolutely beautiful "Don't throw our love away". All good, all well done, all Air Supply. Sure, people get older, voices change, and all the rest, but if you liked someone before these changes came, then why would you abandon them after? Air Supply is still good, and worthy of a listen."