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MASCARAS URBANAS

Rael

 

Neo-Prog

3.24 | 50 ratings

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toroddfuglesteg
2 stars What would it take for the brave meerkats at comparethemeerkat.com to invade the offices at their copycats comparethemarket.com and bite the nuts of their owners ?

What would it take for Steve Rothery and Peter Gabriel to raid the homes of Rael, burn their instruments and put them in a black dungeon at Ballytullonion Castle for the next 75 years for copying their sound ?

Answers on £ 50 banknotes, please.

I am a big fan of bands like The Watch. A band whose albums is full of cracking good melodies despite of their sound being a copycat of Genesis. Rael on the other hand is copying the sound of both Misplaced Childhood and some melody lines from Lamb Lies Down On Broadway..... and that's all. The melodies here are pretty poor. Make that; very poor. Left is the good Marillion and Genesis sound. Period. In short, this album falls flat to the ground as a parachuting rhino.

The musicians and the vocals are great though. The melodies is bereft of any quality. Not to mention; originality. The only saving grace is a couple of minutes of quality and the Spanish vocals. Enough said.

2 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 2/5 |

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