Time Gallery - Time Gallery

Oh boy, where to start. I bought this on a whim back when it came out. I had money burning a hole in my pocket and this album by Scandanavian one-shot group Time Gallery was produced by Keith Olsen (whose work with various artists like Saga, Pat Benetar and Santana I dug). How bad could it be?

Not bad at all. Not exactly. Just very bland. Really, really bland.


How bland you ask? Well, imagine taking the pop-rock/AOR sensibilities of early A-Ha, Toto (during the J. Williams fronted period) and Saga (circa Wildest Dreams), and castrating them wholesale, then recording it. Add lyrics that are too sappy/bad for even any 80s hair-metal band to use, and you have a recipe for obscurity.

Sad, since some of the melodies and arrangements had potential. But otherwise, pure pap.