At first I didn't get what it was all about, why people loved it so much.
I have to admit I still don't think it's AS worthy of all the praise. No more than some of Dan's other work, but it seems to be elevated for some reason.
I know Dan was going through tough times back then, and it came out great. I especially love Sun of the Night, Uncreation, Add Reality and Creating Illusions.
After Star One, hearing Uncreation was the first song Swanö-related. That was a while ago, and I'm still blown away by Moontower. It's around #3 on my favorite album list. Especially 'The Big Sleep', for the lyrics alone.
I absolutely HATED it on the first listen. I was like "ok.. what the hell is with the keyboards and why is he growling if this is prog???" I listened to it for maybe five minutes and put Crimson back in... then a year or so later I totally fell in love with it. For no real reason other than narrowminded stupidity did I miss listening to this album for a whole year!!!
I absolutely HATED it on the first listen. I was like "ok.. what the hell is with the keyboards and why is he growling if this is prog???" I listened to it for maybe five minutes and put Crimson back in... then a year or so later I totally fell in love with it. For no real reason other than narrowminded stupidity did I miss listening to this album for a whole year!!!
Yeah albums that are harder to get into lasts much longer than easy accessible(sp?) albums. My first dan experience was closing chronicles and I though it was ok after a first listen but then I didn't pick it up until about 4 months later and then I really found the thing about dan's music.