... And without any ifs and buts. For me, it's the fifth album of Canadian prog institution next to "Caress of Steel", "Moving Pictures" and "Vapor Trails" of the absolute highlights of this in words not actually comprehensive band. However, I needed to "A Farewell to Kings" significantly more passes than these three. "Cygnus X-1" for example, wanted me initially not patronize, now I can not get enough of this four-course menu, it offers yet the appetizing aperitifs, on the crisp, fresh entree and the refined but robust main course, to light dessert everything a spoiled palate could ever wish for. But "Xanadu", the title track or the lyrical and musically just beautiful "Closer to the Heart" belong to the most precious thing the Canadian Trinity has ever been done. Only "Cinderella Man" tastes more like fast food than to five-star cuisine Sound. The falls finally but no longer significant, and perhaps even has the advantage that you so appreciate the other delights more and assess white. "A Farewell to Kings" is still as relevant as 25 years ago, is in the collection of every hard rock gourmets, in which not only honest home cooking, but also sometimes less simple is on the platter now and then.
