This is one of my most awaited
comeback albums in the hard rock genre
this year, in my tiny world anyway. Kip
Winger on vocals/bass, Reb Beach and
John Roth on guitars and Rod Morgenstein
behind the drums, are back with their
newest album "Better Days Comin'". Winger
was formed in the late 1980s and soared
into immediate success with their 1988
self-titled debut album. The album
rammed the world with the hit singles
'Seventeen' and 'Headed for a
Heartbreak'. Their next album, "In The
Heart of the Young", also achieved
platinum status behind the singles
'Can’t Get Enuff' and 'Miles Away'. In a
snap everything was over and all hair metal
bands were put into the shadows. The long
journey back started in 2001 when they re-united.
This time they have made an album with
one superior track: 'Tin Soldier', which
is an quite progressive rock song with
extra juice within and the following
tune 'Ever Wonder' is an epic ballad
which also gets under my skin. 'Storm in
Me' is a dark and dull track in more a
stoner rock model. The chewy song 'Be
Who You Are, Now' made me tired every
time I get to that track. SKIP!
"Better Days Comin'" closes with 'Out of
This World', which is one of the better tracks
on the disc, but the best songs on the album next to
'Tin Soldier' are 'Rat Race' and 'Midnight
Driver of a Love Machine' with
some kind of energies and catchy sound.
With two such strong axemen on the
guitars, I had extremely high
expectations to be lavished of advanced
hooks and razor sharp riffs, and there
are some gems here and there, but not as much as
I had expected ... unfortunately. There
are better hard rock albums to invest
your money in this spring.
I'm sorry, but this isn't an album I can
recommend you to buy, maybe just buy the
songs I've mentioned.
