CIVILIAN

I haven't listened to the two last GG albums often times and maybe that's the reason why I find them interchangeable - progressive pop records with several memorable songs and competent playing. GG could still rock when they wanted, although in a polished AoR manner. Perhaps this album sounds a bit more natural after changing their direction but it's still far away from how Genesis/Camel blended their ambitions with commercialism. I may be biased after hearing their classic albums and have trouble accepting the vocal in the pop music, where I feel it disrupts more than it glues together. A 2,5 star pop album and 2 star prog album.