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This album is quite different from their earlier signature hard rock. Gone is Hammond organ sound followed by a stomping heavy rhythms. This is practically a typical symphonic prog style with heavy use of synths, piano and clavinet, guitar solos and bass are more jazzy. The album was made as a concept in the form of multi-part suite. Sounds like a real treat for sympho fans, but... This is already 1976 and the golden age of this style was already passed. Not much originallity is present here, so traces of ELP and GENESIS are found here and there. Musicianship is fairly decent but I cannot find this album nearly as interesting as their previous "heavy" work. Give it a listen if you like this music style, but you won't miss anything should you fail to do so. 2,5 stars.