Things get underway with the rockier side of Dean's repertoire with the hard hitting balls to wall 'Going Nowhere'. This is a great way to get things started with the hard rock and blues twin guitar styles complimenting each other to great effect. Anyone can pick up an acoustic guitar and strum away on it, but to pick up an electric guitar and make is sing is a talent very few people master, but Dean is such a talent.

Things continue with 'New Start', a more refined and mellower affair and a long way from the opener. This gentle more melodic track shows both the difference and aptitude McGinnes has for the varying rock genres. The same melodic richness is continued with the next song 'Mountains Of Echo'. Once again McGinnes sows the seeds with a gentle beginning which then builds from these humble beginnings into soaring mix of keyboards and guitar which reminds me very much of something you heard in the background of a Spaghetti Western.

'Hypnotized' is a short yet simplistic piece that takes the album to a higher plain and acts as buffer between tracks. It's also a sort of intro into the next track, the soar away 'The Journey Man Ryan Carroll' which Dean wrote for his guitar tutor Ryan Carroll.

The track of the album for me is the superb 'Get Up And Go', which for me couldn't have been called anything else, this is without a doubt McGinnnes's finest track so far with its driving guitars and heady bass lines, great stuff!. '2ism' sees another change in styles as McGinnes brings in keyboardist Adam Aitken to add a little atmospherics to his soaring guitars, which was written by the two after watching the film 'Heat', the two were inspired to write a powerful yet soulful song.

The same atmospheric tones are continued with the epic tones of 'The End is Near', a track that for me brings into the mix McGinnes's love for Dream Theater and John Petrucci's style of flawless guitar playing.

The next track is one of two parts 'The Journey of Life Part 1' is a deep and moving piece that reflects the mood of McGinnes at the time of writing this one. I said this was a two part piece the second part 'The Journey of Life Part 2' is next and takes you further along the path of life and brings things full circle and with the added acoustic solo of David Stewart, this like part one is a very moving piece.

The album closes with the bonus track 'Alone' another soul searching piece that closes a very impressive solo debut. I've heard quite a few guitar albums over the years from some very prominent artists, but this album rates well above a lot of those and is worthy of at least a record deal.