Think of Mr. Mister and the song "Broken Wings" is likely to spring to mind. Or perhaps "Kyrie." Good songs you say? The latter certainly is, and should be on every quintessential 80s playlist. The former, "Broken Wings", I feel, is somewhat overrated and its inclusion on such playlists is more or less obligatory in terms of historical importance and nothing more. "Kyrie" is a proper power ballad and is by far the best song I have heard from them. Well, right now I'm reviewing the album from which both songs originate. Welcome to the New World is not a good album, but it's not awful either. It barely scrapes into 'OK' territory, and its only saving graces are the two aforementioned songs, especially "Kyrie" which is the only real highlight of the album and which is more or less keeping my rating of the record afloat. Granted there are some interesting songs outside of the hits on this album, such as "Uniform of Youth" and "Into My Own Hands", but unfortunately, they're not quite interesting enough to thrill or excite you. Distinctively eighties in sound of course, but all up it fails to capture that upbeat, emotionally stirring sensation that pop and rock music of that era often invokes. Not so much a letdown, but there are much, much better albums from the eighties to be savored than this one. I for one will stick with "Kyrie." For the rest of the album, "Meh" is the word here. C+
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