Posted Sunday, Febru| Review this album | Report (Review #6919) But if you haven't got their debut album "The Light", I suggest that you get that one first. This isn't as perfect as their first album, but it's still a SPOCK'S BEARD CD that's worth a chance. The Mellotron really fits in with this music. As on their previous album there's a lot of Mellotron on this album as well, and to me it's fantastic. Besides the GENTLE GIANT influences there's also influences from YES, GENESIS, BEATLES, LED ZEPPELIN, JETHRO TULL, KANSAS, PINK FLOYD and EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER. But beside this similarity they also got a lot of their own unique style and originality, and that is maybe a presumption to their obvious success among the fans of progressive rock. As I'm a big fan of GENTLE GIANT, one thing I like about SPOCK'S BEARD is their similarity to them. I know that maybe I'm to kind on this point, but I think that maybe this was a knowingly move from SPOCK'S BEARD, like a homage to their influences. I know it's partly a carbon copy of the GENTLE GIANT song "Knots" from the "Octopus" album from 1973, but "Knots" are a good song and so are "Thoughts". One of the highlights being the GENTLE GIANT influenced "Thoughts". There are some great moments on this CD though. The title track is another reason why this album isn't getting a higher rating. Still there are those wonderful advanced vocal harmonies, interesting complex arrangements and good songwriting, but this album is almost too pop oriented. Although this is strong progressive music too, this album doesn't, unfortunately, reach the same high standard as the debut album from 1995.
Kevin Gilbert / Fx Releases informationĬD Metal Blade Records - 3984-14180-2 (1996, US)ĬD Giant Electric Pea - GEPCD1018 (1996, Europe)ĬD Radiant Records - 3984-14493-2 (2004, US) Remastered by Ken Love with 2 bonus tracksĢxLP Inside Out Music - IOMLP 161 (2016, Europe) Remastered by Ken LoveĪ good follow up to their debut masterpiece "The Light". Nick D'Virgilio / drums, percussions, vocals Dave Meros / basses (fuzz, wash, fretless) Neal Morse / lead vocals, piano, synths, acoustic & electric guitars, bouzouki, co-producer Beware of Darkness (home demo) (5:12) Line-up / Musicians
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