Music review: Michael Bolton – 鈥楽park of Light鈥�
The latest release from Michael Bolton provides a pleasurable dose of positivity that seeks to highlight the abundant joy in life鈥檚 daily moments.
鈥淪park of Light鈥� proves Bolton still has the golden voice that earlier melted countless hearts on classics like 鈥淭hat鈥檚 What Love Is All About,鈥� 鈥淗ow Am I Supposed To Live Without You鈥� and 鈥淗ow Can We Be Lovers.鈥�
Each time I hear a track from the 70-year-old singer, I am fondly reminded how my wife so badly wanted to become a backup singer after seeing the video for 鈥淪teel Bars鈥� back in 1991. While she never made it professionally, she performs some pretty impressive choreography whenever the song is played.
鈥淵ou walk in and the room gets brighter/Somehow the weight of the world gets lighter,鈥� croons Bolton on the opener and title track that speaks to the special people in our life who make us see things in a different light.
鈥淩unning Out of Ways鈥� is simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful in dealing with the struggles of trying to erase the memories of a past love through a new romance and the hope that a stronger love will blossom once again as Bolton declares, 鈥淚鈥檝e been seeing someone new/Hoping to fall and trying to lose my breath again/She鈥檚 got it all, but it won鈥檛 do/I can鈥檛 seem to erase the thought of you.鈥�
鈥淓yes on You鈥� is sure to melt a few hearts and produce several happy tears as Bolton describes that defining moment when a life-changing love is discovered. Seeing is believing as Bolton tenderly confesses, 鈥淵ou woke me up/Showed me love/All the reasons that I believe in us/I didn鈥檛 know beautiful until now.鈥�
鈥淏eautiful World鈥� gets an added boost of inspiration with Justin Jesso joining Bolton on the number that reminds us that no weight is ever too heavy and no mountain too high to distract us from finding our spark of light in the darkness.
鈥淥ut of the Ashes鈥� closes the album with a message of hope that encourages the creation of a new burning passion for a better life as Bolton proclaims, 鈥淚t鈥檚 all about living up/All about not giving up.鈥�
鈥淪park of Light鈥� is certainly all about living up and possessing the strength to never give up.