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LOST AND FOUND

The Samurai Of Prog

 

Crossover Prog

3.78 | 139 ratings

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Ovidiu
5 stars Welcome to the amazing world of The Samurai of Prog again,and you are invited to be a part of another fascinating amazing musical journey!Here we have the fourth album of this amazing multi national band,and they did it again,in big style!LOST AND FOUND is a double album,and all the loyal fans of this immensely talented band are spoiled with a trully fantastic album,but also the most pretentious music lovers,old school,vintage prog-rock schoo tool!Definitelly,this album is a culmination of the huge talent of the musicians which compose TSOP!Let's start with the superbe aspect of the album,the look of it is trully fantastic,the colours and the fabulous artwork of Ed Unitsky are stunning!Not only the cover of the album looks fantastic,but the big booklet is absolutelly gorgeous!Being a double album,we have a massive dose of high quality vintage prog-rock,of the highest calibre possible,110 minutes of pure magic!All the classical ingredients of good old school prog are present here!Wonderful voices,great instrumental passages,an unique atmosphere,all greatly packaged in the impressive ,unique style of TSOP,which are stilll growing album after album!The impressive list of the guest musicians on the album is also a guarantee that what TSOP are delivering here,is only great quality music!110 minutes of pure magical music,that's absolutelly impressive and after a first audition ,all the music lovers will have the feeling that old school prog rock still have many great years ahead,because this wonderful music has no stylistic boundaries,and the imagination of it's authors seem to be endless!Hard to fing a particular song to put the accent on it,I see this album as a whole ensemble,a great piece of solid prog rock,but,to fully understand and admire the album at 100 %,there are many auditions necessary,that's for sure!The monster track-The demise- which compose the second cd of this double musical pearl,is a musical tour de force,a great amazing compositions,divided in many parts,but the monolithic structure of it is trully sensational! A great musical journey,as I've said before!The other tracks on ths cd1,are wonderful too,we can admire the masterful and clever way how the authors can put all thie classic prog clichees in a very intelligent and inspired form,to give the compositions such a solid identity!I repeat...not a single weak track,only high quality prog rock music,an ear candy for all good music lovers!Congratulations for TSOP musicians,for this superbe,magnificent album and thank you for continuing to deliver such high quality music nowadays!For me,this is a 5 stars album,a must have for all the fans of great prog rock music!
Ovidiu | 5/5 |

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