There is surely nothing subjektiverses than your own opinion or exercise in criticism, hence all the critics should come from the planet Vulcan !! A emotinsloser and pragmatic thinking Mr Spock might proffer in an incomparable way manifold reasons for the acquisition of various Ayreon albums that not even the slightest doubt as to legitimate orders of the same could be desired. The Dr Who season 5 would have said: Vulcans are coool !! The question that arises is it: What we want to hear? If we're looking for would chart a moderate Lalala pabulum, we would probably not just landed at this hour at a Ayreon rating ... What makes Arjen Lucassen so so extraordinary? Musicians like he does not stick to the mainstream, they pursue their dreams and visions, no matter what the music industry calls! Lucassen gives us audiophile experiences that are second to none, Arjen's art lies in the harmony and merging of different Musikrichtungen..Von Metal, ProgRock, oldschool about blues, soul, jazz bonds and classical elements to folk and bombastic arrangements mixed with Pink Floyd, '60s sounds and various other from me not listed here styles (folk music was not yet doing .. :-)) in this way, he brings such a high quality changing musicians flock together for his projects, that only with the can schlackern ears !! Needless to say, his CDs vary in terms of creativity, expressiveness and intensity .... it may indeed not every day the sun shine :-) to venture a definitive judgment, one has to his work (no matter what ) done it myself to heart haben.Es are just so many bands that play their instruments perfectly, but never create that spark is transmitted to the audience, because it falls short of the animation of the pieces ... My (subjective) recommendation to all from the early 70's born: Ayreon buy (especially "The Human Equation" and "Into The Electric Castle" ... widest range of his works), to take a break and get in the audiophile enjoyment of a great artist. Ayreon is yourselves a picture of something timeless .. power and be open to anything !! The Theory of Everything is perhaps not the best, but definitely worth a wonderfully designed beginners album and worth every penny !! Who emerging Metal end of the 70, the farewell to the psychedelic heroes of the 70 (Jethro Tull, Emmerson Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd) the complex pieces of the early 80s (Dream Theater, Mekong Delta), the hard rock heroes of Savatage and Whitesnake has witnessed, as well as orchestral choirs, folk, Medieaval, Blues etc can see something which is never or at Ayreon wrong !! Thank Arjen !!
