Love Is an Illusion

Love Is an Illusion is the debut on which, centered on Lana Lane’s translucent singing, thick keyboard layers and progressive development are combined. While keeping the accessibility of melodic rock, the songs spread into a fantastical space. It is a memorable first step, built hand in hand with her husband and keyboardist Erik Norlander. On “Love Is An Illusion,” “Coloured Life” and “Through The Fire,” Erik Norlander’s arrangements greatly support the drama of the singing. Songs like “Cold Outside,” “Faerie Tale State Of Mind” and “Can't Find My Way Home” breathe an early, fresh appeal too. Grandeur and emotional closeness coexist. It is a record fitting as the starting point of a career for a diva whose talent — later called that of a “queen of symphonic rock” — had already bloomed.