BELIEVE

Sorry but once again- talking about their inspiration- there's almost anything else to say, above all in comparison to their previous recent works.The ensemble of Pendragon, whose main composer Nick Barrett has been always the prominent figure of the British New Progressive Wave scene (for over 20 years...), doesn't add something really diverse or innovative...in fact since the issue of "Masquerade Overture", their best recent album dated 1996- they have never showed a better inspiration or an improvement (think also of the disappointing "Not of this world").Therefore, in spite of containing a few melodic and simple songs as within "Masquerade...", unlike this latter album their new work is not characterized by a real attempt to experiment the variety of possibilities that a synth can offer (for example the synth exploration of various loops, a sort of experimentation after the best keyboard/guitar interplay inside "Guardian of my soul", that has never been included within "Believe")...however the keyboards are good, sometimes heavy and quite interesting too, but as usual the work is smooth and simplistic as well,especially in some circumstances. Ok Nick Barrett has showed an improvement in his vocalism (usually his melodic lines are weak) and his lyrics are quite emotional; nevertheless lacking the connection with the music harmony at the end the output is a bit "sterile"..."The edge of the world" of prog music is not here, but for sure their passionate fans will buy this album!!