Power of Metal.dk Review

Jimi Jamison
Never Too Late
Rating
Style: Hard Rock
Release date: 2 November, 2012
Playing time: 47:40
 


The amazing voice from Jimi Jamieson is back again and this time is he alone.

The other album this years was together with Bobby Kimball. 2012 is a great year with many amazing albums in the melodic rock genre and this is one of the better discs this year. Jimi has Eric Mårtensson (W.E.T, Eclipse, Toby Hitchcock) as producer/writer/mixer and performing (with band) at his side. It's Eric, who has made these wonderful melodies specially to Jimi's vocal tunes and Eric is a modern music melodic rock wizard, who's making album after album at the absolute top level all the time.

It's very 80's over the sound, but packed in a modern production. Frontiers Records has a 24 carat golden singer with a great vocal chords and he'll be a big asset for them in the future. 'Never Too Late' is a 100% melodic rock album with everything you can desire from both musicians and the vocalist. I have a lot of favourite songs on the album and there is not one a single filler track.

It is, as usual when Mr. Mårtensson is involved, full of real catchy tunes with superb neatly crocheted melodious musical pieces that hover inside of my ear canals and I just want more and more of this album. Every time I listened through this album, I constantly find new favorite tunes. It is not only Jimi's vocal performance that makes this a wonderful warming disc to sit indoors and listen to in the front of the open fire. It is a rare, well-played and well brushed production, which makes it impossible get bored of the eleven tracks that you easily get on simpler album.

The instrumental efforts on this disc are also quite lovely, which makes this a great album and is well invested money if you like adult melodic hard rock or well polished guitar rock, high quality vocals and a steady paced confident rhythm section. This is definitely a must buy album!


Tracklist
01. EVERYBODY'S GOT A BROKEN HEART
02.
THE GREAT UNKNOWN
03.
NEVER TOO LATE
04.
I CAN'T TURN BACK
05.
STREET SURVIVOR
06.
THE AIR I BREATHE
07.
NOT TONIGHT
08.
CALLING THE GAME
09.
BULLET IN THE GUN
10.
HEAVEN CALL YOUR NAME
11.
WALK ON (WILDEST DREAMS)
Label: Frontiers Records
Distribution: Target (Denmark)
Artwork rating: 94/100
Reviewed by: Patrik Skoglund
Date: 28 October, 2012
Website: www.jimijamison.com