I feel really torn about this rating... In certain songs this record manages to sound superior to other albums of the same year, such as The Mayan Factor's (TMF) In Lake 'Ch (ILC) record. However, it also manages to follow certain stumbles due to their own audible hubris. While ILC had a majority of amazing tracks, the minority of their "out of place" songs kept the album from being an "excellent" worthy hearing. Variations of a Dream starts off nice, pleasant, and airy but doesn't expand beyond treading the shallower waters of their respective genres. It's still a great listen, but not a very strong prog rock/electronica album worthy of being "unique" amongst the genres mentioned... Also, anyone else felt tracks 6 & 7 felt out of place?
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