BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER

A much more team effort than the first one, that´s for sure. Ok, I still think Neal Morse is the prominent force here, but the others clearly did their homework: finally they sound more like Transatlantic than Spock´s Beard, but not much. The songwriting, vocals and general arrangements are more interesting and varied, finally giving all four members more room to display their amazing musicianship.

Production is fine. I still think that maybe they never had enough time to really explore their full potential, but that´s quite understandable, since they are all key figures in great and very active bands. It is really jaw dropping how they even manage to produce two such long works of quality in such a short time and being writers on their own bands at the same time. Seeing things that way, Bridge Across Forever is great achievement.

Although it is not really my fave prog style, I liked this album. It is quite superior to their debut. Finally Transatlantic showed some true team spirit. Every prog fan should give it one try at least. 3,5 stars.