No that's fine. People can review if they want, but generally we're kind of moving away, or hoping to, from that format, with people just posting ideas, impressions, notes etc and we discuss them back and forth.
FTR, the album's story is actually heartbreaking and if I remember correctly concerns the haunting of a prison/orphanage by a little girl who was brought there very young, died there and her soul is now trapped within its walls. Seems there is no god and she will never be rescued, and mostly the lyrics concern her recounting her story and wondering if she will ever be freed, wondering what she ever did to deserve such eternal loneliness and punishment, and I think her mind remains that of a child, even though her body has long since turned to dust.
Mind you, the stunning choral vocals at the very end seem to indicate the angels arriving to take her to Heaven, so it may have a happy ending, but I know it's made me cry (yeah yeah, wimp I know!) more than once while listening to the lyrics and the way the music perfectly complements them is fairly rare, even in a prog rock album. I'm amazed a band this unknown could put out such an incredible album, though of course I'm expecting some of the other guys to say what do you find so great about this album; maybe everyone will not be as blown away by it as I was.
Anyway thanks for the comment and once the others get through listening we'll hopefully have a better discussion about it.
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