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But anyone else could have done this!

Marco Cazzola-Gonsenheim | Santa Cruz, CA United States | 08/04/2002

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Unfortunately disappointing. Aside from the interesting keyboards solos on Starship Trooper and the Spanish Wizard and the pretty keyboard bridges and lyrics on The Neverending Road, anyone else could have written this album and that is precisely the problem. This is just too easy Rick! Your backup band does not shine: elementary drum sequences, trite electric guitar passages. One gets the impression the album was done in a hurry, for the sake of exposure. The Neverending Road is still notable though for its simplicity and the beauty of its keyboard bridges. Overall, this album is plagued by an unfortunate over reliance on synthesizers which reminds the listener that the use of synthesizers can be very challenging as far as achieving original results. This is what happens when one's attempt does not quite get to that point."