WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE

Main reason to purchase: the Ytse Jam. Could be chiropractician bonanza because of the serious neck pain due to headbanging. A signature song as memorable as YYZ (a Rush anthem). Lots of time breaks tooked from a Rush repertoire. But a solid debut. Kevin Moore shows that he masterizes the 80's keyboard sound quite enough to scrape off the cheesy effect. Almost every intro starts with a great, catchy keyboard line. Moore is my favorite DT musician and keyboardist of the 90's. Too bad he decided to leave the boat. Anyway, you can appreciate his art in this fine record. Sounds 80's by the way. Very 80's. Dominci's voice passes the test in my opinion; Labrie shouts more than he sings sometimes. Dominici's has no real vocal limits as long as that 80's style's in place. Anyway, as usual, superior bass by Myung and solid double-bass drum by Portnoy. Songs are not all oscar-winning, but they are efficient. They're easy to remember and, as I said, very catchy. Could be a hard pill to swollow but just picture yourself in 1989 when the Karate Kid was cool, it puts you into the atmosphere.