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There is every reason to enjoy the feeling of the broken heart that has been delivered with sincerity by the artist, and unlike real life where the pain lingers in your soul for what can be the longest time and can which devour you till there is nothing but a shell residing in human form, when it is felt in the connection between art and human existence, it comes with the knowledge that heart will mend, that it will grow and appreciate what was put before them.

This is possible because the artist’s vision is Limitless, not bound by the constraints of the immediate ego and selfish demands of gratification to which the frail human thought wishes to impose, instead the artist understands that the medium to which they work in has to offer beauty in its declaration. It can scold but hold you ever closer, it can rebuke but offer peace, and after it has broken your heart, the same piece of art will mend the emotion and leave you confident, inspired and ready to endure it all over again with pleasure.

Being Limitless does not mean being able to be grounded and genuine, and arguably one of the nicest, and musically forthright performers, Richard Marx, proves once again why his voice, his music, and his heartfelt style has never gone out of fashion, and in his latest album, Limitless, that unselfish blend of personal emotion and dedicated insight, once again delivers the frankness and natural air of humanity to which he has long been held in high esteem.

Across tracks such as Love Affair That Lasts Forever, Up All Night, Front Row Seat, Break My Heart Tonight and Last Thing I Wanted, Richard Marx epitomises the belief of long established beauty and the way it can remonstrate with the soul, leaving it breathless, in turmoil and ultimately complete and whole once more.

Unbound, supremely vast in its open mindedness, and beautiful, this latest endeavour adds to the sheer balance of musical opportunity to which Richard Marx has become a leading light, a man who embraces light but who is not afraid to show the vulnerability of expression, Limitless is an unrestrained illustration of depth and communication.

Ian D. Hall