This album project has mostly turned into
1) keeping up with new releases
2) exploring rap
3) catching up on influencial rock albums from the 50's-70's
Should be obvious which this album falls into.
My first mistake was listening to this after two excellent rap albums. To say that the overwrought symphonic overtures and poetry reading of the first two tracks here sounded "wussy" is being generous. Really bad. That said, this was enjoyable at times, and useful: showing where ELO drew some inspiration, fostering my Zombies-and-Genesis-born fascination with the mellotron, and tracks 4 and 5 were even pretty good on their own. But the first two tracks, and last bit of the last track haven't aged well (or were never good) - just cringeworthy. Influencial, useful to have heard, not really a good album listen front to back. That said, I think it suffered from the lead-in - I actually think I could revisit this again in a different mindset and find more to enjoy. For now 2.5/5
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