Norbert wrote:
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I share your uncertainty and disappointment, though, in spite of being
a conspicuously virtuous outcome of DT's labour, many tend to find it
blunt, in conflict with its successors, as the sound is herald to a
somewhat raw appeal from Dream Theater (I've heard some plausible
complaints against the drum-work). Nevertheless, the album enchants an
unique identidy, plunging from WDADU, baring a progressive euphony
arrayed in vast gradations, should they be tinged in majority with
metal (Pull Me Under), ballads (Wait For Sleep), epic-proximities
(Learning To Live), or instrumental orgies of grandeur's recogniseable
orchestration (Metropolis Pt1, Take The Time). Not at all to be thought
of an inverted apex, as prog finds itself embraced in pleasantly
crafted melodies, apart from minor encumberments to perfectly optimized
potential.