Backed by a band of skilful Swedes (including Mic Michaeli and John Leven of Europe fame) the rehab-ed and rejuvenated “Voice Of Rock” delivered an engaging set of hard and groovy AOR with 1994’s From Now On… The album wasted no time getting Purple fans onboard with the rousing, Hammond-led opener Pickin’ Up The Pieces and the superb blues metal of Lay Your Body Down. But it also pointed the way forward with the moody funk of Walking On The Water, soulful rocker The Liar and the trippy Into The Void. It gets too middle-of-the-road for comfort at points and there’s some dated bloat in the album’s later stages but the closing title-track and a couple of ace Purple covers are worth holding out for. Stronger and more confident from here on in, Glenn would get more adventurous and exciting with subsequent releases. But this album was a strong building block for his comeback and also a great place for new fans to discover his talents.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Noticed Bruce Gowdy’s name on the back of the disc. He was in the band Stone Fury with Lenny Wolf before Lenny went and formed Zeppelin er I mean Kingdom Come..haha
Nice review never heard of this album but like you said its cool that it was a stepping stone to better things to come…
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Didn’t know who he was! Think he’s done other stuff with Hughes since. I’m sure he was involved in the album after this at least.
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With all your purchases of Hughes lately makes me want to revisit his old stuff. Glad to see the reviews coming.
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Most my listening is Hughes-related lately so I daresay there’ll be more Hughes reviews in the pipeline. If you’re doing a Cov series then Hughes will be sneaking in to your site too!
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Yes he will in those first few releases.
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Hughes never really made it to the USA but that song has influenced me to get off my can and start checking him out.
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Nice! This is a good plane to start then.
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THE LIAR rules!!
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It does!! And Lay My Body Down is tremendous!
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You can’t beat skilful Swedes, I always say.
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Better than flashy Finns.
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I’m quite taken by Norty Norwegians sometimes.
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I’ve always been more of a dashing Danes guy myself!
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You crafty Canuck!
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Great album and his version of Burn has been a favorite of mine. Also as you said, his backing band is stellar.
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The version on Burning Live Japan is even better I reckon!
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Ohh I just heard it. It’s a bit faster and the energy of the performance is high.
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Really great live album that. Well worth a listen.
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I’ve just been getting into Hughes’ stuff. Really liked that fairly recent effort of his… and I like the cover of this one. Obviously.
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New one was pretty good. I’d lost track but I thought was good stuff.
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