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CD1 (Omega)
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Everytime She Steps In
Hard rocking guitar gets things underway here with a real mainstream rock vibe. There is almost a punky space rock thing at play a lot of the time on this. I'm reminded a little of some the punkier side of Hawkwind. Yet this has a psychedelic angle, too. I like the synthesizer break a lot. |
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After A Hard Year
"Non-lyrical vocals start this. As the cut builds out on the introduction it makes me think of Uriah Heep. It drops back to an arrangement that's closer to a cross between Procol Harum and Renaissance. The tune alternates those two sounds as it works its way forward. The movement with guitar solo later in the piece makes me think of Deep Purple's 'Child in Time' a bit, as does that Uriah Heep styled section." That's what I said when I reviewed this the first time. I think I agree with those words. |
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Delicate Sweep
Hard rocking sound along with psychedelia and more is on the menu here. This is another classy tune that has some surprises built into it. The instrumental section gets into some hard driving proggy zones. It also gets pretty crazed at times. Then that gives way to an organ led section. It builds up in mysterious ways from there before firing back out into the harder rocking stuff. |
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Parting Song
I really dig some of the keyboard parts on this a lot. The whole track has a Uriah Heep meets Vanilla Fudge and more vibe to it. |
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The Bird
This rocker has so much magic built into it. It's driving, classy and packed full of smoking hot jamming. It has some seriously hard rocking moments. There are definitely psychedelic angles at play on this, as well. |
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The Lying Girl
Here we get a track that's much more of a straight-ahead pop rocker. It still has some hints of space rock and even punk in the mix, though. |
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White Magic Stone
Coming in energetic, this is much more purely proggy. It drops to a psychedelically tinged movement as it continues. The bass work on this is so strong. The instrumental section later in the track is purely on fire. |
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CD2 (III)
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Stormy Fire
This is what I said about this song first time around. "A harder rocking tune, this is very much a psychedelic number. It's a lot of fun, too. I dig the guitar sound. There are some proggy breaks." I'd say that review works even in retrospect. |
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Spanish Guitar
I like this ride a lot. It has plenty of psychedelic pop rock vibe in the mix. It's also proggy. There is a triumphant rocking sound at play, too. This is up-tempo, fairly catchy and quite cool. |
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Go on the Spree
"I love the sounds on this. The cut is a fast paced, hard-edged psychedelic rocker. It's a short cut that's at lot of fun." That's what I said about this one first time around. I completely agree with those words. |
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Remembering
One of the most decidedly progressive rock based things here, this is really magical. It's a great rocker that is one of the highlights here. |
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Everytime She Steps In
This version of the tune is a little less psychedelic and punky. There is almost a glam rock vibe at play. It works well. |
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Live As Long As
A hard rocking number, this has punk and psychedelic angles at play. It's a strong tune. |
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Just A Bloom
The rocking groove on this is so classy. They bring plenty of psychedelia and prog into the mix as this continues. The instrumental break has some guitar rocking magic with a psychedelic and space rocking bent to it. This is what I said about the song the first time I reviewed it, " I love this song. It's definitely a cross between psychedelia and proto prog. It's hard rocking, fast paced and a lot fun on the opening section. It drops back to a slower movement that lets the psychedelia really play out nicely in a guitar heavy instrumental section. The fast paced jam returns at the end." |
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I Go Away
I absolutely love this song. It's on the slower side. It's packed full of emotion and prog magic, though. I would suggest that Procol Harum is a good reference point, but it is more of a starting point than a destination. This is just packed full of cool. |
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Omegautó
I love the instrumental break on this thing so much. The track has more of a mainstream rock vibe in a lot of ways, with hints of jam band music. That said, there are still proggy tendencies here.
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