OCTANE

Spock's Beard

Symphonic Prog

3.13 | 434 ratings

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The Crow
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Having moderately enjoyed "Feel Euphoria" because its eclectic and anarchic spirit, I must say that this second effort without Neal Morse was a bit of a let-down.

The production of the album is fine, with a great vocal arrangement to fill Morse's shoes, but the song writing is too inconsistent and it contains a lot of filler tracks and some lack of true progressive moments which make this "Octane" some kind of pop-hard rock pastiche only interesting for the great instrumental skills of all the band's members.

So I could say that "Octane", in my opinion, is the lowest point of the entire band's career showing a worrying lack of ideas and focus which luckily improved on subsequent records.

Best tracks: Surfing Down the Avalanche (heavy, groovy guitars), Of the Beauty of it All (great guitar solo and fine instrumental interlude), NWC (another good instrumental track) and The Planet's Hum (interesting keyboard and acoustic guitars)

My Rating: **

The Crow | 2/5 | 2021-1-27

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