Helloween's Reviews
Rabbit Don't Come Easy (Average Rating: 8.34 out of 10)
Great CD, go and buy it. (Rated this album with 10 out of 10)
Reviewed by
david barrett
from Seattle, WA
First of all, I really do not understand the criticism that Helloween is taking for this album. If people are put off by the album title, they shouldn't be. Rabbit Don't Come Easy is NOT like the experimental Pink Bubbles or Chameleon albums (both of which I like anyway). Rabbit is solid German power metal, made by power metal's inventors and played infinately better than the legions of imitators. As you know by now, the Rabbit title just refers to phrase "like pulling a rabbit out of a hat".Anyway, the songs, there really is not much of a dud here. Occasionally there are some funny phrases, and some weak lyrics, but nothing too distracting. The best songs are going to be the fast ones like Just A Little Sign, Listen to the Flies, Open Your Life, Sun 4 The World and Liar. The new guitarist Sascha Gertsner immediately makes his presence felt by cowriting some of the best tracks. I liked the Roy Z sinister brand of Helloween found on The Dark Ride, but I also welcome the return of the more classic sounding Helloween. Dark Ride broke the band apart and I will miss Uli and Roland's writing and playing, but Roland's replacement does a great job on Rabbit. Lastly, unlike a few opinions, I think that Wieki's Nothing To Say is really a cool song. Catchy melody, funny lyrics and very different. The song features several tempo changes and a raegae section. Judas Priest did something like that on The Rage, so if Priest does it, you know its cool. If you like Helloween, you will like this.
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