Per DPRP:
http://www.dprp.net/reviews/pendragon/#worldAfter a few years of inactivity Pendragon released this MASTERPIECE ! The World is also a return to longer, more progressive songs.
From the beginning, Back In The Spotlight, a very Pink Floyd a-like song but you can hear the almost typical Pendragon sound, till the end, the very atmospheric song And We'll Go hunting Deer this is a great album and almost a standard for Progressive Music ! But what's in between ?? The 12-minute epic The Voyager is a very good song with steel guitars opening, afterwards this song turns in what has to be one of Pendragon's best songs ever ! Shane sounds very much like Pink Floyd (the band didn't deny that by the way) and together with Prayer this is the prelude to the 20-minute song Queen Of Hearts which is divided in three parts. Part 1, Queen Of Hearts, is the more balladish opener of this epic and turns into Part 2, .. A Man Could Die Out Here .. which has the greatest instrumental Pendragon break ever ! Part 3, The Last Waltz, is the more sing-along part of this song.
Nick Barrett did a great with the lyrics for this album (he even recalled the place where the songs were written !) and because the production by Tony Taverner is very good this has to be the Pendragon classic album !
Like I said before: this is classical Pendragon ! If you have never heard Pendragon before this is a great album to start with !
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