ANOTHER TIME... ANOTHER PLACE

Magenta is a band that seems to get better with each release - "Revolutions" was deadly dull and "Seven" was identikit neoprog, but this is halfway listenable. Live, their sound is much more dynamic than the bland, mannered studio versions, and both band and audience sound like they're having fun. Yet "Another Time. Another Place." ultimately confirms rather than dispels my original impression of the band - they still sound like an ironic parody of a progressive rock band for the most part. Except for the cringe-inducing moment when Christina Murphy yells "Let me see your hands in the air", where a little irony might not have gone amiss.