The Best Album by The Psychedelic Ensemble

I think "The Tale of the Golden King" is the pinnacle of his work, with "The Sunstone" a close second. His first two ("The Art of Madness" and "The Myth of Dying") were obviously his attempt at getting back into prog after sidelining that genre (mostly jazz/rock) while getting his PhD and teaching classical composition and counterpoint at a major university in the southern US. Those first albums come off sounding a little "neo-proggy", which is why PA put him in that genre, but anyone you really follows his work knows he is a professional classical composer, and his latter works are clearly symphonic prog.

What's amazing about his last work, "Mother's Rhymes", is that not only did he do it alone (composition, instrumentals, vocals, recording, mixing, etc), but he did it suffering from an advanced neurological disease. Around the time of that release, he was supposed to do an on-air interview on an internet radio show, but his declining health precluded him from doing so. He's an amazing composer and musician who, I feel, doesn't get the attention he deserves. With his declining health, I seriously doubt we'll get another release from him, but one can hope!