Oh how disappointed I was when I first heard the title track of Europe's Secret Society featuring annoyingly high-pitched vocals. I have to admit thinking that I was going to face an utterly weak record, but fortunately that song proved to be the worst track on this album. From there on the material remained rather consistent and pleasing to listen to. I'm currently on my ninth listen and what's most evident on this new album of theirs is that Europe's songs have become brighter than on Start from the Dark. This might be due to Tempest having more say regarding the material this time round, while Norum has only co-written three songs.

The production on Secret Society is good, unsurprisingly so knowing that Stefann Glaumann and George Marino handled mixing and mastering of this record. In case you fancy listening to catchy hard rock tunes with a bit more modern sound than in the 80s, go grab yourself a copy of Europe's Secret Society.

Release date: October 27th, 2006

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- MAGE (October 26th, 2006)

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LINE-UP:
Tempest, Joey: Vocals Norum, John: Guitars Michaeli, Mic: Keyboards Levén, John: Bass Haugland, Ian: Drums
Producer:	Europe
Mixing by:	Glaumann, Stefann
Mastering by:	Marino, George

	TRACKLIST:
	01. Secret Society 02. Always the Pretenders 03. Love Is Not the Enemy 04. Wish I Could Believe 05. Let the Children Play 06. Human After All 07. The Getaway Plan 08. A Mothers Son 09. Forever Traveling 10. Brave and Beautiful Soul 11. Devil Sings the Blues Length: 46:03