TAKAYOSHI OHMURA (feat Ted Poley, Terry Ilous, Doogie White) – Emotions In Motion (2007) **HQ**
Eighties hard rock influenced young Japanese guitar virtuoso TAKAYOSHI OHMURA secured a stellar cast of famous singers from the genre to put their stellar voices on his album “Emotions In Motion“: The Defiant’s / Danger Danger Ted Poley performs on 3 tracks, XYZ / Gtrat White Terry Ilous also on 3, British shouter Doogie White on 2, while Riot’s Tony Moore on other 2.
Only released in Japan, this is the real, actual CD version of “Emotions In Motion”.
Sometimes, the thing with virtuoso guitarists / shredders is, they try to put as many notes as possible within a minuscule time-frame, and they may have accomplished something very vastly difficult to achieve, but they leave the listeners out in the rain. The rule of the game has been to sacrifice melody for increasing technicality.
Takayoshi Ohmura knows this all very well, but chooses to ignore it and record a guitar-driven albums with his playing at the service of the songs. Advised by Japanese guitarist Jun Senoue who created a very ‘American’ album in this vein with Crush 40 alongside Johnny Gioeli, Tony Harnell and Ted Poley, “Emotions In Motion” is a 10-track record with hard rock / melodic hard rock songs plenty of solid riffing, catchy melodies, and a very good overall song-structure inspired by ’80s fashion.
“Catchy” is the word here.
Starting from the riffs, to the lead lines, to the soaring choruses, everything sticks in your mind..
