Although it's a little too late to give in my response considering that the poll has already closed, i will tell you my 3 personal best spiral architect songs in order of last to 1st, but taking in mind that i consider all their songs as out-of-this-world-AMAZING.... except for Moving Spirit which i don't really care for...
In my opinion, their 3rd best song on "A Sceptic's Universe"... an amazing & massive song... is "Conjuring Collapse"... Love the chorus.... if it can be considered a chorus!! Especially the part where the guitar leads intertwine with the vocals.... not to mention an amazing lightning speed solo, and best of all... a spine-busting guitar-bass-drum interlude @3:10 till 3:30 that blows my mind everytime
.... and what makes this song even more impressive is the fact that it is solely written by Vocalist/Keyboardist Øyvind Hægeland... if you're reading this Mr. Hægeland,
... Thank you for this amazing and inspiring piece of ART/MUSIC !!!
Their 2nd best song, thanks to Lars Norberg, obviously is "Insect". mindboggling acoustic/solo parts... a grande opening of keyboards. Then the second heaviest riffing on this album kicks in... (Adaptability has the heaviest riffs by far in my opinion). The intro riffing of "Insect" with the follow up shredding into the vocals part is considered elite in my book... not to mention a great all-around song... my only objection is possibly the excessive repetition of the last riff for more than a minute to end the song... but non-the-less, a timeless masterpiece.
...And their best song... for the lack of a better word, is by far in this writers opinion, "Excessit". My God... I've listened to alot of great songs... i've even listened to alot of excellent/outstanding songs... but never have I ever listened to something so perfect... i mean if i want to try and put some great songs from other bands in its league, it isn't possible in my opinion... the high levels of cohesion and perfection on this masterpiece are unattainable even by the most skilled of musicians... Not even the best music of Symphony X, Spastic Ink, Shadow Gallery, or Zero Hour can match the towering levels of this song. I will not explain why exactly i love this song... it will take me forever to finish writing it
... so it's enough for you readers to just know that i love this song(LOL). My mortal gratitude goes to Mr. Gunderson and Mr. Norberg.