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Dream Sequencer

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Let me start by saying that this is a very good album, but it takes time to really enjoy it's substance.

My first impression was that of a little dissapointment. I am used to this, because now and then I miss the point of some great albums only to find later that I had missed a masterpiece. This time however I was very quick to "find the point" in The Dream Sequencer.

By the second time I've listened to the album, melodies started to catch as if I was used to them since a long time. It is a kind of magic when that little thing begins to happen, and you start to antecipate what chord progressions or change in beat will occurs next in an almost unknown song. This is a kind of thing that happens all the time when I am listening to classical music, but not as often in metal or progressive music.

It is not Dream Theater, it is not Symphony X, and it's not Pink Floyd (which is a good thing!), NO, it's another kind of thing entirely. It is progressive, it moves in a calm, slow pace. I regard it as more similar to Vangelis solo works than prog-rock/metal bands. Vangelis with a twist. And a good one.

I really didn't imagine myself listening (and enjoying ) this kind of singular music before I had the opportunity to listen to Ayreon: The Dream Sequencer.

This is an amazingly good album.

Yes, it has echoes of Pink Floyd, but also of Mike Oldfield, and--most significantly--the Beatles.

It is wonderfully varied. There are lots of different vocalists, male and female, and lots of different tempi and moods.

I didn't really follow the story line (though I like the narration), but the music itself was gorgeous and involving.

There is also a really nice balance of instruments: at times, blistering guitars, sometimes soaring synths, and very often (and most Beatlish) great orchestral accompaniments.

What is most amazing is how different this CD is from Pt.II (Flight of the Migrator).

This one has ever-changing diversity and sweetness alternating with harshness, so that each complements the other.

Pt. II (Migrator) alas, is one long uninterrupted thrash-guitar speed-fest, with relentlessly screaming male vocals. Pt. II is strictly for 13-year-old males.

Avoid Pt. II, and stick with this one. A triumph!

Dream Sequencer, part of a two CD set, together with Flight of the navigator, is a VERY good sequel to Into the Electric Castle. The feel of this disc is along the same lines: Epic, Bombastic and utterly GOOD. Arjen Lucassen proves once again what he's capable of: Telling a compelling musical story and gripping the listener from note #1 till the very last fade-out.

Don't even listen to this other guy. This album is pushing the definition of "Epic" to new levels with it's emotion and pure effort put into the instrumentals and vocals. Just one of the first in a long line of the great Ayreon series of interconnected storybound albums.

Good Melodic Metal/Rock..very Progressive in the vein of Rush, Floyd, Symphony X and Dream Theater. This has some nice moments on it especially the song 2084 and Dragon of the Sea awesome vocals. If you like Prog/Metal/Symph Metal you gonna love this.

I am siting here listining to this wonderful CD, this is a classic and should be in everybody's cd collection. Arjen Lucassen weaves a great tale and all the tracks are good, but my favs would have to be My House On Mars, And The Druid Turns To Stone. Bieng older in years and a teenager when Pink Floyd made Dark Side Of The Moon. It is good to now there is still some great talent out there, the range of music and the playing are superb. And to the reviwers who don't like this go listen to some other crap, and leave the good stuff to those with an ear for good music.
So buy this now and then get the rest of there CD's especially Human Equation.

This Album is a MUST! If you liked the Into the eletric Castle album you are going to love this one. Bruce dickinson is, as always, very good. The other singers who originally perform as "melodic" heavy metal prove once again that they are very good. This CD is perfect.

I had high hopes for this CD. I grew bored listening to it after the fourth track. It is only an average CD that left me wanting for more. I am a huge prog fan. This CD was very dissapointing. I got relly tired of hearing all of the keyboard effects. I would not reccomend this CD to anyone.

WHAT A LOAD OF PURE REGRESSIVE DRECK THIS IS ...PINK FLOYD COPIES???? NOT EVEN CLOSE. SOUNDS LIKE CHURCH MUSIC WITH BAD SYNTHESIZERS. I WOULDN'T EVEN PUNISH MY WORST ENEMY BY MAKING HIM LISTEN TO THIS CRAP