1.) “Conversation Piece” – This track opens with a very simple rhythm guitar riff.  There is a small musical rest before the main intro section kicks-in.  There is a small riff change connecting the intro section with the musical verse.  The guys used the same rhythm guitar arrangement of the musical verse as the intro section.  Underneath the lyrical lines of the verse there are a couple little lead guitar licks.  There is a lead guitar lick connecting the musical verse with the musical chorus.  For me I felt the first half of the lead guitar solo was just a bunch of notes scattered together and did not make much musical sense.  However, with that being said as the solo progresses it gets more structured sounding.  Don switches from a standard hi-hat rhythm to a hi-hat opening and closing rhythm for the last couple of notes of the solo.  The major solo which is over the outro section is actually the better of the two solos.
2.) “Dreams Come True” – The intro to this track was heavily reminiscent to Poison’s song “Cry Tough” off of their freshman release titled, ‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’ released August 2, 1986.  The last half of the intro section leading into the musical verse consisted of a minor solo.  Much like the intro was Poison influenced the minor solo was influenced by CC Devile.  If one did not know any better they would swear that the pre-verse of this track was taken off of Poison’s freshman release.  The tail end of the last lyric line of the first pre-verse consisted of a vocal accent.  There is a drum fill connecting the musical verse with the musical chorus.  The second chorus consisted of a musical breakdown section underneath the lyric lines.  The solo effect used for the major lead guitar solo and the solo over the intro section has to be the strangest effect I believe I’ve ever heard.  There is a small minor solo underneath the lyric lines of the outro section.           
3.) “Be My Girl” - This intro opened with a simple rhythm guitar riff.  The main musical intro section consisted of the rhythm guitar riff just mentioned along with a secondary one.  The musical & lyrical verse was very reminiscent of the stuff Steve and Ron were writing on Lillian Axe’s freshman release.  There is a second rhythm guitar over the top of the main guitar riff for the musical chorus.  Because of this it is very difficult to tell if they actually changed the guitar rhythm or not.  Don changed the drum pattern for the second chorus leading into the lead guitar solo.  This drum pattern change changed the dramatics of the song a little.      
4.) “Message In A Bottle” – Everything about this track screamed classic eighties hair band b-side single.
5.) “Hard Way” – The intro to this track had a small abstract feel to it.  There is a small rhythm guitar change for the musical verse.  Laced in between the lyric lines and rhythm guitar riffs of the musical chorus there are a couple small lead guitar licks.  There is a small breakdown section connecting the second chorus and lead guitar solo section.  Some of the notes of the lead guitar solo were double tracked to give a twin lead guitar sound.  This is by far the best solo on the CD so far. 
6.) “Gone Away” – The rhythm riff that opens this track has a lead guitar feel to it.  When the main musical intro kicks-in there is a second underling rhythm guitar arrangement.  Though this arrangement was just used as a fill-in it actually has a better sound than the lead riff does.  For the musical verse there is a drastic musical change to a ballad style arrangement.  The tremolo bar at the end of some of the guitar riffs sets the guitar arrangement for the musical verse apart from the rest.  In the way the song was produced gives the vocals of the verse an echoed effect.  The chorus was classically arranged in an eighties hair metal style.  The rhythm guitar arrangement of the second verse was altered just a little.  There is a breakdown section connecting the second chorus and the breakdown section.  The lead guitar solo for this track was very reminiscent of some of the solos Vito Bratta of formerly of White Lion use to write.  After the solo there is a second breakdown section.  Underneath this breakdown section there are several Steve Vai influenced lead guitar licks.  Though I king of expected this considering Scotti Ryan’s photo on the CD insert shows him playing a Vai model.  
7.) “Stocks And Blonds” – The intro to this track consisted of a lead guitar riff over the top of a rhythm guitar riff.  I liked the way the guys staggered the guitar riffs just a second behind one another.  Outside of that this intro was done with a very classic hair metal sound.  There is a small tom-tom fill connecting the intro to the verse.  The lyric lines of the verse were very similar to the stuff Enuff Z Nuff wrote.  There was a drastic musical change for the pre-chorus.  This drastic music change consisted of Don switching the drum pattern from a standard hi-hat pattern to a twelve-note rhythm pattern.   The main arrangement goes back and forth between the two from this point on.  If you listen close the pre-chorus leading into the solo section consisted of some very cool ride cymbal notes.  The solo had a double tracked feel to it.  I really did not notice until I walked out of the room however the choruses of this track had a sixties hard rock re-make sound to it.  Which, was pretty cool when you look at Enuff Z Nuff last CD titled ‘?’.
8.) “Still Running Wild” – This intro opens with a small tom-tom fill before the main musical intro kicks-in.  There are several tom-tom fills underneath the main musical intro.  The song actually opens with the chorus arrangement.  There is a small rhythm guitar change connecting the first chorus with the first verse.  As the musical verse progresses the hook of the song builds, we will just have to see where it takes us.  To me, so far it is the bass line that makes the song.  The lead vocals of the choruses have huge vocal hooks to them.  There is a huge vocal accented scream that leads into a double tracked lead guitar solo.     
9.) “Talk Of The Town” – This track opens with a very classic eighties hair metal intro arrangement.  Underneath the rhythm guitar of the musical intro there is a small lead guitar pick slide.  Why they chose to put this underneath where you can barely hear it as opposed to over the top of the rhythm guitar where you could have heard it better, only they know.  It may just be me however it seems they used the same rhythm guitar riff for the verse as the intro.  There is a small one to two measure drastic musical changes connecting the verse to the musical chorus.  As a musician and songwriter this blew me away!!!!  These drastic musical changes over shadowed both the major solo and the solo over the outro section.
10.) “Wish Upon A Star” – This intro consisted of an acoustical guitar arrangement.  At times bleeding through you can almost hear a second acoustic guitar.  There is no rhythm change between the intro and verse.  There is without any doubt that the band incorporated a second acoustic guitar for the musical verse.  This second arrangement is slightly different than the main arrangement.  Every other lyric line of the chorus had a backing vocal attached to it.  This song is % 100 acoustic.  It is a beautiful song lyrically and musically!


            Though the linear note does not say this, their myspace page states the band released two E.P.’s titled ‘Shot In The Dark’ and ‘Hard Way’.  Because ‘Conversation Piece’ consisted of ten tracks I would lay all my money down that this is a combination of both those E.P.’s.  Looking at the linear notes I noticed two things; the first four tracks were not only produced by Enuff z Nuff’s co-founder and bassist Chip Z’ Nuff Chip also sings backing vocals/plays bass on “Message In A Bottle”  and co-wrote “Dreams Come True”.  Jon Ster formerly of Lillian Axe sings backing vocals on all of the first four tracks. If it had not been for the fact that this style of music was on a downslide when the E.P.’s were released this band would have probably went on to be a hard rock fan favorite, especially with the women.  If you are a fan of the classic eighties hard rock sound you should really check this band out!