THE SENTINEL

Well the original vonyl release may have suffered from some of the issues well detailed in the previous release, but the CD release at least restores the missing tracks and in the right running order, to provide an essential album for any prog collection.

Shock Treatment is a decent opener, a bit poppy, but OK. Cut & Run is great, uptemp, short and proggie - excellent ending. Unlike the previous reviewer, I find, Arrive Alive to be an abonimation of a pop song. Then from track 4 we have prog-heaven.

1. Shock Treatment (4:29) 5/10 2. Cut + Run (4:59) 10/10 3. Arrive Alive (4.05) 3/10 4. Rise And Fall (6:05) (part 1) 9/10 5. East West (4:58) 9/10 6. March On Atlantis (5:23) 9/10 7. Rise And Fall (part 2) (4:08) 9/10 8. Heart Attack (7:59) 10/10 9. Atlantis (7:59) 10/10 10. Ark of Infinity (7:05) 10/10

Essential, but a couple of weaker tracks deny it a full 5 star rating.