THE HUMAN EQUATION

Everytime Ayreon puts out another album I find myself wondering how he will ever top the release. The Human Equation (THE) is loaded with progressive bliss, everything that one would expect from an Ayreon release and more. During the first listen to THE I found myself having a hard time being instantly hooked by all the songs. I did like what I was hearing but the songs each had so much going on in them that I knew it would take some time to find all the depth in the music. With each listen the songs become more alive and deeper. I find myself enjoying it more with each listen.

THE finds all types of different instruments and vocals throughout the 20 songs. From brief death "grunt" type vocals to classical female vocals, from crunching guitar riffs to flute, strange combinations that just make sense. A great indicator of this is the song LOSER.

I will be surprised if anything knocks this out of my #1 for 2004 slot. This is the best Ayreon in my opinion. Front runner for album of 2004, just awesome!