 | Spock's Beard Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
3.9
excellent
| Ranking: #148 for 2013 | |
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| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | July 11th 25 |
I miss the off-the-wall wackiness of their early output, but I think this more serious, crunchy sound works well as its own entity. Ted Leonard is one of the best vocalists in prog, and after hearing his work with Enchant, I just HAD to hear his work with SB, who are one of my favorite prog bands. Im happy to say it didnt disappoint, and his impressive range and tone make this era stand on its own. Really really great stuff, even if it mostly feels like a different band.
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| 3.5 great | FlurpSensei | August 19th 15 |
Not as good as Snow, but pretty damn good in itself. Ted Leonard is an excellent replacement to Neal Morse. The music is excellent as always with Ryo Okumoto in particular displaying some of the best performance behind the wall of keys that you will hear in Progressive Rock. And as always with any Spock's Beard album, the mixing and mastering is absolutely fantastic.
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| 0.0 | CaptainDooRight | March 29th 13 |
Some strong moments, some weak moments. The vocals are solid and mixed well. The poppy moments tend to depreciate the prog moments that we know and love at times but SB still manages to blend them in quite well as these downsides are few and far between. "A Treasure Abandoned" is one of the strongest tracks here and has nice melodies and synths. "Afterthoughts" is also solid as well and contains some fresh riffs and solos. In fact, there's more strong moments than weak and this will definitely keep prog fans coming back for more but it's still just above average and doesn't hold up to true 70's gem due to lack of extreme high points. However, This is worth hearing and is easily at least a 3-4/5 album.
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| 3.5 great | igi78 | November 25th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xurxo | March 22nd 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZunsheV | January 2nd 25 |
| 4.5 superb | Rodstar | September 16th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Macck | April 17th 23 |
| 3.5 great | bungy | August 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | DNiewen | March 8th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | wrax | March 10th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | jybt | November 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | December 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Pels0 | December 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | kaca | December 5th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | October 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamCar | July 23rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 27th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ast | April 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jkr5001 | April 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | April 1st 13 |
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