Where Opposites Meet
Taking up a full side of the original vinyl, this multipart suite is the epic of the album. This rises up gradually with an Alan Parsons meets fusion kind of vibe. That works through and things drop back for a while to a mellower motif that's still rooted in the same musical genre mix. A more rocking guitar rises up slow lines of sound. Eventually there is a shift to a cool section with intricate guitar and harpsichord. This movement again makes me think of Alan Parsons to a large degree. There are also elements that make think of Al Di Meola. This thing works through so many cool shifts and changes. I love mellower movement after the ten minute mark. It has some exceptional guitar work built into it. Before it gets to the eleven minute mark they have taken us into some more powered up stuff to move it forward. It turns into more of a mainstream rock mode further down the road. As it expands outward from there it gets into more of that Alan Parsons like territory. An acoustic guitar section around the seventeen minute mark makes me think of Steve Howe a bit. A false ending is heard after that. Then some keyboards rise up in a pattern that calls to mind Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells." They shift out to more rocking territory, again feeling a bit like Alan Parsons as they drive onward. That segment eventually takes this to its close. This is a dynamic and intriguing piece of music from start to finish. | 
