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Announced as the final HAREM SCAREM album, which of course
is a very sad thing on it’s own. Actually the band did not
want to make another album after ‘Human nature’ in early 2007,
but the fans wanted a real farewell and HAREM SCAREM decided
to record a final studio-album, which now has been released
under the moniker ‘Hope’. Unfortunately it is not a classic,
because it does never reach the high level of the first 2
albums (which are considered the finest melodic rockalbums
of the 1990s) nor does it reach the level of their last couple
of 2000s FRONTIERS RECORDS albums. Instead we get a HAREM
SCAREM-by the numbers release with ok material, not bad, but
not really inspiring, except for a few catchy choruses here
and there (“Days are numbered”, “Beyond repair”, “Calm before
the storm” and “Shooting star”(best song, a semi-ballad and
the only AOR track!)). However, this is just an O.K. album
for what it is and not a memorable farewell of one of the
most inspiring Melodic Hardrockbands of the past 20 years.
Maybe there is ‘Hope’ the band will someday find the inspiration
again to record another classic, because in the past 20 years
this Canadian brought us so many classic tunes. Their debut
is still a regular album for me to play loud and sing-a-long
as loud as I can, but ‘Hope’ is just another HS album I am
afraid…
(Points: 8.2 out of 10)
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