THE WEDGE

God, can the people on RYM stop tagging these dorky AOR albums as neo-prog just because they had a couple other neo-prog albums before? This is absolutely NOT prog, and that's probably the lead reason why this album gets so much hate. Having said that, this doesn't mean it's that good of an album. Likely because the studio told them to focus on radio singles before, the band takes a drastically AOR turn on this album with new wave and prog pop influences molded in the neo-prog influences. And the vocal melodies are the only really good thing about the album. The album goes for dense compositions, but the instruments will often have conflicting melodies that make everything too busy. Add that the to the fact that the production's a little lo-fi and doesn't do the constant reverb any justice, this really makes everything about the album look like a cash grab. It doesn't even touch up neo-prog until six tracks in. You should probably avoid this one. It's very basic. About 58/100 where the last one, The Sentinel, was more of a 68.

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