So then...a recap: you like the music but mostly the lyrics are stale for you? I can see that. But funnily enough,because the music is so very 80's ish in nature,the lyrics seem to blend in as belonging to those topics. Still, it CAN all seem just a bit too retro and from the Journey/survivor handbook. Just a metter of how much your ears can look past that or not, I suppose. For the record, Niv-- I'm no EM fanboy,either. I'm not totally sold on his work--W.E.T., Eclipse,etc. I don't own them as they ARE very cliched in style. Good? Yeah,but not enough for me to collect (espescially at those nice import prices,thank you). Just didn't want to seem like one of those EM fanboys. Still like the JJ cd and may get it soon as I commend EM for writing FOR Jamison on this project. In that,I feel he succeeded this time out. T