What we have here ladies and gentlemen is a stunning album of musical excellence coupled with good songs! A rare beast indeed! This Balance have a multitude of influences and have blended these together in such a way that they have come up with original sounding album! The band themselves use the following description for what they have created with Balance II- "If I had to describe it in general, it would be a cross between the Eagles and Trevor Rabin-era Yes, with less gloss and a lot more notes sometimes!" Personally I’ve seen Queen and many other bands mentioned in reviews, but, after a lot of thought, my description would be Toto jamming with Dixie Dregs/Steve Morse band in a jazzy/Westcoast AOR style, oh with a bit country for good measure!

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Balance II Review

What we have here ladies and gentlemen is a stunning album of musical excellence coupled with good songs! A rare beast indeed! This Balance have a multitude of influences and have blended these together in such a way that they have come up with original sounding album! The band themselves use the following description for what they have created with Balance II- "If I had to describe it in general, it would be a cross between the Eagles and Trevor Rabin-era Yes, with less gloss and a lot more notes sometimes!" Personally I’ve seen Queen and many other bands mentioned in reviews, but, after a lot of thought, my description would be Toto jamming with Dixie Dregs/Steve Morse band in a jazzy/Westcoast AOR style, oh with a bit country for good measure!

Balance II, as an album, is very different to most of what is served up these days and I love it for that reason alone. However add to this the strength of the song writing, the production and the all round excellent musicianship on display, from all concerned, not just the two “name” musicians, and what you get is an album that is a winner on every level. Repeated plays offer the listener something to discern on every run through and believe me I’ve heard about 20 times in the last week or so! This is not AOR, nor melodic rock but rather an album of good, clever, interesting songs with some magical musical interludes included.

Don't believe me, then head over to www.balanceweb.com or www.melodicrock.com and have a listen for yourself. Now perfect 10/10 albums, to this reviewers mind, come along once in a blue moon and it is how they stand the test of time that ultimately decrees that they deserve that accolade, however Balance II almost hit that perfect score now, it is that good. And hey I didn't even mention the artistic nudes in the artwork

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