PHANTASMAGORIA

While it is not a heavy, or as symphonically influenced as many of it's contemporaries, this album is filled with infectuous joy and some twisted humor.

The first side of the album, or first half of the CD, is a collection of songs that should be pleasing to all but the most curmudgeonly prog ears. From a song both praising and damning "Marie Antoinette", to an acoustic ballad about "Melinda (More Or less)" which makes one wonder if they really wanted to call it "Melinda Moralless", that leads into a song about masturbation called "Not Quite The Same", the music remains delightfully intricate while the lyrics remain at the same time both pleasant and ominous.

"Cheetah" and "Ultra-Vivaldi" are true symphonic progressive pieces that provide a perfect closure to the first half.

The second half of the album is a suite of songs all dealing with the presence of ghosts among us. Again, while most of the songs sound somewhat poppish on the surface, there is enough intricacy to keep this prog addict interested.

This is my favorite Curved Air album, and the only one I own on CD.

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