Ayreon "011011...y "album feedback?

I'll give it two thumbs up! It's classic Arjen, so you know what to expect. I've only heard the album about 5 times, so it's still sinking in. This one seems a bit harder to get a grasp on than Human Equation, but that might just be that I'm out of Ayreon mode these days (have to be in the mood) whereas I was wearing out Final Experiment and Electric Castle in the weeks before I got HE.

I know one thing, as with any Arjen release, anytime I'm not sure what I want to listen to at any given moment, I can put in Ayreon and I'm good to go for awhile. That's the genius of his songwriting.
 
I haven't ordered it since I'm waiting for the new Avantasia to haul it. I'm going for the special edition Ayreon is one of my favorite bands (if we consider that basically is Arjen and Ed Warby, with lots of vocalists).

I already have it as a download and I have spun it a couple of times if definitively pure Ayreon but maybe not as shining as THE, I guess is more into the ITEC level.
 
Enjoying the hell out of it. I listen to it at work and it just flows perfectly. Except that Philip Lynott vocal line that makes me jump during Newborn Race.
 
Good album, destroys the Human Equation in terms of songwriting (this has some) and singers (Jorn... damn). The "Earth" songs like Web Of Lies and Truth Is In Here should've been ditched though, they just simply put suck and turn the mood from epic to embarassing.

Pleasantly surprised!
 
I love Arjen. I just got the Special Edition in the mail a few hours ago. I'm about to go to bed & I will enjoy the actual album tomorrow, but I have watched the entire DVD however.

Ed Warby is a pretty sick drummer! He was only in the studio for 3 damn days to record his tracks, & he is no sluch on the drums!!! He's from the death metal band Gorefest. I just listened to some stuff on Gorefest's MySpace & they sound pretty damn cool. The actual behind the scenes of the DVD is not all that great though. Just over emphasis on the vocalists & what they think about Arjen...