If check out George’s discography you will be surprised at just how many albums he has put out on varying side projects, and with Dokken and Lynch Mob. This collaboration with Stryper’s Michael Sweet has now reached album number three and they are on a roll. The quality of tunes is so good it’s a shame they never got together a lot sooner. George has really got the taste for it on this record as his solos are killer and then riffs just keep on flowing.
Heart And Sacrifice opens up proceedings and this is one of the heaviest tunes thy pair have come up with. Double kicks all the way with max riffing from George, and Michael is giving it is all. Where I Have To Go is sooo good. I love the riff and the groove to this one with some great guitar this baby just swings along like a treat. Miracle has that so familiar Dokken feel and is the most commercial sounding song yet, and I bet Don wishes he had pipes like this.
Well, that’s Side 1 over with and Leaving It All Behind kicks off Side 2. A more laid back song and it’s George’s playing that carries this one along, plus the groove at the middle section is so cool. You’ll Never Be Alone follows, the main riff is great and I really love the bass and vocal together where the guitar drops out in the verse. After All Is Said And Done is the inevitable power ballad which is okay but it’s the solo that lifts it. Give Up The Night brings back the tempo somewhat. The hook and chorus are cool but again, it’s the solo that steals the show.
Will It Ever Change brings the heavy drop tuned riffage to the intro and the hook, but the verse is more mellow and kinda cool. It’s A Time To Believe drives along at a ripping groove with probably the best hook and chorus on the album. Side 4 kicks off with Every Day, an uptempo rocker with a cool riff and solo. It Rains Again is the penultimate tune and the pace his high tempo, I love the groove and chorus. We close out the album with World Full Of Lies, and it’s a power ballad to finish.
I think this is maybe the best of the three albums Sweet & Lynch have done, George’s playing is super and I even forgive them for ending on the ballad.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
