ONE

Neal Morse has produced four excellent solo albums with a religious theme; Sola Scriptura, Testimony and ? (Question) being the others. My favourite, Sola Scriptura, alternates between heavy rock and delicious melodies whereas "One" strikes more of a middle ground. There is less angry rock guitar, the arrangements give this more of a symphonic prog feel than a heavy rock prog one and there are fewer moments of astonishingly beautiful melody.

Nevertheless, the music is excellent and fully deserving of 5 stars. Lyrically the religious theme is stronger than on some of the others and some people may have probkems with this; the concept being the creation and fall of man, followed by his eventual re- discovery of God.

If you think you can stomach the lyrics, and you have ever enjoyed progressive rock music of any kind then do yourself a favour and get these Neal Morse gems - they are top notch!