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│ + Takara - Perception Of Reality + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-30-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2001 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.takararocks.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Takara Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Perception Of Reality Label : Melodic Mayhem ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Wow, it's already ten years that the debut ║ │
│║ "Eternal Faith" has been released... Back then ║ │
│║ still with Jeff Scott Soto on the mic... After ║ │
│║ that I have completely lost touch with the band ║ │
│║ and only now, with their by now fifth album I am ║ │
│║ confronted with them again, with a different ║ │
│║ line-up, singer and so on... ║ │
│║ What has stayed the same is the musical ║ │
│║ approach, melodic Hard Rock with very catchy ║ │
│║ structures and melodies and fluffy keyboards. ║ │
│║ What TAKARA already had to offer on their debut ║ │
│║ (and apparently also the albums in between), ║ │
│║ standard. I know, this word alone has some ║ │
│║ negative connotations, but it is the truth. Had ║ │
│║ the debut been quite nice-to-listen-to Melodic ║ │
│║ Rock, yet nothing that would really sweep you ║ │
│║ from your seat or you could easily identify as ║ │
│║ TAKARA, so "Perception Of Reality" does not ║ │
│║ change anything of that. ║ │
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│║ That it is no longer Soto singing, but Michael ║ │
│║ James Flatters, formerly with their label- ║ │
│║ colleagues of BYRD, is not a negative factor, I ║ │
│║ personally more like Soto, but Flatters is doing ║ │
│║ a very good job, too, no doubt. Musicianship ║ │
│║ also is in the green, leaves us with the problem ║ │
│║ of the mediocre song-material, I also miss some ║ │
│║ edges, everything is polishing your auditory ║ │
│║ passages and the playing time of not even 39 ║ │
│║ minutes is quite meagre, but then again, before ║ │
│║ they add some trash... ║ │
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│║ Genre-fans and veteran TAKARA-followers will not ║ │
│║ be disappointed by "Perception Of Reality", but ║ │
│║ I doubt just as well that the Americans will win ║ │
│║ any new fans either. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Miles Away [04:09] │
│ 02 - Shadows in the Night [04:31] │
│ 03 - Tomorrow [05:05] │
│ 04 - Without You [05:12] │
│ 05 - Ready To Promise [04:51] │
│ 06 - L.I.E.S. [03:30] │
│ 07 - Dream Of It All [03:32] │
│ 08 - Believe [03:57] │
│ 09 - Tell Me [04:05] │
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│ Total Length : [38:52 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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