After the demise of Angel, and before the House Of Lords, Gregg Giuffria decided to go at it alone with a band named after himself. At the time, Journey were becoming mega huge and every record label wanted in on the action. So MCA signed the band on the premise that they would deliver an album in that vein. All songs are original here, and are mostly Giuffria and David Glen Easley cowrites, and three tracks have Craig Goldy added to the mix. The band recorded three albums of which this is the first, and the third one was never released.
You can tell what the record company were aiming for with the singles that came from the album in Call To The Heart and Lonely In Love – both very radio friendly syrupy love songs. The band cut loose and rock out occasionally on tracks like Don’t Tear Me Down, Line Of Fire, and Trouble Again where Craig Goldy is allowed to show his chops – but mostly this is a keyboard sausage fest. Eisley’s voice does sound like Steve Perry on certain tracks, and whether that’s natural or not you can guess for yourself. This is a pomp/aor fans wet dream, but for me it’s just an ok record that doesn’t quite hit the spot.
7/10 from The Grooveman.
