A SONG FOR ALL SEASONS

OK probably the right score is "three stars", but as it's their first attempt to change radically route in the same direction of melodic pop music,that is such an interesting romantic composition anyway characterized by their important creativity (especially their wonderful arrangements), the present album deserves for sure an excellent evaluation: consider the improvement of the remastered version concerning the fantastic epic title track for example, the sensible "Opening Out", the first stunning mini-suite "Day of the Dreamer" (perhaps the best one) and the captivating "Kindness (at the end)", even though this latter becomes quite tepid when the male voice is entering...well this time you can forget the other quite tepid pop songs and think of an album aligned with the late seventies/early eighties, despite of containing a few simple songs with light melodies.

Recommended, especially the title track and in some cricumstances the symphonic side of "Day of the Dreamer" and the melodic "Opening Out", this latter- moreover-characterized by a great sense of lyricism...the remaining pop hits are fairly good anyway!!