Dirk

"This is a pretty good album apart from the long Enciclica which is uneven at best, i hope i will like it somewhat more in the future, have heard it pretty often already though.

Apart from this i have some problems with the vocals, they are somewhat harsh and grating something i encountered also in Banco's music and Zarathustra.

It has been argued that the singer of Banco is one of the best ever and that PFM don't really had a vocalist. This is all very well, each his own, Give me PFM vocals all the time though."

"One of the first progrecords i heard (i got interested because they were in the same genre as Pink Floyd on PA). I still think it's one of the best records i have heard sofar. Space rock is clearly the right genre for this album, it's music reminds me of Eloy in the first place though i doubt that this american band is directly influenced by them(so i chose Pink floyd). For me they are far better than Eloy , while the vocals from Jeff mc farland may objectively not be very strong they are not annoying(as Frank Bornemann's vocals are), personally i love them. I also think Lands end is more energetic and has better songwriting on this album than Eloy. Although this album is very hard to get it's clearly the one to go for. Lower depths and Terra serranum are also good but nowhere near this one."

"Good album but not as good as the first 2 PFM albums i think. Quite different also in almost every aspect. More focused on heavy keybords sounds than PFM. PFM has the ablity to cross from one vein of music to another lightly, good example is their track Generale which begins as a GG like track and breaks in the middle to a part of music that could have been walking straight out of a (good) Camel song (Nimrodel from Mirage is what i'm thinking of here).

Having said this Le orme is very good and especially the 9 minutes long first track should not be missed Drumming and keybords rule here. Last song is higly acclaimed but i found this one rather boring."

"With Impressioni di settembre this album starts out with the best italian prog track i know until now. It's really a killer but not very representative of the tracks this band would be making in the future. e Festa is also a very good track. the guitar riff here is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin(Communication break down). thx to Antennas for pointing this out.

Beginning with track 4 the band is moving to more mellow and jazzy rock. All the tracks are at least good and Carozza is very good.

Overall their sophomore effort Per un Amico seems to be in higher esteem than this one.I agree that i if you compare tracks 4-7 with Per un Amico, Per un Amico is better. It's just that the first 3 tracks here are so good that this is my favorite."

"Great new release by the Flower kings. More reminiscent of "Stardust we are" than of more recent releases like Unfold the future and Adam and Eve. Their best album since Space revolver (together with Unfold the future perhaps, this album being so complex that i'm still not sure about the end evaluation here)."

"I know it's a live album but IMO it defines Grobschnitt as a band more than any of their studio albums.

It's a great album one of the best i know. It's also a very accessible album. I loved it from the second time i listened to it, most progrock albums take a lot longer to digest for me.

The album is essentially an hour long structured jam. Subtle quiet passages are mixed with explosions of floydian guitar duels (Muhlheim special and Otto pancrock) and keybord sounds (Golden mists).

If i had to name an album which resembles this one i would say Live side Umma Gumma especially Careful with that axe Eugene.

I recommend this album to people who like Pink Floyd and people starting in prog. It certainly encouraged me to explore the genre further."