LIP SERVICE is an absolutely fantastic album. This time around the Swiss rockers went back to their original style of melodic hard rock on this one, like there first three albums. If you like their early stuff you will get your rocks off with 'Lip Service'.

Where 'Human Zoo' lacked the spark of earlier efforts, this album is a parade of Roman Candles! From the full throttled intro of "All We Are", you know absolutely this is gonna be one helluva fun ride. The dirty groove of "Dream On" shows a renewed sense of rock & roll attitude. A good chorus and an excellent rhythm guitar progression gets your whole body into the song.

Now the first single is without a doubt the best original the bands ever released. "Lift U' Up" is as catchy as Billy Squier's Stroke easily, and a better song . Gotthard's signature ballads are stadium ready for thousands of lighters. Other track that deserves big nods are "I'm Alive" and the guitar laden rocker, "Anytime, Anywhere" just makes you wanna grow your hair and strut down the street with it blowing in the wind. "Nothing Left At All" is such a stellar song, it's a crying shame that it will never be a massive hit, which it more than deserves to be. The soulful vocal and the sweet guitar fills are something special for sure. The song is a number one hit if Rod Stewart would have released it on his covers CD a few years back. Gotthard are a band that blows their peers away. Bands like Bon Jovi, Poison & Warrant to a lesser degree all got famous and bands this good are left in the cold. It just doesn't make sense.

Highly Recommended