MASTER OF DISGUISE was Lizzy Borden's most ambitious, mature and polished album of the 80s. It's his concept album about sexual deviant with a taste for blood, which really isn't much of a stretch for Lizzy thematically. Some elements of this album are vaguely reminiscent of Queensryche and Alice Cooper, but nothing too blatant or obvious. What I like most about this album is that he proves he's capable of offering something slightly more substantive and musical than just the standard heavy metal fare he was best known for. The performances are polished, the instrumentation more adventurous and Lizzy's vocals much more palatable. However, his songwriting has never quite been on the same level as his more successful contemporaries. This album is well executed for what it is, but none of these songs are quite strong or memorable enough to rate this any higher. For Lizzy Borden, it's excellent, but for the progressive or heavy metal genre, it's simply great.
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