heatseeker wrote:
Anyone else have the new CD yet? I got it yesterday and I think it's really good so far, at least as good as Good Apollo 1...but, I've found that there's a lot of buried treasure in Good Apollo 1 so maybe I'll end up liking this one better than 1 as I listen to it more. I agree about there being even more of a progressive rock sound on this one, which is good.
On a side note, I also got In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, and so far I'm not liking it as much as Good Apollo 1 and 2...too much of a pop-rock sound and not enough prog. Don't get me wrong, it's still awesome--the title track is becoming one of my favorite songs by them--but so far it doesn't quite match the most recent two. But, I still have to give it a lot more listens...
I got it the day it came out in the US, and as with all their albums, it's growing on me more and more. I think I was so overwhelmed with awesomeness of the opening two tracks that I felt a bit of a letdown with the rest of the album. Come to think of it, each of their albums has had that effect on me. They always tend to put a monster of a song at the front: Welcome Home, In Keeping..., Time Consumer. However, as with their other albums, further listens have given me a better appreciation of some of the other great offerings on this CD (The Hound of Blood and Rank, Mother Superior). All things considered I think this album is great; I'd put it just below Good Apollo and above In Keeping... and the Second Stage Turbine Blade.
