THE LONG GOODBYE

I'm sorry for my low rating, but I think of the new progressive wave in England and I'm disappointed about it!! It lacks of fresh ideas and originality as well...Pendragon doesn't represent an exception within this poor music scene!! Perhaps IQ only in the recent years tried to give new birth to this genre, which is dying today...anyway coming back to the present issue, featuring Clive Nolan from Pendragon and M. Offord from IQ as a guest star, it doesn't add anything new or diverse in comparison to such UK new prog genre nowadays!!

The present album contains a lot of common places and usual breaks through in the vein of Marillion (these latter were already regarded as Genesis' clones) and this fact brings me to a certain sadness!!However if you like the melodic flute excursions by M. Offord, without any particular complex music passage, even appreciating the gentle approach by the unknown female vocalist of the band, you could choose this light album;otherwise you can stay away from this usual music territory and choose something more original or complex!!