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| | Last Look at Eden (incl. 2 bonus tracks) | | | Music Artist : | | Europe | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | 101 DISTRIBUTION | | Release Date : | | 2009-09-15 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Prelude
2. Last Look At Eden
3. Gonna Get Ready
4. Catch The Plane
5. New Love In Town
6. The Beast
7. Mojito Girl
8. No Stone Unturned
9. Only Young Twice
10. U Devil U
11. Run With The Angels
12. In My Time
13. Yesterday s News (Live Paris 2005) (Bonus Track)
14. Wake Up Call (Live Tokyo 2005) (Bonus Track)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 New European hard rock
Submitted on: 2009-11-04 |
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| This is Europe's best CD since the band got back together in 2003. On their previous release, Secret Society, the band had tried too hard to modernize their style. On Last Look at Eden, however, they went back to their melodic rock roots. As a result, this CD comes across as similar to their earlier releases, Wings of Tomorrow (1985) and Prisoners in Paradise (1991), although with an updated sound. Most of the songs are fairly hard, with an occasional power ballad, and a blues-based closing track. The arrangements favor dense instrumentation, with layers of guitar and keyboard. Some of the tracks feature orchestrations, but these actually work well. To-date, this CD has been released overseas and is available only as an import. It deserves a North American release. |
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 Bold, Majestic Rock
Submitted on: 2009-09-23 |
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You've got to hand it to Europe.....they really know how to rock out. When many bands half their age are already going soft and selling out, Europe continues to up the hard rock ante.
Sure, this album, as a whole, is not quite as bombastic as it's predecessor, "Secret Society," but there are more songs with hooks on this album. The title track is epic, and will stick in your head. The ballad "New Love in Town" seems to blend together earlier hits "Carrie" and "Prisoner in Paradise" and add a little blues touch into the mix. "The Beast" is a hard rock track that sounds as if it could have come right off of their earliest albums. "U Devil U" and "Gonna Get Ready" begin with a bad*** slow, grinding beat and burst into big melodic choruses. The album blends the sounds of old Europe and new Eurpoe, and does so effectively.
Not every track is perfect, though. "Catch that Plane" sounds monotone, and the album loses considerable steam as it winds down, but it is redeemed by the inclusion of the two live tracks, which are incredible performances that inject life into the album to close it out on a great note. Europe may have sung "The Final Countdown" back in 1987....but as "Only Young Twice" proves, this band has new life and they are living it, apparently, to the fullest. If this is what a midlife crisis sounds like, I cannot wait for mine to begin! 4.5 stars. |
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