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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shadow Gallery Enters 21st Century, 16 April 2001
By A Customer
This is Shadow Gallery's 4th album. The album is produced by former Queensryche producer Neil Kernon. Now let's look at the songs...:1. CliffHanger2 (Hang On / The Crusher) : First part of this song is the sequel to Cliffhanger song on "Carved In Stone" in album, it borrows some melodies and riffs from Cliffhanger song. A good opener. 2nd part "the crusher" is a fast and heavy instrumental. 2. Destination Unknown: This is one of the softer songs on the album. It begins with piano and Mike Baker's vocals. And it gets faster in the middle and then ends with a charming female back vocal. 3. Color: This one is similiar to 2nd song. This song is also piano and melody oriented. 4. Society Of Mind: This song gives a social message like the songs found in "Tyranny" album. It is a radio friendly song, I guess this should be a single. It mentions school shoot-outs, youth going bad. 5. Legacy: Title song is also heavier like "Society Of Mind"..Lyrically it sets the atmosphere for "First Light" 6. First Light: The great epic song of this album. It is over 34 minutes!!!...I want to call this song as "21st Century Space Odyysey" of progressive/rock metal. "First Light" has everything that you can ask from an epic song. Slow parts, orchestra, faster parts, poetic lyrics. The reason why I am calling this song as "21st Century Space Odyysey" is that the lyrics are about a man looking for a new planet to live for mankind who left a dying world behind. After 24 minutes you may think that songs has ended..But wait, after 3-4 minutes of silence song resumes a piano/orchestral part... Conclusion; I think this album is one of the best progressive rock/metal albums of 2001 and Shadow Gallery's best release up to now...Recommended
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