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Great melodic rock collection

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 06/22/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The AOR/melodic rock band Takara is one of many bands to feature the talented Jeff Scott Soto (Eyes, Talisman, Yngwie Malmsteen, Axel Rudi Pell, Soul SirkUS, and for a few weeks Journey) on vocals. Oddly enough for a band started in 1993, Takara rocks like the whole grunge scene never happened and melodic rock is forever king. Their whole sound is a warm embrace of bands like Journey, Foreigner and Bad Company.



Released in 2004, Eternity - the Best of 93-98 provides a nice overview of what Takara's sound is all about. The disc is packed full of 16 tracks spanning the band's three studio albums - Eternal Faith, Taste Of Heaven, and Blind in Paradise - and also includes a pair of acoustic tracks for a total of 18 songs. That's a heck of a value for a "best of" compilation.



If you're at all familiar with Soto's previous work, you know that any project he's involved with (save perhaps the Biker Mice from Mars soundtrack) is well worth checking out, and a compilation like Eternity is a great way to sample his work with Takara.

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