World Through My Eyes

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RPWL

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I would like to highly recommend this CD. This band really surprised me. I had heard that they were a Pink Floyd tribute band, which I expected to be mediocre, but was nicely suprised to hear a band that is right up there with recent releases such as Porcupine Tree "Deadwing", Kino "Picture", and Ray Wilson "Ray Wilson Live", which to me are the 3 best CDs so far this year. This one is equally on the mark! And I had never previosly heard of these guys! When I heard that Ray Wilson sang on one track I decided to give it a try. Excellent vocals and all round musicianship, great songwriting. Kind of a mix of old Genesis, Camel, and Porcupine Tree, maybe a touch of Floydian influence. Really very original and not exactly like any of the bands mentioned, just touches that reminded me of them. If you like keeping up with the most advanced music of our times, pick this one up!

This was "recommend" to me by Amazon.com based on previous purchases. Some of their recommendations are dead on, others way off... this one hit in the middle.

First few listens I thought it was good but kind of mellow, so it went on the shelf for a bit. Repeated spins are always required before coming to a final evaluation, unfortunately, my initial reaction was correct. Some have labeled this disc progressive rock, but I would call it well-crafted pop. The engineering and production is good but the songs just don't stand out. "Sleep" is a nice opener with a cool groove. "Roses" and "Day on My Pillow" are both excellent pop tunes. The ballad "Everything Was Not Enough" (another good song) has subtle influences of Pink Floyd and The Beatles. The beginning of title track has some Indian influenced instrumentation that segues into a Gabriel sounding tune. The Steve Hillage copy tune "Sea-Nature" seems out of place and the original is much better. The other songs seem to be filler and are skipped over.

As always, people's tastes differ and some will think this is an amazing disc. It's definitely worth a listen.