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Sky Scraper
Keyboards open this piece and it starts to build outward from there. It gets a bit on the bombastic side but remains keyboard oriented. It shifts toward symphonic soundtrack type stuff (again keyboards only) by around the one minute mark. It moves forward feeling a bit like ELP or Rick Wakeman's solo stuff. It manages to rock out nicely while still being a keyboard showcase. It's an instrumental introductory piece that's less than two and a half minutes in length. While its main focus is on keyboards, it has some drums in the mix. |
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Metropolis
This powers in fast paced and still proggy. There are hints of things like Supertramp on this. I can also make out some hints of things like Todd Rundgren at times. The instrumental sections get into some potent prog rock jamming. This is a cool number. It's catchy and yet meaty at the same time. |
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Intercity Water Rat
This is a short (less than a minute) bit of sound effects and percussive oddity. There are some weird keyboard chirps. |
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Escalator
Even shorter (21 seconds) this keyboard based number seems an extension of the previous piece. |
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Old Dog Song
This grows out in style from the last bit, turning toward a triumphant sounding folk prog arrangement. A cool tune, for some reason I'm reminded of early ELO or The Move a bit on this number. It get into some powerhouse rocking stuff before it's over. |
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Smog, Fog and Sunset
This instrumental is a full keyboard solo piece. It's electronic, symphonic and quite cool. |
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Fail to See
While there are some symphonic prog elements in the mix here, overall this is more of a straight ahead rocker. It's a classy tune that works really well. While there is almost a soul music edge to this, there are definitely progressive rock trappings in a lot of the sounds that go over the top of it. |
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Premonition
Trippy space keyboard sounds open this instrumental. The textures build around it, feeling like something that would fir into a science-fiction movie. |
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Festival
Coming out of the previous piece, this keyboard based instrumental fires out into some rather symphonic stuff to move forward. It's still electronic, but there is both a classical and a jazz edge to it. A bombastic symphonic motif ends it. |
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Eversolightly
Piano opens this and the piece works forward with a fast paced intricate jam. This builds upward and has more of that Supertramp element, but I'm also reminded of early Yes to some degree. |
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Communication Skyways
This keyboard piece is so cool. It is a powerhouse jam that has a lot of energy and oomph. |
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Things to Come
This feels a bit like a continuation of the previous number, working through all kinds of a cool electronic territory. |
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1999 1/2
A powerhouse symphonic jam, this is sort of an extension of the previous pieces. It gets quite bombastic. |
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Dance of the Eloi
Seeming to come out the previous numbers, this has more of a tribal world groove to it. |
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Bonus Track
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Metropolis (Single Version)
This bonus track is precisely what it says it is, a single version of the album piece. It's bombastic, energetic and very Supertramp like. |
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