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AFTER ALL...

Eye 2 Eye

 

Neo-Prog

3.41 | 57 ratings

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Marty McFly
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4 stars When speaking of Neo-prog, one can't help to not compare this with Martigan's album. Most people will probably more like Mart (y?), because it's far more well known, but this one also has a lot to offer. It's problem to promote album, to get people know about it. So I hope my review will help you to eventually choose, or hate this one (I hope for first choice).

It's Neo-prog, maybe typical sound of neo, for me characteristic by guitar sound and certain composition of songs, in other words, structure. It's hard to describe it, I just feel it. That this album is good example of Neo-prog. Second track, Tears of a Clown really reminded me Marillion's first album. Not by music, or at least not much, but more like with atmosphere, idea of sad clown. Cold and Happy, I can almost see imagination of some distant country, standing on a ridge and watching forest landscape under my feet, many meters down, in a land and time, when kings still reigned, even the lyrics are completely different. It's epic album and is full of mostly longer tracks. I wonder, why (when I first listened this album) C & H charmed me so much. I know the reason, it's because this song has magic inside. It's here as one of the elements to make final impression. And not only this song, most of them. Only track I don't like much is first, Overture intro, but that's not important one. Not bad, but more like setting mood, just introduction to what will await, full of unfulfilled ideas, promising, but not satisfying. Yet.

5(+), simply inspiring masterpiece, undeservedly overlooked.

Marty McFly | 4/5 |

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