THE STRANDS OF THE FUTURE

The central piece of course is the long "The Strands of the Future". The only problem in my view with this song, is that the French lyrics are almost incomprehensible. And I am a French native speaker. Since they are very scarce, it is not a major problem but the production work should have taken care of this aspect even if they are rather short when considering the lenght of the whole song (over twenty-two minutes).

A great psychedelic and space-rock anthem. Disjointed and complex, it holds some dark and scary passages. Probably a masterpiece of the genre.

Loads of electronic sounds, great guitar work and over-reigning keys. Many different sections as well which are in a way damaging the unity of the whole. It is not as quiet as one could dream of, but it is the highlight not only of this album but probably from their whole work. This great song is full of contrasts and the pastoral and beautiful closing section with such a delicate flute play is just one of the great pleasure of my life (yes, I know : I like flute too much...But I can't refrain from this). How can the great and early "Floyd" be ignored when talking about this fantastic track. A masterpiece.

This great piece of music could have overshadowed the whole album (which in a way it does) but the other tracks are really valuable as well. "Flight" is an energetic instrumental number. A combination of a good rocking song combined with great symphonic passages. Short but efficient.

"Windows" is also a great trip back to "ASOS" (a major song in the "Floyd" repertoire and very much underlooked IMHHO). An enormous emotion filters out this fabulous tune. Wonderful flute (aaaaaaargh) and soft keyboards will bring you on the edge of heaven. Well, maybe I am over-enthusiastic but I guess that you all get the idea.

"Fool's Failure" will prevent this album to be a masterpiece, unfortunately. It doesn't hold anything that is representative of the best songs from this band. No melody, no poignant instrumental breaks, no fantasy. Just a ten minutes filler.

Four stars.

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