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| 4.0 excellent | StormChaser | March 14th 25 |
Got a good feeling about this, especially after those Pika and Tundra ratings
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| 2.5 average | Helvetesdorr | October 6th 25 |
I love Steven dearly, but the dude has been putting out what's essentially very sophisticated
elevator music for more than half a decade now. No emotion, no earworms, no fun. It's just
noodling and noodling and noodling and noodling.
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| 4.0 excellent | Deadwing2112 | March 31st 25 |
Space: the final frontier. This is the voyage of Steven Wilson. His new mission: To re-visit his earlier progressive rock template in a thick as a brick double track homage without a trace of pop persuasion. And provide Miles Skarin a sonic soundtrack for viewing Earth from space, hence the cognitive overview effect. A term of double meaning; existential to philosophical matters of heavenly bodies but also self-reflection for fanfare nostalgic trenched musical composition from days past. Returning to his terrestrial roots, Astronaut Wilson relaunched to the stars. Mission Overview is a success. And a nod to fellow progressive rock astronauts who adamantly remained in Wilson's orbit since On The Sunday Of Life...
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| 3.5 great | Benjamin Kuettel EMERITUS | March 21st 25 |
Steven Wilson embraces lush art rock song craft similar to his best solo albums To the Bone and parts of magnum opus Hand. Cannot. Erase (HCE) to mostly stunning effect. However The Overview is only 41 minutes long total, and a bit too much time is taken up with sections of electronic noodling, repetitious staccato'd singing, and robotic voiceover that doesn't lend to repeat listens much. However most of the run time is made up of four amazing new songs and a lovely closing soundscape that all measure up to his solo career, as well as channeling early Porcupine Tree with the spacey atmospheres and musical direction.
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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. EMERITUS | March 17th 25 |
Aight spacey prog record whose best moments further testify of Wilson's ability to craft great pieces of atmorock, but the passages that link said best moments are mostly dull.
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| 4.0 excellent | Whispered4tw | March 13th 25 |
His most prog album since Raven. The first track definitely has more going on with several
movements which needs repeated listens to fully digest and it's the title track that initially
jumps out as a spacious prog opus that gets only slightly obnoxious due to the added dialogue
interweaved throughout the track, guy can't help himself adding that stuff in lately and even for
concept reasons it just pulls me out a bit. Definitely some of his better material other than
that.
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| 4.5 superb | hankz66 | November 18th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Suyan | June 6th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | May 16th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Marci | May 14th 25 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | May 10th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | April 28th 25 |
| 4.5 superb | Ubwar | April 17th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Cyuss | April 14th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rick64 | April 4th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | March 30th 25 |
| 2.0 poor | Keira | March 28th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | ast | March 27th 25 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | March 22nd 25 |
| 3.5 great | JoneHK | March 21st 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | AntalWS | March 21st 25 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | March 18th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | March 17th 25 |
| 3.5 great | NoXoR | March 17th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Above | March 17th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Sowing STAFF | March 16th 25 |
| 4.5 superb | Juuso | March 16th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | igi78 | March 16th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Hewitt | March 16th 25 |
| 3.5 great | haley | March 16th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Lani | March 15th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Gbhill | March 15th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | namsaap | March 15th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | March 15th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | March 14th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djang0 | March 14th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nine | March 14th 25 |
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