Children

Iluvatar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kinesis Records
• ASIN: B00000JCHV
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,789 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Haze

2. In Our Lives

3. Given Away

4. Late of Conscience

5. Cracker

6. Eye Next to Glass

7. Your Darkest Hour

8. The Final Stroke

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure progressive rock, January 12, 2000

By 

MARCELO A. ROLDAN - See all my reviews

This review is from: Children (Audio CD)

Closer to the early Marillion and Genesis than to Rush, this is an excellent example to prove symphonic rock is alive and kicking. It's a pity not many people know about Iluvatar... the boys deserve a massive audience. Great sound and inspired songs for all rock lovers!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Rock - Beautifully Played, February 18, 2006

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David Lusher (London England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Children (Audio CD)

This is a gem of an album, reminiscent of Marillion or Genesis. Superb songs and tight playing. I just keep playing it again and again - it's infectious. Progressive rock lives!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Iluvatar - Another Great Album, May 15, 2007

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Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Children (Audio CD)

Iluvatar's 2nd album "Children" came relatively quickly on the heals of their debut. Guitarist Mick Trimble is gone replaced by Dennis Mullin. Mullin brings a slightly heavier guitar sound to Iluvatar's melodic progressive rock that adds a bit of fire to rockers like "Cracker". Overall I did not like this album quite as much as the first one, but it is still a great piece of work with everything one would expect from an Iluvatar album. Every song is strong, but the highlight of the disc is the final track "The Final Stroke". Clocking in at slightly over 12 minutes the song features everything that make Iluvatar great. The music is lush and absorbing, the vocals superb and the lyrics intelligent. The track is one of the band's best works. Other highlights include "Late Of Conscience", "Your Darkest Hour", "Haze" and the previously mentioned "Cracker". Although this is probably my least favorite of the three Iluvatar studio albums, I still really like it. For me Iluvatar's albums are essential purchases for people who like music similar to Marillion, mid-period Genesis, or IQ.