DISCOVERY

The songs are mostly fine. I sort of liked "To France", it's good enough to be good, but nothing beyond that. Most of the remaining tracks are on par with it. "Trick of The Light" and "Discovery" are significantly better. Things don't start well with the beginning of side two. "Talk About Your Life" is just so so. It had the potential to be a little more, just enough to get it to be okay. But it doesn't, it just stays as a filler track. The next track is "Saved By A Bell" and this one is comically bad. I almost feel embarrassed listening to this one. It came close to making me want to stop the album altogether. Up next is the only instrumental in the album and its your typical Mike. A long piece where some of it grabs you and some of it doesn't. Just because its long doesn't mean its great. 12 minute pieces should not score 2.5 stars. I feel like I am being generous with the last track. It sounds cheesy at times, like a montage for happy 80's feel good movies.

Side A is fine by me. I just never see myself playing side B ever again. But side B is half of the album and its bad. I say this is a 2.0. star album.