The band that never quite made it is back for one more turn of the key to see if it starts the car. The trouble is that no matter how many times they try this band is missing something that the mainstream can grab a hold of. I don't know exactly what it is either because other retro acts to very well. The bands first album was great and hit all the right chords but the Black Crowes exploded and Little Caesar was met lukewarm success.Here we are now at album number four which included a break-up for a few years and then a reunion album that was terrible and now the second album post break-up titled American Dream. This album suffers from cheap production which is also muddy at times and that is too bad because the songs overall are pretty decent.
Album opens with "Holy Roller" a good song then the more southern biker rock mixed with blues takes hold of most things until the decent power ballad "Only A Memory Away" appears. The song lacking the necessary production values for this sort of song makes it a little weak. The best songs on the record are all together in the middle section of the record. The aforementioned power ballad and "The Girl's Rockin'" along with "Is Your Crazy, Gettin' Lazy" after this three pack two more album cuts and then a great blues rocker "Dirty Water" closes what is a probably the best this band can come up with at this point in their careers.
I say if you are a fan buy it if you aren't then pass on it.
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