With "Clear the attic" let us go on more relaxed. Fluffy-fluty with easy funky feel makes the song after all, ever a little more of the from what you (I) has the Tangent liked ürsprunglich times. quite variable shows the songwriting and borders part of classic jazz. Every now and then one rocking shaker and then the easy opening theme in slight variation ..... Yes, quite cool. In the context of the beginning of the disc can then probably the call diversion. Why not. Was afraid it'd give every song squealing. Less than 10 minutes, which I liked a lot and deliver live feeling.
"After Eugene" begins as a Flamenco and goeth with a pipe liner in a tense, groovy Saxophone theme on. The rhythm section grooves a monotonous beat to me and somehow the Pink Panther theme comes to mind. Then a confused Saxophone solo and just over 5 minutes of fade out ........ Yeah, well self-contained and batty. Creative. Bit short maybe. I liked best so far. Unfortunately irgendie incomplete.
The six chapters listed (one more than in Track 2) of "The Road Celluliod" suggest again a fairly long effusion. Whole 21.5 minutes pours the idea fireworks on the eardrums, the slowly always positive minded reviewers.
The beginning is relaxed and subtly funky. Almost imperceptibly, the song rears more and more and the rhythms are insistent and frickeliger. There are already confused breaks and funky transitions to the next chapter. Yehaa. Joy without end.
Nice that the song after 8einhalb minutes gets a completely different face, and then going again. That's how it should be.
In the further course there is great twists in the songwriting. A jazzy feeling is still below the overall composition. At 15 minutes, the track is even short suddenly to meditative halt to "the radio breaks loose" and wiedermal trumps cool choruses with ohrwurmiger melody. Jau !!! There may even be from me a quietschiges Keyboard solo. The end will be thwarted and designed jazzy. SEEEEHHHHRRR well. A quasi perfect for me "The Tangent" song (of course debatable thesis).
"A spark in the eather Part Two" like then also times soo good that all initial worries are totally disappeared. I just like this combination of classic jazz and "Prog" (debatable definitions included).
"San Francisco radio edit" is a bonus track of "special edition" and just a Radioedit the same chapter from The Celluloid Road. I find though mega ohrwurmig, but in the context of the whole song just cooler. Fast-moving blast like me never looked so good.
With nearly 70 minutes of playing time, an excessively long album full of playfulness, variety and creativity. The subtitle is the music do justice, since -after different geartetem start date similarly jazzy feel like "the musicthat died alone" prevails on the album. The band cited of course much to himself, certain major bands and others. A soothing statement of good music remains this album yet.
For me, a highlight, although I had at the beginning still concern about Einspurigkeit. Even this view is subjective and debatable.