The Undefined Design

The Undefined Design Artist: Man on Fire
Label: ProgRock Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 620673187725
EAN: 0620673187725
ASIN: B0001WW88O


Release Date: 2003-06-17

The Undefined Design


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Tracks:

  1. Prayer In The Moonlight
  2. Bitter Tears Burning
  3. Ascension
  4. Seven Thunders Wide
  5. Where is the Light?
  6. Entertaining Angels
  7. Great Divide
  8. Inside Of The Circle
  9. Clouds In The Sun
  10. Wasted Time
  11. Two Views
  12. Just Out of Reach

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Album Description

Man on Fire is currently poised to build on the foundation of their debut CD with their second full length release, "The Undefined Design" on ProgRock Records. The new CD features the inimitable violin work of special guest David Ragsdale (Kansas, Smashing Pumpkins) and was mastered by famed mastering engineer Rodney Mills (Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam).

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fretless heaven.......2005-01-13

Wow, I was not expecting this disc to be this good. It gets better with each listen, too. The first thing that caught my attention was the incredible production value, so much room for the music to breath, and breath it does, again... Wow!!! Jeff Hodges produced this gem, as well as being the vocalist, keyboardist and electronic device guy, the samples are awesome and used as the percussionist behind the various drummers. How often have you listened to a band and, though the sleeve sites a percussionist, you can't hear them through the studio mix? Every clack, clang, ching, thwap can be heard. Crystal clear. Eric Sands - Fretless and Fretted Basses, also plays some killer guitar. The fretless work is stellar and puts Sands in the same category as Mick Karn (closest in style) and Tony Levin. You can virtually follow the bass lines throughout each track and never lose it in the mix, Wow!!! Three different drummers take turns at the kit, but play in a similiar enough style as to not take away from the tunes. A real continuity flows through this disc. Violinist David Ragsdale takes a few, oh too short, solos on three tracks. Jeff hodges vocals hint at Geddy Lee in many places, not a copy, mind you, just a similarity. The lyrics have some spiritual leanings, but don't shout at you, subtle and up-lifting. My only complaint is the shortness of the soloing, a few extra minutes of violin-guitar-keyboard trade offs would have elevated this CD's rotation value in my stereo. Fans of harder edged music that borders on Metal will enjoy this, especially Rush and Queensryche fans.

5 out of 5 stars

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