The Chronicles of Father Robin - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'm going through and listening to all 3 albums in a row, now that Book III is released

The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

^ gave it 3.5 stars (good, but not great). Found it to be really boring at times, and highly derivative of classic Prog (even down to the vocal phrasing it sounds exactly like CttE, the “get up, get down part”).

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - February 24 2024 at 01:26

Dapper~Blueberries wrote:

The other day I listened to Book III. Definitely a lot better than Book II. If I had to rank the albums I would say

3. Book II
2. Book III
1. Book I

Pretty high quality band imo

^My feelings, exactly. Wink

Book III is interesting to me if only because it's goes against the idea of a 'big finish'. They seem to have gone in a counter intuitive opposite direction. I never thought of the Yes comparison at all but perhaps it could be a lost Jon Anderson solo album. Wink

richardh wrote:

Book III is interesting to me if only because it's goes against the idea of a 'big finish'. They seem to have gone in a counter intuitive opposite direction. I never thought of the Yes comparison at all but perhaps it could be a lost Jon Anderson solo album. Wink

The most Yes song to me is Cloudship from Book III. That could have been taken from a Yes album.

They ruined this project by releasing three subpar albums instead of one strong one. They have material to make one good album instead of three short ones. But I guess that this way they can charge you three times instead of one, and money threw artistic integrity out of the window.

The more I listed to this project, the more disappointed I am. I have enjoyed, Wobbler, The Samuel Jackson Five and Jordsjø in the past (I never cared about Tusmørke), but my interest in them certaintly took a hit after what they have done here.

Edited by edefakiel - February 29 2024 at 08:15

edefakiel wrote:

They ruined this project by releasing three subpar albums instead of one strong one. They have material to make one good album instead of three short ones. But I guess that this way they can charge you three times instead of one, and money threw artistic integrity out of the window.

The more I listed to this project, the more disappointed I am. I have enjoyed, Wobbler, The Samuel Jackson Five and Jordsjø in the past (I never cared about Tusmørke), but my interest in them certaintly took a hit after what they have done here.

I was also thinking that they could have made one 40-60 minute album instead. There are a lot of easy going tracks across all three volumes. They belong together, but listening to them in order is two hours of music, which struggle to keep my attention even when I find it more varied and engaging. I very rarely use playlists, but I am tempted to create my own mix of the books. It’s likely to get more playtime than the albums as a whole. It’s got some good tunes, but there’s too much between.

omphaloskepsis wrote:

Well, what do expect from Norway? Wink

What's that supposed to mean?! Ermm

omphaloskepsis wrote:

Well, what do expect from Norway? Wink

Excellence, maybe? Are we supposed to pretend that Motorpsycho, Shamblemaths, Wobbler, Seven Impale, Ihsahn and Leprous, among many others, haven't awed us in recent times?

My favorite is book 2