This is kind of what's wrong with prog. I like prog, but this is reaching for bombast, nothing humble and human about it, looming theatrical and distant, arrogance blinding you to actual appreciation of actual virtues.
The shorter, jauntier songs like Jeremy Bender fare better, but the album is dominated by the impression left by its 20-minute opener and the (titular?) batshit Armadillo-tank that graces its cover. And what's going on with are You Ready Eddy? a song so stripped down it seems almost like a sarcastic sneer in the direction of good old-fashioned rock and roll.
Attitude matters. Again, I like prog, and I even like ELP from time to time, and this is complex, sometimes-compelling music, but it crosses some line, failing the "band I'd like to be in" test with a thud, and the result almost is no fun at all 2.5/5
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