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For anyone who thought that hard rock group RED couldn’t top their 2006 release, End Of Silence, you are all sorely mistaken. Innocence and Instinct is as much of a musical journey as their first album. Taking elements from Dante’s Inferno as well as their own experiences from the aftermath of their widely publicised high-speed crash(which by the grace of God everyone walked away from). The overiding theme of Innocence and Instinct is the duality of man and the fight between the good and the evil. This theme is more evident in the track Fight Inside than in any other song on the album. The chorus states: “And it finds me, The same theme is carried over into Death Of Me, a schizophrenic perspective on how the battle of good and evil is fought within us. On a side note, this theme is even more apparent in the video form of the song, found at Vimeo in HD format. Job, from the biblical book of the same name, is the inspiration behind the song Mystery of You. Job may not have understood God’s reasoning for the things that happened to him and his family, but he never stopped trying to understand the mysteries of Him. Other themes include reconciliation and the chance to start over(Can We Start Again), and drawing close to God(Shadows). Perhaps the greatest song on the entire album is RED’s cover of the Duran Duran classic, Ordinary World. What was a great song has been made even more epic by the guys from RED. Innocence and Instinct has the potential to be the best album of the entire year(I know its only March). If you are a die-hard member of the RED-Nation, you must buy the Deluxe Edition that includes 4 additonal tracks, plus a DVD with the music video for Death of Me, making of video documentary, photo gallery and an expanded booklet. Regardless of which version you choose, you won’t disappointed. Innocence and Instinct has the potential to be the best album of the year.
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