Honestly speaking I expected much worse from this album. Alice recorded Lace And Whiskey during his alcoholic period and it's often considered one of his worst, but once again I think it's just another underrated ok album. I presume the problem here is that it's not that much of a hard rock album, just theatrical pop rock without the darker edge of the previous ones. The songs are ok, I could think of many unfamiliar with Alice who would probably enjoy this album just fine, not just the cool film noir cover art.