This solo effort from one-time Journey and Vinnie Vincent Invasion frontman Robert Fleischman deserves more than 3 stars. It may be relatively formulaic AOR, but it’s GOOD formulaic AOR. The kind that makes you miss the glory days of Journey, Boston, and Foreigner.
World in Your Eyes has some fantastic songs, of which the title track, Heaven to Me, and Just One Kiss are the best. Even the “worst” songs on this album are still pretty good. Fleischman’s voice is the real highlight of the album. He sounds both warm and powerful at the same time, and at times sounds exactly like Peter Gabriel (which can’t be a bad thing). Maybe I just don’t have an ear for that kind of thing, but I don’t see any problems with Kelly Hansen’s production job. His background vocals were a nice addition too. And after that Vinnie Vincent album, it’s nice to hear Fleischman singing something a bit more adult than “Shoot You Full of Love”. All in all, this is another great Frontiers release, and is sure to please most (OK, maybe not that last guy) AOR/melodic rock fans.
1. World in Your Eyes
2. Heaven to Me
3. The Crush
4. Words Aren’t Enough
5. Over My Head
6. Look at the Dream
7. Only Room for One
8. I Can’t Sleep at Night
9. Just One Kiss
10. Walking on Fire
Robert Fleischman vocals
Josh Ramos guitar
Rusty Anderson guitar
Richie Onori drums
Marvin Sperling bass
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