{"id":728,"date":"2022-11-06T22:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T22:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/?p=728"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:55:39","slug":"steve-lukather-i-found-the-sun-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Steve Lukather &#8211; I Found the Sun Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This review was published in the January 2021 issue of Classic Rock magazine, no. 283.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sixties and Seventies influence a safe record for such dynamic personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Williams contributed vocals to <em>Along for the Ride<\/em>, which sees Jeff Babko channelling some <em>Won\u2019t Get Fooled Again<\/em>-spec keys. Williams also appears on laidback foot-tapper <em>Run to Me<\/em>, with Lukather\u2019s All-Starr bandmate Ringo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anybody searching for a likeness to Toto will be satisfied with moody, groovy <em>Serpent Soul<\/em>, however the record eschews any further comparisons. Instrumental <em>Journey Through<\/em> smacks of Steve Vai\u2019s <em>For the Love of God<\/em> &#8211; perfect for the contemplative soul also prone to a bout of air guitar. The title track is serene and melodic but with little else to say for itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prog and blues crop up in the extensive <em>Low Spark of High Heeled Boys<\/em> and <em>Bridge of Sighs<\/em>, which closes the record. Along with Joe Walsh\u2019s <em>Welcome to the Club<\/em>, none stray far from the original save for better production. The album has quality in spades, but there are very few surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoebe Flys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This review was published in the January 2021 issue of Classic Rock magazine, no. 283. &#8211; The Sixties and Seventies influence a safe record for such dynamic personnel. Joseph Williams contributed vocals to Along for the Ride, which sees Jeff Babko channelling some Won\u2019t Get Fooled Again-spec keys. Williams also appears on laidback foot-tapper Run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/?p=728\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steve Lukather &#8211; I Found the Sun Again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}