"Drink A Toast To Innocence: A Tribute To Lite Rock" is a new CD featuring some of today's best power pop artists covering some of the best soft rock tunes of the '70s and '80s. Every choice of song is brilliant and you'll be tempted to sing along. It is rare to find a tribute album so consistently good, with each artist doing a masterful rendition of these treasured classics. Most artists put their own spin on these, with some rocked up (like "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" by Lisa Mychols) and some rocked down (like "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" by Kelly Jones). A few are near spot on replicas, which I actually didn't enjoy as much because it was too much like just looking at a photograph of a famous painting. But even on those tracks I admire how the artists emulated the original sounds. Some of my other favorites in this excellent 2 CD collection include "I Love You" by Throwback Suburbia", "Believe It Or Not" (yes, the theme from "The Greatest American Hero"!) by Mike Ruekberg, "More Than I Can Say" by Linus of Hollywood, and "Cool Change" by Vegas with Randolph. There are a few lite rock classics that were overlooked, so let's hold out hope for another volume!
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