THE SENTINEL

A good debut from Pallas, this still remains as a development of Pallas's sound, as with most debut albums. This is still a neo-prog gem, but Pallas have yet to reach higher levels with Beat The Drum and CATC. The highlights of the album have to be Shock Treatment, Rise and Fall (part 1), Heart Attack (crediting The Who and Yes) and Ark of Infinite. Atlantis and East West are OK, but the remnant tracks are really quite lame IMHO, especially Arrive Alive. Cut + Run is basically an attempt to create strange a time signature, and equally a failure.

Despite its obvious flaws, it is a good album, nowhere near the leagues of a masterpiece. 3 stars - Good, but non-essential.