FRANCES THE MUTE

When I first got this album, I listened to it about 5 times, which may not seem like that much of a feat if you are not familiar with the album. This album is not only very long, with 4/5 of the songs being 12 mins+, but is also very dense, confusing, and intense. This album will take you on a journey. What pushes this from **** to ***** is that not only is this an excellent album, but it has proved that prog rock can still be popular, having cracked the Top 5 in the US without containing any commercialism, and even recieving much video play with "The Widow." As for whether this is prog or punk, I see no reason that this can not be labeled as both. This is also not for people not willign to repeatedly listen and concentrate on the music.

I don't know what the hell Cedric is saying, though, but I've never herd him sing something I could understand on ANY album.