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Because of historical context, I decided to check out the original 1982 release with some parts of the Atlantis Suite cut out, and I would check out the full version if I was interested enough. And was I interested enough in the end? Mmm, not really. Now these are all pretty decent hard rock and neo-prog tunes on their own. There's energy, there's bombast and the band's obviously having fun with what they do. That last one is probably the most important thing. However, while the instrumentation is pretty good, the melodies aren't very special. On top of which, some of the synthesizers feel a bit noisy and awkward for neo-prog that centers on something like a futuristic Atlantis for a concept. The danger of having synths in the early stages of neo-prog is that the cheap tech may sound like some awkward independent bandcamp dungeon synth releases. I've made this point a little while ago on another album. Although the tunes and synths get better as the album goes along, there's way too much focus on the synths and not enough on the other instruments. I can barely hear the drums sometimes. So in the end, this was pretty standard rock to me, not very special, and not as interesting as it could've been. I don't see any reason to check out the hour-long complete version released eight years later. Slightly better than Pendragon's Kowtow.

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