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Big Ears · 02-16-2013, 11:33 AM

It's interesting that you did not write an uneqivocally favourable review, US, but I can tell you like them. Which Pain of Salvation album would you recommend after this one? Would it be The Perfect Element Pt1? A point I forgot to mention is that the drummer adds something special to the album and I understand he later left the group. Was his replacement as good?

Unknown Soldier · 02-16-2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Ears

It's interesting that you did not write an uneqivocally favourable review, US, but I can tell you like them. Which Pain of Salvation album would you recommend after this one? Would it be The Perfect Element Pt1? A point I forgot to mention is that the drummer adds something special to the album and I understand he later left the group. Was his replacement as good?

I think the band are something of an enigma, they're a band I love but I can never really put my finger on why! The Perfect Element Pt1 is the place to start and much more accesible than Remedy Lane. I haven't listened to the most recent albums (they're somewhere on one of my endless lists to hear) but I know that he's French and is meant to be very good. I'm also a fan of the albums BE and Scarsick which didn't get very good reviews.

The below song is a great example that when it comes to prog, Pain of Salvation know no boundaries and even touch on disco, not many bands would be brave enough to attempt such a thing.

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