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i honestly think that this is the album of the year as well as PvD's
greatest artist album ever! he blends so many amazing styles
together (e.g., trance, rock, hip-hop, trip-hop, breaks, house,
downtempo, etc.), and does a MIGHTY DAMN fine job of it!
i can understand the logic of those of you who purchased this
cd and expected to hear another all-out anthemic 'trance'
album (e.g., OTAB and TPOD) would be dissapointed, but
trust me, give this album another listen, and i gurantee that
about 85% of you will have different feelings towards it. the
majority need to venture off into diff. styles of music and not
just confine themselves to one genre. just listen to the track
'that's life,' where PvD and John McDaid state:
| quote: | Life isn't made so everything's right, life isn't
made so everything's bright, life isn't made so
there's always light... but that is alright. Life
isn't made like you and i, life does not always mean
to cry... sometimes we wonder what's the meaning
of... (a million more times), life. |
what this means is: obviously PvD can't satisfy the majority of you
with what he has put out, but t bad, that's life!
p.s.: there are many awesome trancy tunes on 'reflections' which are
being neglected by the majority (e.g., 'crush' feat. second sun
[which is produced by PvD, hence that it is the vandit dub],
nothing but you [which most of us are already famaliar with by
now], 'reflections' [possibly the best song of the album?],
'homage,' 'never forget' [which isn't a trance tune, but has the
sickest synths of the entire album imho!], 'that's life' [which has
one of the most beautiful melodies i have ever heard], 'connected'
[which has now gained world recognition], 'spellbound,' and last but
not least... jj (jan johnston's) best vocal track on the album,
'kaleidoscope'). with that said in mind, i don't know why
there would be any reason to dislike this picasso-like made
album.
Score: Flawless 10/10
...i hope you enjoyed my essay! 
-reZ
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