Released: 2005
Gotthard is a Swiss melodic hard rock band with a string of hugely successful albums behind them in their home country but one that has remained virtually unknown everywhere else. Of course, their previous eight albums could totally suck or rule the universe as far as I know, but if Lispervice is any kind of indication as to the rest of their catalogue then the world hasn't exactly been missing out.
Gotthard would hardly set the world afire, much less compete with the big guns in the same field, but when they set their minds ot the task they certainly know how to put togethre some good, driving kick ass rock. Unfortunately, they're unable to maintain the momentum for the entire 53 minutes of an album that is at least four songs too long.
"All We Are" demonstrates the band's best qualities in the way that every opening track should and "I'm Alive" and "I Wonder" are also rather good. The rest of Lipservice is comprised of awful power ballads and sub-standard rock songs, some of which would have missed the cut from even the most ordinary album from the maelstrom that was late-80s North American hard rock. On first listen I thought a lot more of this CD than this review would suggest, but it doesn't really stand up to repeated listenings and 14 songs is way too many for an album that runs out of puff by halfway through.
- All We Are
- Dream On
- Lift U Up
- Everything I Want
- Cupid Arrow
- I Wonder
- I'm Alive
- I've Seen an Angel City
- Stay for the Night
- Anytime Anywhere
- Said and Done
- The Other Side of Me
- Nothing Left at All
- And then Goodbye
Rating: 42%
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