A GROUNDING IN NUMBERS

Although the album consists of relatively short songs, the longest being 6 min., all the typical elements that you expect from this band are there: keyboard oriented complex sound structures with story telling vocals and solid drumming. Real wind instruments are missing a bit, but sometimes a flute-like sound is emulated by the keyboards.

The themes reflect the modern times with its stresses to mathematics and numbers, but I would not go so far to call it a concept album. My personal highlight is the final track All Over The Place with its dark sound and dramatic ending.

The only thing that is missing is a song, where you sit back and think: what a masterpiece this is! Apart from that it is a good solid Van der Graaf Generator album.