…this album keeps getting better and better! With around a dozen listens under my belt I’m happy to state that I undervalued this album after one listen. Taken as a whole this is probably the band’s best album since For Those About To Rock - it even surpasses it in places. The eight year gap since Stiff Upper Lip has given the band time to hone these songs to near perfection and rarely does the standard drop below excellent. As far as individual tracks are concerned I’m ready to admit that I under estimated set openers Rock n’ Roll Train and Skies On Fire – both of which have grown steadily in stature with each successive listen. She Likes Rock n’ Roll would also fall into that category but in my defence I did reckon that it might grow on me. Elsewhere Stormy May Day still has a disappointing chorus whilst Money Made remains probably the weakest track on the album. A week of listening seems to have reinforced most of my initial impressions - the one track I got completely wrong though was War Machine. After one listen I thought this song was a filler – now I find the chorus difficult to get out my head. Powerful and brooding, it is let down by only one thing – it is much too short.So, one week on and I reckon this is a serious contender for album of the year – what will I think in three weeks time?
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