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PLAYING DEAD

Citizen Cain

 

Symphonic Prog

3.38 | 83 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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2 stars Last "Citizen Cain" album so far. This "Genesis" clone has released some good albums (two) in their early days. To me their last studio album "Raising the Stones" was a deception and I wondered if they would bounce back again orjust fell lower. So, let's hear.

Strangely enough, the opening track sounds almost as a "Crimson" one. Heavy riff, hard beat. Rather different than their fully "Genesis" music. But I guess it was just some sorts of diversion since "Children Of Fire" sounds again as a pure "Citizen Cain" song but like in "Raising..." this one will be rather flat. I already mentioned that the songwritting was defectuous in some of their tracks and the same feeling applies here.

Fully Gabrielesque voice (even exaggerated sometimes), poor (or no) melody, no great keys break like they used to play. Thirteen minutes of boring music. Without any structure. Passionless.

Usually, Cyrus sounded good while he was singing, but in this album he is totally out of focus. My only hopes could reside in the epic "Falling From Sephiroth" but it is hopeless. Actually, the more I listen to this album, the more I dislike it. When I discovered it some three years ago, I was so hungry for "Genesis" related music that I rated as an eigh stars album (I used to rate albums on a scale of ten before starting to post reviews on PA). But my current rating will be far much less than that.

The whole of this leeeeeeeenghty release (over seventy minutes) shows a tired band. Totally uninspired IMHHO (humble an honest). I can't find any stand out tracks that could raise this album to the three star level, so it will be two stars. Just stick to their early albums "Serpents In Camouflage and "Somewhere But Yesterday". You would do yourself a favour.

ZowieZiggy | 2/5 |

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