The music surely is more mature and that would have to happen because he's grown as a human and lived, loved, raised children which all change you in many ways. That's all brought together on the catchy pop rock number "A Different Light" that has all the sweetness one could anticipate from Keifer but then add sprinkles of bubblegum and singer-songwriter and this song glistens brighter than a diamond on a sunny day.
The album reminds me overall as the natural progression of Heartbreak Station in sound and production. This is an expensive sounding album, the bright production has a high clarity but doesn't remove the organics of performance and emotion that should naturally bleed through when recording something you truly believe in.
Tom's a little more mellow than you might expect and he sings more in his natural tone on this album but he never fails to deliver no matter if he's in full on wail or soft and tender. The tender moments on this album are of high quality as proven with "Ask Me Yesterday" that has a really pretty acoustic lick in the melody. The mid-tempo brilliant "Fools Paradise" was immediately one of the standout tracks for me. I was immediately hooked by his very Beatle-esque composition.
Coming in at fourteen songs The Way Life Goes delivers full value 100%. There isn't a bad song on the entire album and there isn't a weak song on the entire album. This is by far a wonderful addition to the Keifer career collection. If this was a Cinderella album and the comparison to their previous catalog was to be used in the review wholly this album would be equal to their best overall albums. Does it have a "Shake Me" or "Gypsy Road" specifically no but who could expect that in 2013.
Now go buy this great album and support music that actually matters and that was created with love and talent and recorded by actual musicians.
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