DEADWING

I barely grazed all the previous posts. Why should I break down track by track minute by minute? Progressive; doesn't that imply going FORWARD instead of staying in the 70's? Nothing wrong by borrowing a gem in a previous decade, but DEADWING (as in In Absentia) grabbed me right away with the mix of luscious melodies and harsh discordant sometimes a maniacal frenzy. Deadwing as the first track was a good intro. However I do believe that "Start of Something Beautiful" would have been a better "closer" due to the feeling of a finality of there beautifully extended coda. Perhaps track to track they might seem incongruent, but they were the best tracks. Wish that "Mother and Child Divided" had been on the disc as well. "Arriving Somewhere, But Not Here" there is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!! I could never see why someone would find it less than five stars. Taste is in the beholder's mind, and "Deadwing" is in my head.