REFLECTION

• Dance Of The Fairy-Children Visions , 1981
• Phase 4 Gate To Infinity The Universal Play, 1987
• Stones Of Wisdom The Stones Of Wisdom, 1992
• Face In The Mirror Gallery Of Dreams (featuring Steve Hackett), 1992
• The Ancient Secret Path Barakaya - Trees Water Life, 1997

First review again? OK, I can guess why.

This is not an album but a bunch of older songs and some new ones probably (I'm in doubt because I think not even GANDALF himself can tell his pieces one from another). The sound got poppier - electrodrums, almost no guitars and NO ATMOSPHERE this time. Its like GANDALF finally realised that he overfilled the world with his albums and decided to over-overfilled it - "here you go! another compilation!" Thanks, but no. This music evokes strong desire to listen to something more energetic and focused - CRADLE OF FILTH, for example.

Not recommended.Only for GANDALF's completitions if there are ones

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Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007

Yes, this compilation album (the 2nd in a 10 year career) contains the most popular tracks from the previous 4 studio albums, the period when Gandalf gone into a more electronic oriented sound. And yes its true - this period suffers from reusing structures from album to album to fill the gap betw ... (read more)

Report this review (#114571) | Posted by eMTee | Thursday, March 08, 2007 | Review Permanlink

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