Fear

Review Score: (8/10)
I bought this album because I heard the song 'Walk on the Ocean' on the radio and loved it. I was kind of scared by the cover art, and it occured to me that I might really be buying a really expensive single. However, I was pleased to find out I was wrong. Almost every song with holds up to the quality of 'Walk on the Ocean'.

The song 'Butterfly' is really interesting in the use of contrasting melodies and, at one point the halt of music alltogether. 'Pray Your Gods' has a beautiful traditional hym at the end. 'Nightingale Song' sounds really neat, but its a shame its so short. Enough praise.

'In My Ear' is to poppy for my taste. 'All I Want' is really kind of paint-by-numbers, I didn't really like it that much. 'Stories I Tell' has really good lyrics but the mood the instruments create really sounds inappropriates. I get the impression that someone pulling the strings said "Hey, we need an 'angry, brooding' piece or the record's not complete!".

In conclusion, I feel that as a whole this album is pretty good and a worthy investment of your time and money.

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