Yeah I think the thing is, cliched as it may be, and even wrong perhaps, I always expect my prog rock to feature a lot of keyboards, long instrumental pasages and definite changes in the melody, which I felt this didn't really show.
Add to that the fact that, since I was working off a YT one-track thing, I had to calculate up each track's time, so that I'd know when one changed to the other, and that took some of the potential enjoyment out of it too. But this sort of more heavy style of prog, if that's what it is, really isn't for me. Definitely felt more like early Purple or Zep, and there's nothing wrong with that, but for prog I prefer the likes of Genesis, Rush, Pendragon, that kind of thing. This didn't fit well within those boundaries, though I understand they're my own personal ones.
I'm sure it's a good album, just as I'm sure load of people love "Dark matter" or "Brain salad surgery": I just couldn't get into it and totally lost interest.
Sorry man!
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