I will admit to be very disappointed when I first put this CD on.  The first track, “Drive Me Home”, starts off with keyboards that are straight out of the Van Halen “Jump” songbook, with vocals that remind me of an under-par Meatloaf, guitar riffs that I felt were, at times, not keeping the same beat as the rest of the group and drums that were very tinny and not really holding it all together.  Halfway through the track and I felt I was listening to one of the groups I used to see on a Friday night between the bingo sets down at the local working men’s club.   I had to stop the CD at this point because I had an uncontrollable urge to go and get my pie, mushy peas and gravy supper and pick up my tickets for the flyer.  So far things didn’t bode very well, there was something missing and at that point the only thing I could point to was possibly the production and mixing. 

Fortunately, after eating my fill, I gave the CD another play (from track 2 though, couldn’t fit any more food in!), and things did get better.  Richard Beardsley, lead guitar, showed that the sounds I didn’t really like on “Drive Me Home” weren’t necessarily the norm.  He plays some gorgeously haunting melodies at the start of “King of Meville” and proved that he could shred with the best on “The Storm Inside”.  Johnny Trowbridge’s vocals are really strong but at times I feel he may be trying just a bit to hard and possibly doing too much with his voice so it become a bit too “fiddly”.  Maybe keeping things a little simpler would have produced slightly better results. 

“Tara’s Secret” play a very retro 80’s style of melodic/AOR Rock and have showed what they are capable of with this release.  The only track that I didn’t really like was “Drive Me Home”, the rest are all very good with my favourites being “The Storm Inside” a great rock track with fantastic guitars, lead vocals and harmonies, “Love Shy” an up-tempo, bouncy style of rock and finally “Shepherds Warning” and “The Light” which are Ballad style and are in my opinion among the best tracks of the album.  

I feel that “Shepherds Warning” and “The Light” are the tracks that are the real showcases of what this group can to.  There is nothing over the top, just fantastic vocals, harmonies and melodies.  It probably proves my earlier point about keeping things simple.  These are real hair-raising tracks that would easily go on any Power Ballads compilation and hold their heads up high with their peers, more especially “Shepherds Warning”. 

After the first track I was looking at this album heading down the pan and having to give my first “below 5” rating, but they have managed to bring it back to the fore and have a very creditable release on their hands.  I can forgive any group one or two bad tracks; it is just unfortunate that I feel the only bad track on this release is the very first one.

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Track List

Drive Me Home
I Believe
Summer Days
King Of Meville
The Storm Inside
Love Shy
Train Of Love
In Movies
Shepherd's Warning
Final Regret
Fantasy Girl
The Light 

Line Up

John Trowbridge - Vocals
Richard Beardsley - Guitars
Craig Chapman - Guitars/Keys
Steve Boltwood - Bass
Glyn Styne - Drums