Europe - Secret Society
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Artist: EuropeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Music Label: Sanctuary
Soundtracks:
- Secret Society
- Always the Pretenders
- The Getaway Plan
- Wish I Could Believe
- Let The Children Play
- HumAn After All
- Love Is Not The Enemy
- A Mother's Son
- Forever Traveling
- Brave And Beautiful Soul
- Devil Sings The Blues
Music reviews of Secret Society
Music Review: actually a decent rock CD but has NOTHING to do with EUROPE
Rating: 1 Stars
Good rock CD but has NOTHING to do with the band Europe ... yeah even though they recorded it. There are maybe 2 songs on here that sound much like their first 5 records. I'm all for a band progressing, but they lost too much of their sound that made them famous. John Norum shouldn't have been allowed to just take over ..... There's barely an ounce of keyboard on this record folks ... seriously ... and yeah it's a "Europe" record. Mic Michaeli was pretty much a warm body taking up space at this recording. The disturbing part is some who back in the day hated them and thought they were too pop, are celebrating this record. So Europe is making records for people who in the day didn't think they were any good and were listening to other bands. ~ ? ~
Joey Tempest comes across as a rather average singer here, while guitar work rules the day. Speaking of which would it have killed Joey to sing a high note somewhere in a song? Unless you listen with the idea it's not really a Europe CD (then it's good in places) this record is in a word, depressing ....
Depressing because to enjoy it I have to literally wipe my mind that the magnificent albums "Wings of Tomorrow", "Final Countdown", "Out of This World" and "Prisoner's In Paradise" ever existed. But in some circles it's 'kool' to like Europe now, since you can't hear the keyboards ...
And I don't buy the notion that every listener here always thought the song "Final Coundown" was just a 'too predictable' or 'too keyboardy' song. And (truthfully because Europe got ripped on for the 'Too_Pretty_Image' thing, which killed them back in the day) the notion the "Final Countdown" as a song was just a phase some people were going through ... Yeah the melody can be sort of predictable and the chorus is somewhat simple, but Joey Tempest's voice on it is very powerful, and the guitar solo by Norum was different than any other solo in any song by any competing group at the time. The song "Final Countdown" was #1 in 26 COUNTRIES, people, and went top 10 in America ... but - OH (talking to U.S. folks and folks in Europe) you couldn't STAND that song ~ it was only females blasting it on the radio ~~ Yeah, ok.
Going back to my above response to some reviewers, there is nothing on here that will resonate with a mass audience ..... and I guess that's my point. Let me quote another review here, that makes no bones it has weak material on it: "John Norum does great solos which help the weaker songs" /// This now is a couple years later and I've heard the new CD, Last Look At Eden, and like it even less than Secret Society - It has some real blues-laced tunes (they flirted with that on "Mind In the Gutter", a tune on Prisoners In Paradise, but that is a great song) ... very blues-laced, with not much of that epic emotion, I like in a Europe record ... You know what they can leave that to Great White, and other rock bands who do it and do it very well > I don't need another "Final Countdown" song, but WHY CAN'T THEY GIVE US a %@*#ing EUROPE record?? .. I've had it. I'm just gonna go and buy every compilation out there, from Wings through Prisoners ... and distribute them to friends, for them to rock to. (Be good if they made one with a couple from Start From the Dark, too ... that did have a few very good, Europe-esque songs on it)
Description of Secret Society
This is Europe's seventh album and it sounds like they have finally arrived. Their music has evolved and they are willing to take risks. The album is modern and contemporary, without losing sight of traditional classic rock influences. It has a much harder edge then most of their previous work. The album demonstrates a mix of great composition skills paired with versatile sound variations, a brilliant blend of hard rock and soft metal ballads that are sure to please fans of the band.The album artwork cover was designed by the legendary Storm Thorgerson. As a member of the design studio Hipgnosis, Storm worked on all the classic album covers by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Peter Gabriel.
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