ONE

The brilliance of Neal Morse's "One" is in the presentation of its concept - man walking with God, and man walking apart from God. Neal captures the spirit of these existences with well-crafted symphonic rock music and melodies, and great lyrics and song-writing. The concept is held together very nicely as the album progresses - a unifying melodic theme featured in the opening track recurs throughout, as Neal traces the man's journey back to God.

'The creation' is an energetic and lyrical musical epic. I love the heavy riffs and contrapuntal voice parts in 'Author of Confusion'. 'The separated man' is also a highlight.

Top album!