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He's back....Yes indeed, The King is
still alive and kicking and you know I'm not talking about Elvis! This is the
new project of Arjen Lucassen who's spoiling us once again with an
outstanding album. The artwork is simply awesome and the cover gets you right
away in the space travelling mood. Based on science fiction movies, he invites
us to guest which ones he was inspired by. This album has a definite Deep
Purple sound due to a crafty use of hammond organ, great guitar riffs and of
course, key / guitar duos. As a matter of fact, each song is blessed with
this magic organ sound. But that's not all because you can also enjoy plenty
of different types of keyboard throughout this recording. "Lift-Off" is the
spacy intro that fuels the mighty spaceship. You'll then be invited to "Set
Your Controls" with its exciting mood, machine gun drumming, great riffs,
lots of solos, outstanding vocals, guitar / hammond duel, harpsichord, walls
of keyboards and the list goes on and on... What a breathtaking ride! Now that
I took my breath, I can go on to one of my favorite numbers which happens to
be the next one "High Moon". What a Deeply Purplish sounding piece! Great
hammond sounds included of course. The beat, melody, guitar, everything is
simply fantastic and almost too good to be true. But hey, it's The King of
Modern Time Prog we're talking about here so this stuff is not a dream but a
reality! This is only the beginning three songs and they are almost worth the
cost of the album but don't be afraid, the others have some good suprises
waiting for you too like acoustic and ambient passages, vocal effects, choirs
and the list goes on. Mr. Lucassen is playing most of the instruments from
guitars, bass, hammond, mellotron, synths but he also has some guest musicians
for synth solos, guitars and drums. As usual, a wealth of talented and varied
singers joined in the musical adventure. In short, this album has a lot of
variety to offer to satisfy your hearing pleasure. If you're into Deep
Purple, keyboard, Prog music and Ayreon, you can't afford not having this
jewel in your collection.
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1. Lift-Off 2. Set Your |
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Controls 3. High Moon 4. Songs Of The Ocean 5. Master |
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Of Darkness 6. The Eye Of Ra 7. Sandrider 8. Perfect |
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Survivor 9. Intergalactic Space Crusaders 10. Starchild |
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