Tara's Secret - Tomorrow The World
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7.2 |
Editor review
It's a strange thing to be reviewing a recent album from a band that have since broken up, and that's the case with Tara's Secret, and their debut and for now at least only album 'Tomorrow The World', stranger still when the band has broken up just as they appeared to be getting somewhere. But that's the music business for you!
What's sad is that I'm only encountering the band now, in a posthumous way, especially when you throw this album into your CD player and out comes roaring the opening track 'Drive Me Home', which by all rights should be a dancefloor filler in rock clubs up and down the country, and should by now have received so much airplay that I'd be sat here going "Man I loved that song the first time I heard it... but god, it's been played to death!". You know that conversation, we all have it on a quiet night in the pub, infact only last night I was having the very same conversation with regard to Papa Roach's "Last Resort". No there's no similarity between the two bands, but 'Drive Me Home' should fall into the category of amazing song that if I hear for the 5th time today I'm going to scream!
Thing thing about this album, and more so the press that has gone with it, is that this is a Melodic Rock album. I disagree completely. This is as much a melodic rock album as Bon Jovi, Van Halen and Warrant make melodic rock albums. This is good old fashioned rock and roll, good songs, and that sense of going out with your friends and having the best night of your life since last time you went out.
These days it's always a shame when a band that you can see actually bringing huge attention to the UK rock scene go the way of the dodo, and that's what's happened here.
I'm not going to sit here and say this album is perfect, it's not, but how many bands debut album can you actually honestly say is? What Tara's Secret had was an amazing base to grow form. 'I Believe', not unlike the first track on the album is a rocking track that you can almost see as the second single off of the album.
'Tomorrow The World' is a damn fine album, and we'll just have to wait a little longer for the right tomorrow to turn up when these guys get back together, record the followup, and start playing arenas.
The band may have now split, but their are various projects in the works with various members of the band, inluding Glyn Styne and Craig Chapman who have formed a band called 'Tomorrow The World' who will be worth keeping an eye on if they can live up to what they've done here with Tara's Secret.
Lineup:
Glyn Styne - Drums, Vocals
Richard Beardsley - Guitars, Vocals
Johnny Trowbridge - Lead Vocals
Steve Boltwood - Bass and Noises
Craig Chapman - Guitars, Keyboards and Vocals
| Track Listing | 01 Drive Me Home
02 I Believe
03 Summer Days
04 King Of Meville
05 Storm Inside
06 Love Shy
07 Train Of Love
08 In Movies
09 Shepherd's Warning
10 Final Regret
11 Fantasy Girl
12 Light |
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7.2 |
| Artwork: |
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7.0 |
| Production: |
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7.0 |
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8.0 |
| Lyrics: |
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7.0 |
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7.0 |
Reviewed by Mike Elliott
June 17, 2007
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