Too many ballads and slow songs. Band's potential when they play fast and IMO they should focus on that, but they seem to wanna play these simple, trying to be catchy songs ? doesn't work here IMO.

They should have scrapped the CCR cover. I'm convinced that it was one of those record label suggestions which they couldn't work around. Other than that this is just phenomenal stuff. The songs are so hook filled and the performance is blistering. It has both excellent US power metal tracks and equally good melodic hard rock tracks. I have listened to this one so much that i'm almost tired of it, but funny enough always when I return to it i'm blown away once again.