CHILDREN

After having heard the other two albums of Ilúvatar I should say that this one is a big disappointment for me. The musicanship and performance is just as great as before and after but compared to the other albums the composition is much weeker here. No outstanding tracks as Indian Rain in ASTDW or Eagle in the self titled one and in the most part of the album the otherwise well played drums and some percussions sound like samples from a drum machine of a synth-pop band what is very annoying. Glenn McLaughlin who has a voice like Fish, Gabriel and Geddy Lee mixed did a great job here as well and also there are some great guitar solos here and there but overall its an average album only songs Given Away and the last two track bring the usual standard of Ilúvatar. Newcomers should better start with the other albums (preferably with 'A Story Two Days Wide')