BALLERMANN

What a pathetic pile of drivel. When prog is great, it is really great. When it is bad, it can be simply awful. This miserable mess is not helped by the vocals either, with a horrid German accent. the track "Sahara" has got to be the most pathetic thing I've ever heard. Other stuff on the album is better, but weak and disjointed and sometimes just plain boring. There is something wrong with every song. "Magic Train" is a good example of this. It starts out with a nice piano introduction, and just as you are starting to enjoy it, you realize that it goes on way too long, and then the vocals start - this has to be worst cat- miaowing I've ever heard. Not if they paid you.