Maybe I'm slow on the uptake, but I absolutely does not make sense why some Kunze fans and even Kunze himself judge this album as negative. I do not understand what to "alter ego" to be so different. Here exactly the same catchy melodies find as it did, sooner or later; the lyrics are poetic as ever and to settle above the German average level; an unpleasant negative slip (for me "True Men") provides the 97er album also, and the mix of rock (as in "a full hour without alcohol"), catchy tunes ("Alter Ego", "Give the ring restores" ) and soft ballad ("lioness", "If you want to by drehn") is true as ever. I can not express otherwise and has the highest rating of 5 stars. Those opposed, raise my hand.