NOSTRADAMUS BOOK OF PROPHECIES

And so it it with this one.

As with some of the groups I've reviewed recently, it's not a case of disliking the group.

Indeed, Martian Chronicles is THE album that opened my eyes & ears to prog outside of the Western Europeen & North American canon.

But where Chronicles was a revelation, this release seems like repetition. I won't go into a song by song analysis. But as noted in a previous review, WarGames can be grating on nerves by its' simple loop of a melody. I've heard it somewhere else. And it just hits me now, it sounds like part of the Eurythmics It's Alright, Baby's coming Back ! And that is its' only memorable quality (if you like the Eurythmics).

Apart from that, I swear there are at least two songs that remind me of Jethro Tull's Farm on the Freeway, with most of the others coming across as warm-up toss away jams from that album - Crest of a Knave. Not only in structure, but also in sound and production.

I love Crest of a Knave, but at least that record had some variety and entertaining songs. This one seems like a soundtrack best left as background music for a non-existant film.

And the final damning description that I can give it - it sounds like music made to follow a formula. Modern in approach, yes, but it just seems like I've heard groups do it with better results.

So Sorry for the let down, but this is not another jewel in Solaris' crown of music. From the looks of it, or rather the sound of it, Martian Chronicles remains their only masterpiece.

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