After a very good 'Stray from the Flock' a little more than a year ago, 'Mike Tramp' takes out of his cartons unpublished titles that he had dismissed from his previous opuses and it was worth it that he takes this trouble because listening to this new opus gave me as much happiness as any album from the Dane.
In his own style, always referring to his 80's idols, 'All of my Life' begins an album full of good surprises in a very 'Springsteenien' spirit (see his latest album ’Western Stars’) and 'The Road' which follows, continues in the same direction with a melody which touches immediately, and 'Anymore' brings a very successful first ballad break. With 'Come On', we have another example of a chorus that comes into your head with this 'come on' chanted several times and which can remind 'Bryan Adams' (see his latest album ’Shine A Light’) just like the title that follows 'Between Good and Bad', then, 'Lay Down Your Guns', with its chorus in the form of a repeated refrain that makes you want to accompany loudly the 'lalalalala...' and which can recall certain Breton songs is a magnificent ballad. The end of the album scrolls through an endearing 'Highway' which reverts to the style of 'Bruce Springsteen', the energetic and very effective 'No Tomorrow' and 'Back To You' and to finish smoothly another magnificent acoustic ballad in the great tradition of American song.
In summary, we can thank 'Mike Tramp' for releasing these old compositions, each as remarkable as the other, which makes 'Second Time Around' an album on the same level as all of its previous albums and accessible to the greatest number...
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