YellowMoon

Yeah this is like...a REALLY noticable downgrade from his debut. These songs are all pretty good, some WAY more than others, but it just feels a lot more dull in general songwriting-wise and production-wise. It's still a good album, in terms of the vibe it does very much sound like a middle ground between the first album and "Free", but im not amazed by this one. The singular (known, at least) outtake "I'll Be Fine" should've made the album, its WAY better ... read more

This isn't my favorite album from Rick (that'd be Body & Soul), but every single second of this record is pure dance-pop/synth pop perfection. Every song here is absolutely fantastic, but the 4 run track of It Would Take A Strong Strong Man/The Love Has Gone/Don't Say Goodbye/Slipping Away is INCREDIBLE. Not to mention the title track and "Together Forever", both of which were singles for good reason. "Never Gonna Give You Up" took me a LONG time to be ... read more

You might be thinking to yourself, "Moon, why are you bothering with this? Isn't this just a greatest hits compilation?" No! Not at ALL! This is ENTIRELY re-recorded songs, 2 new songs, and covers of a few Kaja tracks from the Nick Beggs frontman era. Yeah...I didn't expect that either. I don't really know how to feel about this...this just kinda sounds like an overproduced live album. Which is NOT a complaint, but still. This is about what I'd expect from a 1998 ... read more

...uh, ok. Yeah. I didnt expect this to be fucking eurodance. Not that im complaining at ALL, he pulls it off INSANELY well!!! Im kinda shocked at how good this album is, especially with how disappointed i was with "Colour All My Days". All of these songs are really well written and mastered, the vocals are great as usual, and the album flows well. The main thing here is that these songs have WAY more emotion in them than anything from the previous album, which was my primary ... read more