FALLING INTO INFINITY

That album should have been a major “break on through” for the band: filled with radiohits written by other authors, it was indeed a mainstream rock-album with some Proggy elements. Later members of the band will claim that they don’t like FII much too, they were forced and result is artificial. Hard to disagree here. Any DT fan has an album that he wishes would never be released; FII is THAT album in my case. Where have all the powers gone? Cliches, average sound and song-writing, lack of really good songs and catchy melodies (“Burning my Soul” is a satisfying exception), cheesy ballads (“Anna Lee”, “Hollow Years”, “Take Away My Pain”), another song that I hate immensely (“Just Let Me Breathe”)…Both epics (“Lines in the Sand” and “Trial of Tears”) were filled with predictable hints and structures and hardly were able to amaze. Fortunately the very next year debut LTE was released to prove that these guys still know how to make good and enjoyable music. And a year later…well, that’s another story!

Best tracks: you must be kidding…OK, “Burning my Soul” and “Trail of Tears”

Best moments: very few