This album never seemed to catch on like some of the rest of the Alan Parsons Project discs did. It’s quite a good set, though. It’s a bit toward R&B in some ways at times, but it also has plenty of trademark Parsons sound in place. I’d say that it’s not as strong as some of the rest, but it’s still very good.

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This rises up very gradually. Church bells are heard over the atmospheric sounds early. Sound effects come across for a time. Then a spoken part, like something from television, perhaps is heard. That takes the extended introduction to the end. From there a gentle melody emerges. The vocals come across the top of that after a time. It works out to some of the powerful symphonic progressive rock for which the Alan Parsons Project is best known. This is one of the most purely prog songs they ever did – and that says a lot. It’s great stuff, packed with emotion.