THE ART OF NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

I don't know where to start with this. It has to be one of my favourite CDs and I have a big collection. I loved this album almost from the get-go. Every song is outstanding but I think it's wrong to classify it as prog metal. It's almost classic prog rock rather than metal, save for a number of very chunky guitar riffs. I found myself singing along to songs from the second play onwards. Also how many prog bands are that have lots of intricate layers of sound and yet don't have a keyboard player (Rush has a part time one who also happens to play bass). If you get one prog album for Christmas it should be this one. It's essential.