Eric Martin - Destroy all Monsters
Eric Martin's claim to fame was being singer in the excellent band Mr. Big.

After a detour with the brilliant acoustic mini album "Pure" Eric Martin's latest "real" solo album from 2002 "I'm Goin' Sane" was a great Rock album. Unfortunately I agree with Eric, when he describes the songs on "Destroy All Monsters" as having a modern distorted pop feel to them. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it only works on around half the album. Sometimes it gets too simple and pop oriented. Especially What If sounds uninspired, but also the doll ballad Living In Black & White, the reggae alike I Can Die Now and Something There all sound below Eric Martin's usual standard.

Overall "Destroy all Monsters" is a bit uneven. The highlight is the 3 songs at a stretch starting with I Woke Up Too Late, which has a great structure with a great middle play, which adds really cool guitars and thundering drums. The song has a special atmosphere with a unique guitar sound and a stunning signature riff of the song.

Janie Won't Open is a melodic gem. If radio would embrace this song I am sure it would be a hit. It has a great chorus where you can't help to stomp your foot. Where Are You? combines the atmosphere of I Woke up too Late and the melodic elements of Janie Won't Open. The atmosphere of the song generates Led Zeppelin associations.

The best ballad on the album is the Spanish guitar driven You're Too Good For Him, but definitely not among the best Eric Martin ballads at all.

This album has been a bit of a roller coaster for me. At first I was about to reject this album totally. Later I thought it was real good with the 3 highlighted songs as the most brilliant songs I heard in a long time. After living with this album I must conclude - all in all, the entire album is a minor setback for Eric Martin. Eric's voice still sounds fabulous and his fantastic voice is the fixed point on "Destroy all Monsters", but half the material is disappointing.

Written by Michael
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
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Released by
Frontiers Records - 2004

Tracklisting
01 · What's The Worst That Could Happen
02 · Kansas
03 · I Woke Up Too Late
04 · Janie Won't Open
05 · Where Are You?
06 · You're Too Good For Him
07 · Living In Black & White
08 · Something There
09 · What If
10 · I Can Die Now
11 · Burnin' In My Mind
12 · If

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Style
Melodic Rock

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