RIFT

Rift was the first Phish abum I ever heard and I still love it dearly 12 years after first hearing it. This was Phish's sixth album and fourth officially released. This is probably their last truly progressive album. Although their are elements of prog on all of their albums, I wouldn't categorize any save maybe The Story of the Ghost, as prog. Again, the songs are shorter than their previous three, but overall I think it's a much more solid album than Picture of Nectar. The album is very well structured and reminiscent of Gentle Giant in some respects. Every song is great as usual. This one is probably on parr with Picture of Nectar, but in some ways I like it better, possibly that's because it was my first Phish album.