IMAGES AND WORDS

Images and Words marked a change in musical taste in my life and it germinated a desire of musical exploration that I will eternally be grateful for. Unlike very many Prog Archivers, I was not fortunate enough to be alive during the Golden Era of Prog, and my first exposure had already been filtered through several stages of musical evolution and influence. It has been 9 years since I first gave this album a spin, and I still have a great deal of appreciation for it; admittedly, there is quite a bit of nostalgia coating its cover, but this album excels in its technical and compositional aspects. There is not a single song here