On Earth as It Is in Heaven

By the time was released, the comparisons were finally beginning to peter out, but so was 's career. It was the last for bass player , who was replaced by for the even weaker album, which came out a year later, but such a minor change was quite unnoticeable when paralleled with the band's declining record sales. Despite all of the bad press, still contains a couple of sufficient -meets- tunes, found in the eye-rolling sexual pomposity of and on predictable riff movers like and While the entire album may be a little much to sit through, a few of the tracks manage to sport a complaisant, all-in-good-fun feel, as do one or two of the tunes from each of 's first three releases. Still, a compilation or anthology of handpicked material is more convenient, especially for fans who want to check out 's early keyboard playing before his '80s hair band days in . ~ Mike DeGagne