WORLDS APART

1. On the Loose for the hit radio edit that was playing on the airwaves, energy and rhythm, more direct, less prog but more addictive indeed, which will be brilliantly covered on their live set 2. Time's Up for this nonchalant and typically new-wave mid-tempo, a syrupy hint of OMD, ULTRAVOX; the cinematic break with the crystalline piano and the ringing, or how to introduce prog in less than 4 minutes 3. Wind Him Up for the perfect combination of keyboard and gushing guitar, all maintained by Steve's electro pad and Ian's riff; a track that flows like clear water from a progressive fountain; the innate break, simple and enterprising, the pad, the melancholic guitar, everything is concentrated and perfect, almost 45 years later; Avant-garde sound, okay, I'll leave you with Jim and his heady keyboards; the beauty is there for one of my favorite tracks. 4. Amnesia comes in as a stroboscopic interlude, seeming to energetically compile several tracks together, but maybe I'm suffering from amnesia? 5. Framed follows, redundant, consensual, and then the magic happens again; the break is repeated twice, a premise, a return of the verse, and then suddenly Jim launches his synth solo. Steve adds a bit of reverb on his pads, and the anticipation, the anticipation, and the explosion; the riff, the rhythm that starts, and the backing vocals bathed in Ian's guitar; a pure delight that transforms into a final sonic ecstasy; yes, Ian is excellent and transcends each track.

6. The Interview, or the counterpart to Amnesia, seems to be searching for itself, revolving around one or two tracks, an impromptu attempt to do something different and something else; The danceable air blended with the syncopated rhythm and the feeling of being in a concept, in fact. 7. No Regrets (Chapter V) (4:42) with the sensation of being in the airport hall, outside of time; Jim's whispered voice, the solemn, almost elegiac atmosphere, the clarinet in the distance, we are far from the world and I take it as a conceptual variant. 8. Conversations confirms this feeling of having separate tracks but so close that a connection between each would have offered a 20-minute track. A proven latency track with vocoded vocals on the piano riff and its contained heavy rock variation, we are in limbo with typical 80s sound effects, ahead of their time. The finale returns to the sound of SAGA, but how beautiful this progression was. 9. No Stranger (Chapter VIII) for a chapter and the longest track; The latent intro makes you dream before an addictive tune bursts forth with the voice of Michael Sadler MEDIA, from Michael, I wrote, with all the musicians praising their instruments for a Dantesque finale; the acoustic outro, velvety synth adds grandeur to this sublime track.

The fourth of the four legendary albums by the Canadian band that, in just a few records, revolutionized the sound and progressive energy of rock, of FM rock! A quasi-concept album where everything is linked to the two final tracks tinged with a progressive atmosphere! The weakest of the four, with a disjointed transition in sound and voice. It lacks that little extra to surf the waves of the previous ones.

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