After making a promising start with their self-titled debut, hit the big time in 1981 with . This canny combination of AOR hooks and production gloss boasts some memorable radio-ready tunes but isn't as solid an album as its success might lead one to believe. The best tunes on were the songs that became its hit singles: is a party anthem that blends some gutsy hard-rock guitar riffs with a synthesizer-drenched rhythm arrangement to become a huge hit, while layers clever lyrics about the jealousy that success inspires in others over a song that mixes pomp grandeur with a punchy AOR arrangement full of gutsy yet slick guitar riffs. got additional airplay with a moody power that boasts a show-stoppingly emotional vocal performance from , and a sleek mid-tempo piece built on a hypnotic synthesizer arrangement. The rest of isn't as impressive as these hits because it relies on filler to pad the album out: is an overwrought song about street tensions whose lyrics are melodramatic to the point of being unintentionally funny, and is a sloppy jam with annoyingly sexist lyrics and an awful vocal from . Due to this overabundance of less than stellar tracks, fails to be as consistent a listen as or , but offers enough solid tracks to please the group's fans and AOR fanatics. Other listeners may want to check out the album's highlights on a compilation before picking it up. ~ Donald A. Guarisco