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    Posted: January 23 2011 at 18:12
So a few months ago I posted a thread of this same title on the Flower Kings forum. They were fairly helpful, but there weren't many members. So I believe that since this website has more users, I might get more information to understand this. So without further adu, here is the post I made: "I think this album might have a loose concept to it. For example, "Solitary Shell" seems like a reprise of "The Navigator". That's only the real evidence I have, but a lot of the songs, together or not, seem to have the concept of a man reconstructing his life and making a deal with the devil in order to do so. For example, maybe in "Silent Inferno" is when the character makes the deal (First of all the song has the word Inferno in it, and there is also the line Halfway down (In hell)/ See your (the Devil's) face's frown). Perhaps you guys can find more connections."
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 18:18
    
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 18:24
If an admin thinks so, then he/she can move it, but unfortunately, I don't have the ability to do so
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 21:55
Ah, Unfold The Future Smile Truly an underappreciated masterpiece around most parts. Aside from the Navigator/Solitary Shell connection, one may also observe that Grand Old World is a reapproach to themes from The Truth Will Set You Free. Really, I'd say the album is a concept album in the sense that it has several overarching themes, but there is no singular narrative present. That is to say, it's not a rock opera. 

I'm curious as to what sort of underlying themes that users here have discerned from the double-album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 21:58
Definitely a concept album connecting the creation of life, evolution, God, Satan and the influence of all that in man's history. If that was released during the 70's, its rating would be > 4.70
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 22:08
Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Definitely a concept album connecting the creation of life, evolution, God, Satan and the influence of all that in man's history. If that was released during the 70's, its rating would be > 4.70


Are you sure you aren't thinking of this album?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 22:19
Yeah, Unfold the Future is definitely an amazing achievement, musically and conceptually. The first song alone covers so much musical ground, much more than many bands do in their entire careers. It also serves the purpose of acting as a giant overture of sorts for the rest of the album.

It really is one of the most ambitious recordings I've ever heard, topped only by the live album and tour that followed.

I can only think of one reason why it's so underappreciated, and it's because some people who listen to it don't actually listen to their music. Because if they were actually listening they'd be drowned in the immersive pool of musical ideas that is Unfold The Future.

One of my Top 5 prog albums of all-time.  I'd seriously rank it with classic masterpieces like Pawn Hearts and Close to The Edge.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2011 at 22:19
100% certain.
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