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Soul SirkUS - World Play

 

	RELEASED: December 7, 2004 PRODUCER:Soul Sirkus LABEL:Warner BAND: Jeff Scott Soto Neal Schon Marco Mendoza Virgil Donati
+ Production, Vocals Playing - Lack of hooks, Boring	TRACKS: 1.Highest Ground 2. New Position 3. Another World 4. Soul Goes On 5. Peephole 6. Periled Divide 7. Praise 8. My Sanctuary 9. Friends 2 Lovers 10. Coming Home 11. Close The Door

 

OVERVIEW

This album born out of the ashes of Planet Us (with Sammy Hagar, the new project featured Journey's guitar player Neal Schon, vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, bassist Marco Mendoza and drummer Virgil Donati. Jeff had his hand in yet another band, however the results were less than impressive. Another dissapointing supergroup.

 

SONGS

It all starts out with the moody intro, and gives way to a typical melodic rocker Highest Ground. Predictable, but it does have a decent riff. A short drum solo ushers in the driving rocker New Position. Nothing special here though (“New Position, baby!”). Things slow down for Soul Goes On, nice lead licks in the intro give way to a decent ballad. The strange sounds of Another World almost sound Steve Vai-like, but soon turn into a familiar slowed down rocker. Peephole fairs much better, and rocks along with angst and sleaze you hope to expect from a top outfit. An album highlight. Things start out nicely on Periled Divide and it turns into decent slow tempo rocker. Praise promises some more nasty-rock cuts, and isn’t too bad either. My Sanctuary is much better, but still fails to deliver the big hooks that would suit it so well. Coming Home showcases some great vocal work; it falls a little short at times but is still one of the best here. The pre-chorus in Friends To Lovers is sensational. A pity it couldn’t be kept up for the rest of the song. Final track Close The Door is just another average melodic rock affair.

 

 

CONCLUSION

Disappointing album. With a lot of in-house talent, I expected this to be something fairly decent, and although the production and playing is great, they fail to deliver any memorable hooks whatsoever. Perhaps Jeff has his eggs in too many baskets and is finding it hard to focus on one project. It’s hard to pick specific faults in the album, but I would just some it up as boring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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