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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2004, 10:50:19 pm »
I found an extra minidisc earlier... So now I have DXM, JnG, all of the free tracks, and Life Force. Go me!
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2004, 11:11:01 pm »
hmm, im back to so-so on the Ayreon cd. re-rating: 2.5 stars (out of 5)
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2004, 01:21:49 am »
Well, yeah.

Of course the album isn't exactly subtle in it's expressed emotions. Considering 7 of the singers are supposed to be personifications of human emotions, I wouldn't expect them to be subtle. It would be different if these were fearful characters, rather than one's fear in itself, doing the singing. And in that I think most of the singers are on the mark.

While I realize that this approach might not suit everybody, it hit a chord with me, it has kind of this theatrical approach to the album. It's kind of a Metal Musical in fact,... Maybe I'm influenced by the fact a dear friend of mine is heavily involved in musicals, but I love it.
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2004, 01:30:43 am »
Quote from: Layson Juravis on December 19, 2004, 01:21:49 am
It's kind of a Metal Musical in fact,...
You mean like The Wall, Tommy, Kilroy Was Here, and God in Three Persons?
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2004, 01:34:41 am »
Quote from: Magicman on December 19, 2004, 01:30:43 am
Quote from: Layson Juravis on December 19, 2004, 01:21:49 am
It's kind of a Metal Musical in fact,...
You mean like The Wall, Tommy, Kilroy Was Here, and God in Three Persons?

Well, it's Progressive Metal without a doubt, so in that sense yes, it could be compared to the Wall. The difference would be in the larger array of caracters and the presence of Heavier riffs... as well as more modern mixing. But my roommate did actually ask me, "What is this, Pink Floyd?" during one of the passages.

But it tells a story, every song is sequent to it's predecessor.
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2004, 02:22:09 am »
Hmm, I'll definitely have to buy it now, if it sounds like Pink Floyd :)
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Re:A simply outstanding album.
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2004, 02:29:20 am »
yeah that was my first thought: a bit like pink flyod-ish
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