Customer Reviews

Worlds Away

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than the one kelly keeling is talking about! i love this album! i have all of john norum's solo stuff and this one is my favorite. i love the songs, the guitar work, the production, and most of all... kelly's vocals! i think he's the best rock singer out there at the moment. i'd love to know what john thinks of this album!

A pretty good cd from John...Not as good as Another Destination...but good nonetheless...Where The Grass Is Green is the BEST Song John has EVER done PERIOD!! Its not the same old ballads he did on the first two cds...those songs...In Your Eyes and Too Many Hearts, etc. Sound too much alike...and WAY TOO MUCH LIKE YNGWIE....other songs on Worlds Away I like are Manic Distortion, Make A Move, and Homeland(Peace Of Mind). I definately agree with everyone that he should let his vocalists sing on all of the songs...he just doesn't have the range that Kelly Keeling has...yet he is a decent singer...much better than Yngwie...At least Yngwie realizes that and lets his singers do they're job...This cd is Worlds Away from his previous work but in a very good way!

After Another Destination I was prepared to rave about Norum to all my friends whether they wanted to listen or not. I shut up quick when this came out.

Turgid songwriting, meandering tunes that go nowhere, and even if they went somewhere you wouldn't want to go with them. Lacklustre production job and the whole thing - right down to the cover - is sort of reminiscent of a really boring party.

Not even the wonderful and cutting Manic Distortion can save this though on his subsequent live album some of these tunes have life breathed into them.

I bought this album quite some time ago and have never paid it much attention. I'm a fan of Total Control (his solo debut) and his work with Europe, but I'm not very big on this release. I've listened to Worlds Away only a handful of times, but it's not a bad album. The vocals and musical direction are not to my taste, but John plays very good as usual--I can't shake the belief that his playing isn't as European sounding as it used to be with Europe and on his solo debut though. There's no doubt that John Norum is a great guitar player and a personal favorite. He's one of the best. Worlds Away is okay, but Total Control and his work on The Final Countdown are my preferences.

Kelly said it right -- this is a CD with great potential, but it just seems to lack emotion. Also, some of the tracks sound just too similar. The guitar work is very good in places, but dry in others. And you get the feeling Keeling had no chance whatsoever to exercise his vocal talents and range -- he's so much better on the first 2 Baton Rouge albums, and MSG's Unforgiven.