Reviewed by Rose Miller

First of all, I have to say that from a Christian point of view, there's not a great deal that's angelic about Angelica, at least not on this album. Angelica used to be a more or less solo project of Canadian multi-instrumentalist/ singer Dennis Cameron. Now it seems he's finally got a band together. Was it worth the trouble? Lyrically, they seem very confused and far too esoteric. Try as I might, in all humility, I couldn't make out many of the words - just heavy rock and groaning. Apart from a pretty 12-string acoustic riff on "Cover Me", it was a woefully un-original and uninspired side 1. Side two is no better, just more heavy mumbling and groaning -sounding so depressed. A manic, very free rendition of the "Flight Of The Bumble Bee" sounded more like killer bees going berserk in his tee-shirt. "Rhyme Or Reason" lacked both, "Without Words" was full of them - and the rocked-up Canadian anthem at the end must send their audiences wild, but I'm afraid left me as unmoved as the rest of this album. Mundane heavy rock-come-metal.

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