Dargor...you should check out the Mike Howe era albums. Blessing In Disguise was the beginning of something special (despite a somewhat muddy production), capped off by The Human Factor, which tackled such issues as music biz trends, bankruptcy, anti-American sentiment, PMRC, child abuse, alcoholism...wow...very socially conscious album. If you can overlook the cover, I highly recommend Hanging In The Balance, which is the next album that was completely overlooked at the time...just an awesome follow-up to Human Factor with great material...maybe not quite so thought out...but not any less intense as a result.
This analogy is kinda out-of-the-blue...but I kinda equate it to Savatage's Dead Winter Dead creating a buzz and then Wake Of Magellan going virtually unnoticed (at the time)...that's kinda the relationship between Human Factor and Hanging In The Balance...
Hope I'm not leading you astray!
I wish I knew what Mike Howe was doing now...anybody know?
Rock on!