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The foundation of the genius within the music, is the truly special chord changes and melodies that Tim Smith comes up with. The funny thing is that initially I was thrown off by the tonality! I soon understood that Tim is not just picking weird chords for the reason of being weird. It is rather how he think music should be. There's a huge depth to his compositions. It takes time to get used to Tim Smith's way of picking chords and melodies, but once you get used to it, you will be rewarded.

I would also like to note that Jon Poole also contributed a lot to the compositions on this album.

The music is full of surprises and unexpected turns. When such things are powered by an incredible hi-speed energy, it creates a dangerously pleasing combination for people who demand constant stimuli and changes in their music.

I never listen to the whole album in its entirety, since it's too much to take in. Rather it's ingested in smaller doses. My favorite span of disc 1, is from track 1 to track 5. The highlight of disc 1, "Fiery Gun Hand", makes a much bigger impact when being followed by the three first tracks of the album. "Insect Hoofs on Lassie" is a "coming down" track for me, after the intensity of "Fiery Gun Hand". After "Lassie" I usually need a break though, and after some time all is set for "Dirty Boy" on disc 2.

Each time I play "Dirty Boy", I can not put on any other song afterwards, because there's simply no song that can match it. It always leaves me speechless, if I give it my full attention. Even the best of prog tunes sounds boring, so I need a time buffer of a few hours before listening to anything else. The track is on another level of music. It lifts you higher and higher, and ends up in rock heaven.

Besides the mentioned tracks, there are other great tracks on the album. Really, there are no filler tracks, something which is a standard feature of all Cardiacs albums.

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