To continue in melodic hard-rock, after the last ’Vega’, the British of ‘FM’ come back with a new baby ‘Synchronized’ which succeeds the magnificent ‘Atomic Generation’. It's without surprise that we find the melodic jewels they used to offer us in previous albums and all fans of accessible melodic rock from the 80s will once again be delighted by these 12 compositions.
And it starts strong with the eponymous title of the album which embarks us for an unstoppable melody in an FM style recalling all the big names of the 80s, then, 'Superstar' continues in this way in a flirting style with of international variety. With 'Best of Times', we get closer to the Westcoast style and I have the impression of hearing 'Eagles' a few decades ago and this feeling is repeated with the beautiful ballad 'Ghosts of You and I' and 'Angels Cried'. The rest of the album continues to rock us to the rhythm of melodies close to groups like 'Toto', 'Journey' or 'Survivor' like 'Broken' with its radiant choruses or as the catchy 'Change for the Better' or even like the energetic 'Hell or Hight Water' where you can't help but beat time. We can also note the title 'Pray' which begins as a gospel but which quickly turns into a remarkable rhythm and blues out of the general atmodphere of the opus and the album ends with a very good 'Ready for Me' which embark one last time on melodic rock of the 80s.
In summary, the English of 'FM' continues to do what they can do so well, melodies tailor-made for an audience that raised in the baby bottle of elegant and radiant rock from the 80s but also is intended for a fairly large audience because all the compositions are accessible at first listen... | |
