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A good album, but not their best, 12 Jan 2009

I now own five of Mostly Autumn's studio albums. They are all very good indeed, and although I wouldn't rate this as their best material, it is a fine album in its own right.

The album opens with one of MA's all-time great tracks, the brilliant "Fading Colours". Words don't do this song justice - atmospheric, great singing by Heather Findlay and some good Bryan Josh guitar thown in for good measure - what a great start!

"Half A World" and "Pocket Watch" are more laid back than the opener, but are both eminently rock songs. "Blue Light" is the first time that the album softens. I have to say that while the song doesn't offend me, it doesn't grab me either. I've… Read more

Very quiet, does exactly what you need it too, superb value, 12 Jan 2009

Well, I can't say much more than what I've written in the title.

Easy to install, has plenty of connections, many more than I needed and I plugged in the following:
1xSATA hard drive
1xIDE hard drive
2xDVD drives
1xFloppy drive

and obviously the standard cables that plug into the motherboard.

On top of that, it's very quiet too. I haven't found another PSU that is £27 that produces 520W. Great value.

(I might add that obviously you'll only get away with using ~500W if you have a single graphics card that isn't completely top of the range. If you are an SLI user, you'll need something a bit more heavy duty. My spec… Read more

A very good album, but not their best., 22 Sep 2008

I got this for my birthday a few weeks ago, and I've been listening to it ever since. I have to say that on first viewing I wasn't overly impressed by it; however with subsequent listenings the album has grown on me a lot.

The album starts strongly: The opener 'Fireside' has a great lead riff - first played on an acoustic guitar, then on an electric once the song gets into its stride. MA sound fantastic when they choose to really push the electric guitars into 'rock mode'. 4.5/5

The second track, 'The Second Hand', is altogether different, a piano-driven tune that has an almost dreamy feel to it, and I love this track too. It is perhaps the most distinctive track… Read more