CITIZEN - IN THE NEXT LIFE

I'm not sure what sort of audience Billy is trying to reach here. I accept that musicians are free to create in more than one genre and an attempt to (gasp!) make money by creating something accessible to the masses makes sense for some artists. However, this doesn't sound like it would fit in on popular radio today, nor does it sound much like what I'd look for in a "prog" radio station. There are parts that do sound proggy, like the the keyboard solo on Sailing The Seas, but for the most part it's just a semi-prog thing.

The playing is fine, and while I don't really like his voice, it isn't awful. I've definitely heard worse. I hear a little bit of Peter Gabriel in "Mata Hari," which in my opinion is a good thing. I think the main complaint I have here is that the overall sound is really generic. I know he's done some good stuff with other bands (Yes, Asia, etc.) and I guess in general he gets better results working with others. That's got to be difficult when you're a multi-instrumentalist, but just because you 'can' do it all doesn't necessarily mean you 'should.'

Everything I've found online says that the last song is titled "Hold Quite" but it really sounds to me like he's saying "Hold Quiet."