METROPOLITAN SUITE

Metropolitan Suite is an excellent release,with an incredible potential,but unfortunately waste in this case.This record could be one of the best electro-prog efforts of all time.Songs like "West Side Nights" with an interesting use of trumpets that remember me the smooth atmospheres of the first Tower of Power project,and "City goes to war" that looks like a march anthem took from Blade Runner,are the highlights of this album .But the rest of the tracklist,even if is composed by very good songs,have a lack of originality that compromised the jump into the masterpiece.However this effort is absolutely necessary to a prog collection,expecially in a Synergy's collection.A little less good than Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra,but still great!.For fans of Vangelis,Jean-Michael Jarre,Tangerine Dream and the most oniric Brian Eno.

1.Metropolitan Suite: North River (1:20) = 7/10 2. Metropolitan Suite: Steam and Steel Towers (6:15) = 7.5/10 3. Metropolitan Suite: City Goes to War (6:17) = 9/10 First masterpiece 4. Metropolitan Suite: Metropolitan Theme (Main Theme) (4:11) = 6/10 5. Metropolitan Suite: The End of an Era (3:10) = 6.5/10 6. Into the Abyss (7:18) = 7/10 7. Prairie Light (6:54) = 7.5/10 8. West Side Nights (8:15) = 10/10 The Pinnacle 9. Redstone (4:27) = 8/10

Total = 7,66 rounded without problems to 8