Europe - Last Look at Eden

I bet you did not know that Europe have released 8 albums. And i'll double the bet and say that i bet you have not heard one other Europe song that their 'one hit wonder' Final Countdown . Well either had i until i decided to check out this 2009 release Last Look at Eden Listening to it you realise the thin line between making it big and being consigned to the scrap heap of garbage that never gets played on the radio. If triple J played some of these songs and said that it was some new american 80's nostalgia band the kids today would love it. In truth some of these songs sound more like early 2000's songs from bands such as audioslave or velvet revolver, songs built around big power riffs, and cheesy lyrics. In fact the lyrics are so cheesy that it's really the big give away. "Can't recall what set it off, Just how it started, Or how to make it stop, Why is enough never enough
I'm wide awake, We've got lift-off". That's pure gold.