ILLUSION

Only released in Germany at the time and done during a time when the band was quickly falling apart, a lot of fans did not even know its existence. Even some biographies skip this one. Obviously the music isn´t great. There is no real fantastic songs although Mr Pine, Golden Thread, Face Of Yesterday and parts of Past Orbist On Dust are well above average. Face Of Yesterday is in fact a beautiful song that would eventully be re recorded in Illusion´s debut album Out Of The Mist. Also no songs here is as bad as some of the stuff in their first album (like Bullet). Still this is a very unbalanced, ragged album, saved in part by the nice vocals and some good instrumentation. The production also does not help much.

If you´re new to this band this is not a good starting point. If you´re a fan, you should be aware of the problems the group was facing at the time. Be sure to have listen to all the classic albums before tackling this one.