The track #6 'As Old As You're Young' is a classic GG song and it rules.
But sadly the album is a bit disjointed. Next to previous albums, 'Missing Piece'
is by far their less consistent one. The way they have put kind of a disbalanced
'pop- folk-medieval' blend here and there didn't convince me and did kill most of
their best tracks on here (the rocker 'Mountain Time' is a good example).
By flirting with a more simple sound, their so-called rocker
songs sound like pre-production stuff from a band in search for their
own sound. No surprising, their fanbase ceased to grow. In an attempt to
attract a wider audience, the band decided to sreamline its sound and they
failed in so. Commercial music is not their thing as we know it.
On the other hand, let say their more laid back songs are still
'in the vain' of their classic works. Band members are still killer
musicians and they still offer few magical moments and awesome
musical arrangements. If you can get over its cheese it's still
worth a listen.
I used to skip nearly half of the songs on here. It contains a
few good but just good tracks. 'Two Weeks In Spain' is a pretty good
song, 'Memories Of Old Days' and 'For Nobody' as well. Not to mention
this release is a big disappointment after its predecessor, the solid
'Interview'.
Felt the end was near . 'Missing Piece' and the two followers 'Giant
For A Day' and 'Civilian' have revealed they had nothing much more to offer.
The end of GG had to come. They had sadly split shortly after those three meh
albums.
Overall, only for GG unconditionals and I hardly give it a 3/5
