This album has been produced by Martin Kronlund with a fine result and this time around Steve deliver pure AOR. So those that were disappointed with Break Away and thought it was not AOR-ish enough, will get there prayers answered with Diamond Dealer. The sound of this album is very close to FM that Steve has done since Tough It Out and mixed it with the projects AOR, Radioactive, Voices Of Rock and The Ladder that Steve has sang on, then you know how good this sounds. It’s always a treat to listen to Steve's voice and he never lets you down and do I have to say that he sings outstanding?

The album opens up just outstanding with Train Train, You Lift Me Up and Where Is The Love - 3 brilliant songs. Train, Train is a good melodic AOR-rocker with some Journey influenced guitars. You Lift Me Up is a great up-tempo AOR-song with a strong chorus. Where Is The Love is the song of the album and you can’t get much closer to FM's Tough It Out sound. This is an awesome melodic rocker with big hooklines and a catchy chorus. Some of the songs on the album needs a couple of spins before they catch your attention. My first thought was that this was an OK album but the more I listened to it the more I loved it and it has to do with Steves passionate voice that lifts up many of the songs.

Brave New World is one of those songs that gets better and better for each spin. City Of Dreams has a lot of FM in it and the chorus is strong. Rise is a great rocker with a powerful chorus with nice choirs and the keyboards in the background is cool. Steve and Tor has done a great AOR album that will please FM fans for sure and of course other AOR-fans for sure. Ok this is not as good as the two first FM albums but what is?, I think together with Break Away this is the finest work of Steve since the heydays.