I gave this a spin after I posted last night. I did notice what Zeprogmeister said, that everything is in roughly the same tempo, and the music unfolds very similarly from track to track. They use very similar chord progressions and melodies, so the whole thing has a sort of "samey" vibe about it. There is one piece that is more acoustic oriented and has a sort of gospel feel, which stood out because it was a bit different.
Again on this listen I found it decent, but nothing that particularly got my heart rate up. I'm glad it wasn't much longer than 40 minutes, because if it was I think I'd get bored with it. But it ends before it quite gets to that for me.
Yeah, I really have no idea what was in their minds on that track, particularly as the closer. It just sort of leaves you scratching your head.
I agree. 1990 didn't wear well for me and I ditched it ages ago. Never owned Nostradamus, but heard samples and it didn't thrill me. To me, these guys never really properly followed up Martian Chronicles. I was hopeful for this album would do it, and it's definitely a step in the right direction, but I doubt many who love that album will feel the same about MC2.
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