Dangerdog Music Reviews :: © 1999 - 2024 Craig S Hartranft :: All Rights Reserved
No part of this this website, including design and music reviews,
may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written permission of the publisher.
- New Music Reviews
- |
- Archives
- |
- News
- |
- Submissions
- |
- About
- |
- |
New Music Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, AOR, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Recent Reviews
April 2024
- Vanden Plas: The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things
- Praying Mantis: Defiance
- King Zebra: Between The Shadows
- About Us: Take A Piece
- Blue Oyster Cult: Ghost Stories
March 2024
- Cruzh: The Jungle Revolution
- Whom Gods Destroy: Insanium
- The Prog Collective: Dark Encounters
- Lords Of Black: Mechanics Of Predacity
- Lipz: Changing The Melody
- The End Machine: The Quantum Phase
- Stargate: Escaping The Illusion
- Turbulence: Binary Dream
- Sonata Arctica: Clear Cold Beyond
- D'Luna: Monster
- Big Big Train: The Likes Of Us
- Benjamin Croft: We Are Here To Help
February 2024
- Traveler: Prequel To Madness
- Lionheart: The Grace Of A Dragonfly
- Honeymoon Suite: Alive
- Durbin: Screaming Steel
- Smoking Snakes: Danger Zone
- Revolution Saints: Against The Winds
- Striker: Ultrapower
- Show N Tell: The Ritual Has Begun
- Robert Hart: Circus Life
January 2024
- Corvus: Immortals
- Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace
- Grand: Second To None
- Neal Morse: The Restoration - Joseph - Part Two
- The Rods: Rattle The Cage
- Gotus: Gotus
- Metalite: Expedition One
- Cobrakill: Serpent's Kiss
- Jack Russell & Tracii Guns: Medusa
- Jim Peterik & World Stage: Roots & Shoots Vol. 1
- The Grandmaster: Black Sun
Robin Beck: Love Is Coming
Robin Beck: Love Is Coming
AOR/Melodic Rock
4.5/5.0
Website
Facebook
Frontiers Music
Review: Craig Hartranft
Added: 11.10.2017
For most, vocalist and songwriter Robin Beck needs little introduction. She's been active in the music industry for better than 30 years, and her resume includes many solo albums but also collaborations with musical heavyweights such as Ashford and Simpson, Desmond Child, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Jonathan Cain from Journy, Paul Stanley, and Lee Ritenour. That's just the short list. Now she returns with her tenth solo album Love Is Coming with long time producer Cliff Magness and husband James Christian (House Of Lords).
Robin Beck
With this album Beck strays little from her roots: this is classic melodic hard rock in an AOR wrapper. Vocally, Beck has always had a smooth melodic voice with a current of blues and soul lilting through at times. Alternatively, I've never found her voice all that unique, like hearing Ann Wilson or Celine Dion. Often Beck reminds me of an American version of Bonnie Tyler.
For the content of Love Is Coming, and as usual, there's a good variety of songs within. Beck can easily shift into the role and groove of a hard rocker, and does so with songs such as Island, Love Is Coming, or Crave The Touch. Alternatively, to dial things down a bit, there's some fine ballads with In These Eyes, the bit heavier Lost, the arena anthem sound of Here I Am, or If You Only Knew. That last song finds Beck at her most soulful and passionate. The album finishes with Warrior, another ballad-like anthem in a velvet AOR wrapper. Basically, Love Is Coming finds Robin Beck in excellent form and doing what she does best, delivering AOR melodic rock with passion, groove, and soul. Easily recommended.
Note: All Amazon advertising in this review first benefits the artist, then Craig Hartranft also receives a residual. Click, and thanks for your support.
The Bottom Line
Love Is Coming finds Robin Beck in excellent form and doing what she does best, delivering AOR melodic rock with passion, groove, and soul. Easily recommended.
Find A Review
Alphabetical Index
New & Notable
Three years have passed since Sweden's Cruzh dropped their second long-player, Tropical Thunder, also introducing their new singer, Alex Waghorn. Now the band returns with The Jungle Revolution ... [ Read More ]