I found this in my fathers CD collection while searching through our attic when we were about to throw/give away all of the CD's because we stream everything on the Internet now. I took it with me just because I have heard of it before and listened to it. After listening and reading the lyrics in the little included booklet I realized that we are living exactly in the technical dystopia this album feared. And the Music that complements it is absolutely amazing. Because of this we kept all ... read more
This album is a mess. But thats not inherently a bad thing. What is a bad thing though is that most of the songs just don't go anywhere at all. The one that does (burning hammer) is also by far the best one. It also doesn't help that he uses the same flow on about 90% of the album which makes actually listening to the meaning of what he's saying pretty hard. There are some songs that are pretty good on their own but as an album this just doesn‘t really work in my opinion.
I really like this, especially "reflecting on the old you", "those who turn to ghosts" and the tracks towards the end. The 1st and 2nd impression tracks both had some kinda awkward segments but thats really the only significant flaw that comes to my mind.
We've fully entered the next era of my favorite band of all time by now and I absolutely love it.




