Work Of Art

Artist: Mind's Eye
Label: Lion Music Finland
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 6419922001394
ASIN: B0009VECO0

Release Date: 2005-08-02

Work Of Art

Related Categories:

General

| Rock | Styles | Music

General

| Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock & Metal

| Imports | Stores | Music

Rock

| Imports | Stores | Music

Tracks:

Prologue: Lullaby
Courage Within
Moment of Honor
Roll the Dice
Room With a View
Shallow Water
My Kindred Soul
Shape of Salvation
These Open Arms
Eye for an Eye
Hands of Time
Your World
Epliogue: Domino

Tracks:

Frozon Tears [*]
Calling (Father to Son) [*]
Pond of Thoughts [*]
Closer (Spirits in the Room, Pt. 1) [*]
In My Mind (Spirits in the Room, Pt. 2) [*]
Primitive Light [*]
Jealousy in Disguise [*]
Fall on Trust [*]
Circles in the Sand [*]
...Fade Out [*]

Album Details

James Byrd's Without a Doubt Best Album Ever Reissued with Two Bonus Tracks, New Artwork and Completely New Mastering by James Himself. Crimes of Virtuosity Stand Out as One of the Best Ever Progressive Neoclassical Metal Albums of Time, a True Classic that was Originally Released in Japan by Jvc.

Customer Reviews:

Mind's Eye reissue with bonus material.......2005-09-25

Swedish melodic prog rock/metal band Mind's Eye was put on hold after their third and last album A Work of Art released on German label Rising Sun Records in 2002. They were a great band playing a mix of melodic rock, AOR, 70's prog, and 80's metal in a style that could be likened to Rush, Queensryche, Journey, and many others.

Now they are back. This is their reissued version of A Work of Art through their new label Lion Music. The songs are not remixed or anything though, the CD sounds exactly as the original version, but contains two bonus tracks, one of them being their highly acclaimed cover of Queensryche's "I Will Remember", a song they originally recorded for a Ryche tribute album titled Warning: Minds of Raging Empires back in 2000. Those who haven't heard any Mind's Eye songs before are going to discover a 75-minute disc that contains ambitious songs punctuated with melodic riffs, huge vocal harmonies, excellent arrangement, and good songwriting. The original album also has a theme to it, as some of the songs are only 1-minute long and filled with spoken passages, car accidents, someone pleading for his life, etc. "Room With a View" is one of these cuts, as it begins with what seems to be a car crash (a bit like the one on Ayreon's The Human Equation), then an ambulance arrives to help the victim. The nice piano melody begins to take the lead as vocalist Andreas Novak duets briefly with a female singer. Albeit short, it's a very beautiful song.

"Courage Within" has a classic rock song feel to it and stands out with its neat arrangement and catchy vocal harmony. This would be right up there with the likes of Journey and Toto actually. The musicianship is impressive as well. Fredrik Grunberger is definitely from the Shawn Lane meets Neal Schon school of 80's rock and his tapping lick on this song is simply gorgeous. The songs are generally midtempo-paced, laced by nifty acoustic guitars and vivid keyboard lines that are almost AOR-ish in style. The songs are filled with multi-chorus vocal melodies as on "Eye for an Eye", a great piece with a bass intro and melodic guitar. The guitarist is particularly impressive on the more proggy numbers "The Shape of Salvation" and "Hands of Time". Both songs have a solid main riff and are filled with interesting synth textures, even some electronic elements, and jazzy interplay.

Music Album:

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Conquistador ~ Cecil Taylor

A Handful of Keys ~ Bobby Henderson

Yasmina, A Black Woman/Poem for Malcom ~ Archie Shepp

Jafar Barron: The Free-Bop Movement ~ Jafar Barron

Lionel Hampton's Paris All Stars ~ Lionel Hampton's Paris All Stars

Pa Gente Con Alma ~ Ketama

Best of Geo Bilong ~ Geo Bilongo

African Cup ~ Lakim

Typisch ~ Wolfgang Petry

A Saudade Vai ~ Tonico & Tinoco