SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR

Almost 25 years after its release, the record that definitively put neoprog on the map is still the definitive album of its genre. Not the first per se, as IQ came about the same time and Twelfth Night had already been active for a few years, but this was the record that really publicly brought things back to life.

This record is an absolute essential, not only for its historical value (see previous paragraph), but of course especially for its content, with only one relative weak spot: Garden Party where mr. Pointer gets too much space not to shine. Funny thing: I first heard the later live version (with better drumming) and thought of this just-out-of-place drumming as a kind of camp.

The rest of the album is pure brilliance, from the much praised opening title track to fan favourites like Chelsea Monday and Forgotten Sons. The best song on the album is quite an underrated one however: The Web!