21 Guns have put out two CDs, each with a different singer. The first CD is a highly polished piece of AOR/MHR. The second CD lacks the polish and the songs are more guitar riff based (more MHR). There is also some filler on the second one.

Comparing the two CDs is tough, since they don't sound that much alike.

Andrew on the first time round for _Nothing's Real_ posted sound bytes for the three best songs. Maybe with some arm twisting he will do it again. I bought the Japanese version of _NR_ on the strength of those three songs, but was disappointed with the drop off in quality in the remaining songs. The quality of _NR_ did not justify the higher Japanese price. Knowing now what I know, I would have waited to pick up the Euro version.