Roj wrote: Nov, it would appear me, you and Barney are very similar in our views - us Brits showing our taste eh?

the new album by transatlantic as arrived. oh boy. its the special vinyl edition with bonus lp. add two cds too. yes I`m no time to play it.

Barney, I hope you will find it a hit 

Roland113 wrote: Roj, do you listen to Metric at all, they're kind of electronic at times, though not as ambient as Boards.

I don't know them Tom but will certainly investigate, thanks for the recommendation .

well tonight on break. its the nightshift. I`ll play. stardust we are.    

There were quite a lot of ratings recorded before the CD was even released 

^Well after two listens to Kaleidoscope you can put me firmly in the opposite camp, I'm very impressed I have to say.

The opening epic, Into The Blue, absolutely superb stuff and totally blew me away .  It's a little darker than TA of norm, sure the formula is similar but the music is outstanding.  The passage from about 10 mins 30 through to about 16 mins really got the spine tingling, that is prog of the very highest calibre.  From there it's goosebumps all the way to the finish.  The title track just passed over me first time but I enjoyed it much more second time.  I already knew Black As The Sky and it's a killer.  Shine is bloody awful but the ballad is a really nice song ().

The whole band are in great form, Roine's playing is sublime and moved me much more than his work on DR, whilst Portnoy is just outstanding, how DT miss him of late as they have slipped badly imho.

Roj wrote: ^Well after two listens to Kaleidoscope you can put me firmly in the opposite camp, I'm very impressed I have to say. The opening epic, Into The Blue, absolutely superb stuff and totally blew me away .  It's a little darker than TA of norm, sure the formula is similar but the music is outstanding.  The passage from about 10 mins 30 through to about 16 mins really got the spine tingling, that is prog of the very highest calibre.  From there it's goosebumps all the way to the finish.  The title track just passed over me first time but I enjoyed it much more second time.  I already knew Black As The Sky and it's a killer.  Shine is bloody awful but the ballad is a really nice song (). The whole band are in great form, Roine's playing is sublime and moved me much more than his work on DR, whilst Portnoy is just outstanding, how DT miss him of late as they have slipped badly imho.

Good to hear!  I still don't have my copy yet.  I wasn't going to listen to Black as the Sky on YouTube, but my disappointment (disgust, really) with Shine forced me to listen in the hopes that Shine was just a poor ballad decision by the band.  Thankfully, Black is an excellent track, helped greatly by Roine doing most of the vocals.  After reading this, I'm thinking I'm probably going to at least enjoy the epics (I already like Black).  Hopefully, I'll get my copy within the next week.

I guess I need to give the new Transatlantic CD a listen if I want to keep any of my prog cred, huh?  This is what Spotify is for, here's hoping that it will rekindle my excitement.

On a different note, I love Mr. Stolt's solo stuff, Wall Street Voodoo in particular, though I do have a fondness for Blues.

I paid 13.99 pounds stirling for my copy - the bonus disc has a good version of Sylvia and nights in white satin as well !!

Edited by M27Barney - February 04 2014 at 10:22