SOUNDS THAT CAN'T BE MADE

Sounds That Can't Be Made is Marillion's 17th studio album. It's a very strong album considering that the band is so far into their career, however, the band has already proved that they can keep the quality of their newer albums up with Marbles. But that was 8 years ago, and Sounds That Can't Be Made is Marillion's best album since Marbles.

The album opens with the epic Gaza. The lyrics of this song are based around the conflict that has recently been occurring in the Gaza strip. Both the lyrics and the music are strong in this song, and as was possibly expected with such a large song, it didn't collapse into itself.

The title track follows, which is possibly the best song on the album. The guitar solo is amazing, the keyboard is amazing, well, everything is amazing. Fantastic song.

Pour My Love follows, which is a soft, ballad-ish song with a nice chorus melody. There's not really much to say about this song apart from: it's good, but not amazing.

Power is though. The bass guitar in the verse helps create the atmosphere, and the memorable chorus hook is a highlight from the whole album. There are some interesting soundscapes used in this song. The bass guitar and drums especially stand out in this track.

Montreal follows, which is probably the lyrically weakest moment in the album, as nearly the whole song just sounds like a journal entry. But the music doesn't suffer. The song starts with some cool keyboard work at the beginning, and takes many twists and turns from there.

Invisible Ink is probably the weakest song on the album, and is quite similar in style to Pour My Love. Again, I don't have much to say, apart from that it's okay.

Lucky Man has quite a catchy chorus, and is again a fairly good song. There is a memorable riff somewhere in the song, but I don't feel as if it's played enough for the listener to truly appreciate it.

The Sky Above The Rain is one of the best songs on the album. The whole song is based around an ostinato played on the keyboard. This song is very melodic, and is sure to become a favourite with fans.

Overall: This album is worth getting if you're a Marillion fan, but if you're not, don't jump to buy this album. 7/10 (rounded up to 4/5)