Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36845 in Digital Music Album
• Released on: 2008-05-06
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Customer Reviews

A great melodic rock record.....but not as good as their last one
I suspect most people reading this review are already familiar with `House of Lords' and have purchased their amazing last studio effort `World Upside Down', and therefore I will target this review towards those people.

I guess there are two main questions fans want answered. Firstly, is this record as good as or better than `World Upside Down' - the answer is unfortunately `NO'. Secondly, is this record still worth purchasing - the answer is definitely `YES'.

I read reports of this bettering the last album. This is not the case in my opinion, but then again this would have been too much to ask. The last album was simply phenomenal and so topping that was always going to be tough.

The problem with this album is that it is musically all a bit `samey' and sounds very formulaic. Gone is the edginess and variety of the last album and sometimes it can feel like you are listening to the same song again and again. It therefore takes a few listens to start identifying with individual songs. Another slight compliant is that lyrically the songs are also very similar to each other and you are sometimes left thinking `ok, we heard this on the last song'. All the songs are quality material, but there are no killer stand-out tracks like on the last album. One thing I really appreciated however was that the album ends well and the last 2 tracks (excluding the bonus track - acoustic version of a song that appears earlier in the album) are 2 of the best tracks on the album.

This is all sounding very critical, but I am comparing it to the last album to help readers know what to expect. If I am to review the album in isolation, there are many positives and `Come to my Kingdom' is still a great melodic rock record with stellar musicianship, big choruses, and of course great vocals, as always, from James Christian. It is still going to be one of the better rock records to be released this year.

So in summary, this album is definitely worth adding to your `House of Lords' collection. Just don't keep your expectations too high.

A notch below WUD,but very good
How do you top a release that was as good as World Upside Down? Well,you don't.The follow up Welcome to my Kingdom is a very competent release with good songs throughout,but lacks the overall punch of World Upside Down,in my opinion.But,if you want a cd that is listenable throughout,you could do a lot worse.This is still better than the majority of music coming out of the states today.

Worthy Follow-up Effort !!
"Come To My Kindom" is a worthy follow-up to the epic "World Upside Down." You might think that you are listening to WUD disc II. Each song is expertly crafted with James' patented melody/bridge catchiness that keeps the songs humming in your mind throughout the day. James' voice is filled with emotion and feeling. The songs are immersed with layered harmonies that provide a detailed richness. Jimi Bell's seering solos give the songs their metal edge. Each song is creative and uniquely different than the ones on WUD while keeping the same basic sound. My only constructive criticism is that the guitars are a little mixed down for my taste. I would prefer the guitars be even edgier and more up-front throughout the whole song. In summary, quality songs from first to last - buying this CD is money well spent.