Line Up: Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals; Marcel Jacob - Guitars, Bass; Fredrik Åkesson - Guitars; Jamie Borger - Drums, Percussion

16 years and 7 studio albums what’s wrong with this picture. Super stardom for one thing, and I have no clue why not. Jeff Scott Soto oozes charisma regardless what people think when he hooked up with Journey , what are you expecting Steve Perry that can’t happen.

Soto pours his heart into his vibrant vocals and high class streams of brilliance. Why do you think Neal Schon picked him for Journey ? Soto is a class act and he proves his point on 7, not a song on here that will let melodic rock fans down right from the opening track “Falling.”

I don’t even have to go into the type of musicians Talisman are, and the music filled with top charting tunes should be in collections around the world. Soto reminds me a lot of Joe Lynn Turner and is a presence in the music world that should be bigger than life.

Frederik Åkesson guitar work is masterful as he releases sounds of pleasure and the mix of greatness is echoed with Marcel Jacob and Jamie Borger. This is an easy listening CD as the songs flow from track to track not having to jump around.

“Shed a tear goodbye” is a song that will be on the lips of all around the world, a traditional top ten tune that will have the kiddies rockin’ and popping bubbles. So many great tunes you have to pick this one up.