THREE TIMES DEEPER

A concept album that I find mostly very enjoyable. It definitely rocks in places and the songwriting is well constructed if you do not mind the short spoken passages that crop up occasionally. I found the general feel of the album to be varied and easy to listen to in a good way. The music is produced and mixed excellently, with good, bouncing melodies and some softer elements added to good effect. I found the vocals very good and all the guitars excellent. Keyboards are quite synthy, with some pleasant piano passages in places and the percussion is good .

There are plenty of hooks and good excitement in many places throughout. It holds my attention from track 2 to the end. That omission of track 1 right there is because I want music and I am not a fan of the spoken word, apart from maybe the occasional short sentence. Track 1 is 4.44mins of speech and I will be skipping it frequently when listening to this album! It need not detract from the whole, though. We have here 62.54mins of album (still 58.10 if you dive in most times like me at the start of track 2).

Variety, harmonies and rhythms all score 4/5 in line with my overall album rating. The lyrics are sung clearly, although the message in this concept album bypasses my grey matter (another good reason for skipping track 1). The real constant throughout is the vocals and they are good, so that is a plus.

My favourite track is World Designs and I would say the full album is nearly up to the standard of From Here to the Impossible. For comparison, nothing in my collection stood out as very close to the Karibow sound, but I reckon if you like Spocks Beard X album, there is a good chance you will like this. The artwork is good, with a nice digipak c/w lyric sheet, although as I said earlier the lyrical messages are lost on me. I do love that final comment after the credits, "May all sentient beings be happy and free from suffering".

Overall album rating: 4/5