CERULEAN BLUE

RAIN is this guy from England who wrote all the music, as well as the lyrics for this album. He also had the idea for the artwork, and actually founded his own record label ! This is progressive music in the truest sense. It's a concept album about a young man named Rick and his travels across the U.S.A. We meet the people he meets and experience the experiences he goes through, all through the postcards that Mr.Jaeger (an old man) reads (apparently sent from Rick) at the start of each song. 7 postcards 7 songs. Mr.Jaeger is following Rick from place to place, like he's trying to catch up to him, until we realize at the end, that Rick and Mr.Jaeger are the same person at differant stages of life ! This is such an amazing project. Talk about making you think. And at the end of each postcard Rick say's "Wish you were here", which of course means so much more when you realize he's saying that to himself the old man. How emotional is that ?

I read where Phil Collins was listening to this record in his car and he had to pull over and phone RAIN (who he knows) and tell him how incredible this was. As for the music, you won't find anything too complex, it's all about creating moods, all about atmosphere.There is cello, violin and sax added to the keyboards, drums and guitars.

"The Lammas Land" is quite spacey, while "Starcrossed" is just a beautiful song, I like the lyrics "Hold my hand and I will take you into the promised land". "The Silver Apples Of The Moon" is PINK FLOYD-like. "Light And Magic" is one of my favourites, very hypnotic. Lots of violin on the title track.

This is well worth getting, you won't be disappointed.