Released                      9 March 2018

Label                              Napalm Records

Producer                      Michael “Elvis” Baskette

Highlights                     Love Can Only Heal

The Great Beyond

Mother

Lows                              none (honestly)

Best Lyric                      “I know you’re steadfast in your ways

Never compromise your faith

But is it worth it in the end

To never see my face again”

Blind Faith

“Your conviction, your belief

How could you choose that over me

I still miss you now

God damn, I miss you now”

Nothing But A Name

This solo debut album from Myles Kennedy, Year Of The Tiger, has been eagerly awaited by fans for a very long time. And believe me, it was well worth waiting for.

This solo debut album from Myles Kennedy has me lost for words and over flowing with emotions.

Every time I listen to it, I hear something else that hits home.

Throughout the twelve tracks of Year Of The Tiger, Myles uses his music to channel the emotions he has carried with him for over forty years surrounding the death of his father. (His father was a devout Christian Scientist and his faith in the power of prayer saw him pay the ultimate price for his beliefs when he died   from an illness that medicine could have treated in 1974 – the Chinese Year of the Tiger.)

However, this isn’t a record filled with death.  This is a record bursting with love and hope.

I’m no musician. I’m a music fan and I’m not about to insult the majesty of this record by dissecting it track by track.

Words that have come to mind while listening to these twelve songs are: love, uplifting, beauty, soulful, hope, heartfelt, honest, raw, powerful, poignant and true.

It’s masterpiece. It is also the first record to move me to tears at several points on it’s passionate musical journey time and again.

Don’t listen to me. Listen to Year Of The Tiger for yourself then listen again and again and again…… you won’t regret it.

10/10

(images sourced via Google – credits to the owners)