Stand up was Steve Morse's follow-up to the Introduction...Steve... has diverse abilities and like to flex his creative boundries... The album has great playing on it,in a more "song/vocal format rather than his usual(and personally appreciated)instrumental pieces.Like his foray's into Kansas(When he was "allowed" to stretch in the format)) and Deep Purple, it's all music and [really] good stuff at that, but not all apples have to be 'Red Delicious'. 'Stand up','Distant Star',and 'Book of Dreams' are good solid songs with lyrics that are par or above most(not all) found in our music, and 'Pick your poison' and 'Travels of Marco Polo' are great instrumental listening..With or without excellent guests...Be glad it's back,I assume, with a full color Sleeve...