ALIEN LOVE SECRETS

The album's style ranges from heavy to melodic, bluesy to romantic and showcases flawless guitar technique with a healthy dose of creativity. The album is very close to a masterpiece but there are some slight pitfalls now and again. "Ya-Yo Gakk" comes to mind, which is a humorous hard rock song featuring Steve's 2-year-old son Julian on lead vocals and loses its novelty quite quickly. The metal-oriented songs, "Bad Horsie" and "Kill The Guy With The Ball", while initially quite exciting, do tend to wear a little thin after years of listening. That isn't to diminish from the other 4 songs on the album, though, as they have all stood the test of time or even improved with repeated listens.

"Juice" is the uptempo rock shuffle that southern rock would envy being, a highway boogie romp with impeccable trade-off style guitar licks. Though not progressive, it's certainly a classic. "The Boy From Seattle" is a classic, with gentler guitar textures and bluesy melodies. "Tender Surrender" is the emotional masterpiece of the album (and even Steve's career) and will leave you satisfied for years to come provided you don't have any qualms with its hyper-romantic nature.

"Alien Love Secrets" is heaven for guitar lovers and may just offer some great material to other listeners too, proghead or not.

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