THE BAND:
James Christian - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jimi Bell - guitar
Chris McCarvill - bass, backing vocals
B.J. Zampa - drums, backing vocals
Jeff Kent - keyboards, bass, backing vocals, songwriting

TRACK FRAGMENTS:
1.) “Big Money” -This track opens with a female saying “The root of all evil...”.  This leads to a James vocal scream.  Underneath James vocal scream Jimi starts playing a lead guitar lick.  James’s vocal scream was done with an echo attached to the end of it.  There is a huge snare/hi-hat fill connecting this with the main body of the intro.  As soon as the main body of the intro kicks-in you can immediately tell that this is House of Lords.  Jimi’s rhythm guitar underneath the lead vocal lines of the verse was done using a fill-in chorded rhythm.  It sounded like not only did Jimi change his rhythm guitar arrangement for the musical chorus however double-tracked it for a heavier sound and feel.  The vocals lines of the chorus had a huge House of Lords hook attached to it.  There is a small musical rest connecting the first chorus with the second verse.  After the second chorus, a short breakdown section leads to the lead guitar solo. 
2.) “One Man Down” - This track opens with an amplified acoustic guitar arrangement over the top of B.J. playing triplets on his hi-hat.  This rhythm was used all the way through the first chorus.  At that point, the only thing that is added is a very simple time keeping bass drum kick.  For the chorus the backing vocals were recorded where they overlapped each other.  Two measures after the first chorus James speaks the title then the song kicks-in.  A snare drum/tom tom fill leads to the kick-in of an electric guitar rhythm.  For the second verse the drum line is mainly a tom-tom pattern with B.J. hitting the hi-hat every now & then to give the rhythm some flavor.  The chorus had a huge hook attached to it.  After the second chorus, there is a spoken vocal line that leads to the lead guitar solo.  The solo though intense was very short.  The coda consisted of the same musical arrangement that opened the song. 
3.) “First To Cry” - There was a minor lead guitar solo over the top of this intro arrangement.  The drum line of the musical verse was done with a cross stick effect on the snare drum.  There was a couple lead guitar licks connecting the first and second lyric lines of the verse.  There is a backing vocal harmony connecting the third and fourth lyric lines of the verse.  The choruses of the song where kept very short and simple.  There was a small breakdown section connecting the second chorus with the lead guitar solo.  It sounded as if Jimi double-tracked the lead guitar solo to give it a twin lead guitar effect.  All in all this song was straightforward with simple House of Lords hooks. 
4.) “Someday When” - This track is very reminiscent to the stuff James was writing for House of Lord’s first CD.
5.) “Searchin’”-The intro to this track opened with a single rhythm guitar riff.  After the first measure, Chris and B.J. kick the bass/drum line in.  B.J.’s drum line of the intro consisted of a tom-tom pattern.  Over the top of the last two measures and leading and leading into the musical verse there is a minor lead guitar solo.  The rhythm change and musical arrangement for the musical verse had a heavy metal/blues feel to it.  The verse was very reminiscent to the ballads Mark Slaughter & Vinnie Vincent wrote for The Vinnie Vincent Invasion CD titled, “All Systems Go’ released in 1988.  There was a rhythm guitar change for the musical chorus.  The lyric line arrangements of the chorus and the way James sings them reminded me of early eighties Dave Meniketti.  The lead guitar solo connects the second and third choruses together.
6.) “Livin' In A Dream World” - The intro to this track opens with a very cool single rhythm guitar riff.  There is a very short drum fill connecting the intro with the musical verse.  For the musical verse there was a very simple rhythm guitar change.  James vocals trough the verse had an Arabic feel to them.  There is a small rhythm riff change for the musical chorus.  The last lyric of the choruses had a studio vocal effect attached to them.  The rhythm guitar connecting the first chorus with the second verse was done with an Arabic feel.  Jimi doing this with the guitar rhythm gave James’s vocals an even more Arabic sound.  After the second chorus Jimi double-track a twin lead guitar solo over the top of his rhythm guitar arrangement.  This double-tracked lead guitar solo consisted of two different lead guitar solos.  The first lead solo, which is the top solo was done using scales that had an Arabic feel to it.  The second solo, which was underneath the first solo, was done with a standard hard rock solo.  This made for an amazing combination and sound!!!!
7.) “The Next Time I Hold You” - Just an amazingly simple yet cool ballad!!
8.) “Run For Your Life” - This track opens with some sort of effects along with Jeff playing half-notes on the keyboard.  This actually is the intro.  The main instrumentation for the musical verse was the keyboard arrangement.  The keyboard arrangement along with the B.J.’s hi-hat pattern gives the song a progressive sound.  There is a very short musical rest connecting the intro with the musical verse.  As the musical verse progresses B.J. adds more and more to the drum line.  Up until the rhythm guitar kick-in of the musical chorus the main instrumentation of the song had been the keyboard arrangement.  There was a lead guitar solo after the first chorus.  Considering all the arrangements will be repeated I have to say the only highlight of the song outside of James vocals, which by the way are always amazing it the lead guitar solo section. 
9.) “Hologram” - This track opens with a lead guitar effect before going into the main body of the intro. The main body of the intro consisted of two different rhythm guitar arrangements.  The top guitar arrangement is the main rhythm.  While the double-tracked guitar arrangement that is underneath was done with fill-in chords.  Jimi changed both double-track rhythm guitar arrangements for the musical verse.  The first rhythm, which is the top rhythm, switched to an electric picking riff.   Jimi also switched the second rhythm, which was underneath the first switched to playing fill-in chords.  This gave the musical verse a very full sound.  The guys kept the chorus very simple with a huge House of Lords hook.  After the second chorus there is a lead guitar solo.  The way Jimi recorded the lead guitar solo made it sound as if there were two different solos played by two different guitarists.  This is why Jimi is such an amazing guitarist!!!!   
10.) “Seven” - This track opens with the bass/drum line along with the guitar riff playing the same notes.  Jimi’s rhythm riff over the top of the intro had a very mean feel to it.  There was a rhythm guitar change for the musical verse. The way the arrangement was arranged for the musical verse let the drum line, which consisted of a cowbell bleed through.  There was a small backing harmony connecting the verse with the pre-chorus.  Though there was a rhythm change the pre-chorus gets it’s hook from the backing harmonies.  The chorus had a simple yet huge melodic hook attached to it.  For the lead guitar solo Jimi used an effects pedal.       
11.) “Once Twice” - This is one of the most simple songs House has ever recorded.  This track does not contain any lead guitar solo which, I found a little odd.     
12.) “Blood” - This is a mean song that just blew me away!!!!!