CRYPTIC VISION: In A World

Cover	Release	Style
	2006	Art Rock
	Label
	ProgRock Records
	Website
	www.crypticvision.net
	Contact
	crypticprog@aol.com
	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	72:22	PRCD020
	Review by	Rating
	Christoph	8,5/10
nederlands	Review
Recently this Florida-based quintet was positively noticed on these web pages with their live album “Live At RoSFest 2005”. Here the band’s new epic was introduced, “In A World”, serving as the warming-up song for the eponymous second studio album. We hear some very fine power sympho that regularly flirts with AOR. Todd Plant’s powerful voice is more at home in the latter category. But also less evident styles are given some attention; the title song displays real fragments of Bossanova and flamenco! This stylistic versatility is due to main songwriter Rick Duncan, a prolific composer who collaborated with members from super groups Chicago and Steely Dan. So this album contains real songs with heads and tails, while yet the individual musicians are allowed to stretch out, probably to the prog listener’s satisfaction. We have for instance Kansas violinist David Ragsdale and the roaring Rickenbacker signature bass handled by Sam Conable. The complex arrangements and rich harmonies underline in colour the overall progressive character of the follow-up to the band’s debut “Moments of Clarity”. Echo’s from Spock’s Beard (the album features an Alan Morse guest performance) and Salem Hill are evident. The influence from Yes shines through the band’s positive view on the state of the world; tracks have names here like “The Dream” and “I Am the Energy”. The record ends quite symphonically with “The Dream” part two and an abbreviated reprise of the title track, in such a way that an album concept is suggested.
Musicians
Rick Duncan : drums, guitar, keyboards Todd Plant : vocals, guitar Sam Conable : bass, vocals Timothy Keese : guitar, vocals Howard Helm : keyboards, vocals Guest musicians: David Ragsdale : violin Alan Morse, Ralph Santolla, Jerry Outlaw & Shawn Bowen : guitar John Zahner : keyboards Carrie Martin : Angelic Choir Vocals
Tracklist
1. In a World (16:22) 2. This Dream Part I (1:06) 3. Common Ground (4:37) 4. Merkaba (3:14) 5. All Along (5:09) 6. The Space in Between (4:58) 7. I Am the Energy (4:10) 8. Point of View (4:49) 9. Power to Mend (10:03) 10. Find (4:09) 11. The Balance (8:42) 12. This Dream Part II/In a World (Reprise) (5:03)
Discography
Moments of Clarity (2004) Live At RoSFest 2005 (2005) In A World (2006)


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