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sam1oq
May 9th 2017


106 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Record is poor. Too much singing, too little musical meat and too pop-y for my taste.

Davil667
May 10th 2017


4076 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Singing on here is awesome though, especially the ladies are amazing.

Tundra
June 23rd 2018


10946 Comments


cheesy as hell, just not my thing

Santet
February 17th 2020


12 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

goddamnn those lyrics are cringeee

OmairSh
April 13th 2020


17942 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

God dammit "Hope" is such a good song. I LOVE the Hammond Organ melody and tone

OmairSh
July 4th 2020


17942 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Let me take you back, to a time when we were chaaasing aaall the giiirrrrllllsss

NaturalLaw
December 1st 2025


405 Comments


i remember liking this album a lot. listened to the first album again recently. working my way to this album and beyond

e210013
December 3rd 2025


6604 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Personally I deeply love the work of Arjen. Actually, this one is my favourite.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
December 3rd 2025


48526 Comments


I have not thought about this in nearly a decade goddamn, the memories

e210013
December 3rd 2025


6604 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

True. Lol.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
December 3rd 2025


48526 Comments


Trauma is still great

e210013
December 3rd 2025


6604 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah. But, for me, all is great.

PostmanPat
April 18th 2026


582 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Just listened to this album again with a friend ('cause I ordered the "20sh anniversary vinyl") and damn, it hits different as an old man.



Incredible piece of music, entire courses should be taught about this album. This is a masterpiece, flaws and all.

PostmanPat
April 18th 2026


582 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"cheesy" yeah - it's characterization; it's an opera.



This album does an amazing job of posing questions about trauma vs letting go, fighting back vs accepting fate. Wicked good. Our MC legitimately did nothing wrong except get hit by a head on collision. His best friend cheated on him with his wife. His father was abusive, his mother was an Oedipus mom; overprotective and demanding. It's not "as bad" as you think it is. Very cool piece of music. Incredibly ambitious and unique. And for one dude to pull off writing and producing this is insane to consider today, let alone in 2004, let alone wrangling all these insanely talented cats. Incredible stuff. Even if, for some reason, you hated this, it's better than probably 97% of the music made in 2004 and is deserving of appreciation for the effort and passion behind it.

e210013
April 20th 2026


6604 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Agreed. It was and still is an amazing rock opera, the best by Lucassen, in my book.

Veldin
April 22nd 2026


6009 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Dang, crazy this was just bumped, because I had a random hankering to relisten to this and finally rate it. Absolutely love Arjen’s work and this is definitely near the top.

e210013
April 22nd 2026


6604 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Me too. I always loved his work and it's always nice to re-listen to one of his works.



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