[.ca] Disconnected

pinnacle reached:
o.k. anyone in doubt,buy it! I may be slightly partial being a CT. native ,now living in the southwest,but,i have all the fates stuff,and this is by FAR the best. Being a non-musician myself,I may offer an unbiased perspective. I judge everything strictly by the end product,not by any technical musicial perspective or magazine personality write up.The album has taken what was achieved in the good,but somewaht too dreary, "pleasant shade-0-gray," and turned it into a masterpiece. As one reader pointed out.I too, wish this album would go on longer; as timing is so perfect and you get to "into" but, It ends a little too soon. PSO-GREY is good,but really only gets great by the climax at the end. it does set a mood,but disconnected is great all the way through.no highs and lows... just perfect balance... I love the dream theatre stuff as well... but disconnected has completely "raised the bar!" disconnected has earned it's place as a "night camping only" type cd. saved for special appropriate times of play. ENJOY!

Very good prog album!!!:
I've never been a huge follower of Fates Warning and am not well versed in their catalog of music but this album has at least made me a fan of their current stuff. I love the album and it is a refreshing change to the over indulgent side of the prog movement where the music is filled with technical prowess and everchanging time sigs. Fates focuses more on the mood of the song, song structure, and creating simple but innovative passages. The music is heavy with an almost apocalyptic atmosphere to it. FW achieves taking a simple song concept based around a common riff and adding enough color and texture to it to provide the listener with a more emotional experience. The music is not laden with guitar solos or production tricks which lets the song concept shine. As well, Rays voice is so versatile and he hits just the right vocal style at just the right part. Finally, Kevin Moore (former DT keyboardist) adds just the right amount of atmospheric keyboards. My only criticism...I wish the disc were one or two songs longer because I find myself not quite ready to be done with the experience when the disc ends. I highly recommend this disk to anybody who is a fan of harder edged prog music.

Progressive "Light"....:
I agree with a previous member who said that FW takes a good riff and builds a great PROG feeling song around it---without jerking you around too much. Don't get me wrong, I like the "jerky" stuff too. FW is subtle prog----more like Queensryche----not like Dream Theater. It's Prog "light". Good musicianship, good lyrics/vocals, good hard edge guitar. By the way, I saw FW in concert twice last summer (opening for QR and DT). Awesome!!!!!!!

Best:
Disconnected is one of my favorite records ever right next to Blueprints of the World and J9 or D10 from Echant, Disconnected has the ability to create a very cool mood thanks to the songs Disconnected pt1 and 2, it also has powerful and heavier tracks like One and Pieces of Me that really metal up the record. Then we find Something from Nothing and Still Remains that are trulllly a masterpiece, and if you have read the 101 rules of prog metal you can also call them epics. This album is quite dificult to top, and really puts Fates very high in the scale, not to mention the not so great realease that DT has just present aka Train of Though(jeje kinda Kill Bill) . Anyway going back with FW YOU MUST get this album, its great,buy it. P.D Give it a change to Falling into Infinity, although it has a lot of fillers, there's something good going on there, you just have to find it.(ex. Hell's Kitchen)

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT:
Fates Warning is a band I have listened to for 15 years. Disconnected is an amazing CD, very listenable. This is the kind of CD that reaches up, grabs you, and says "LISTEN TO ME", something I have done constantly for the past few years since it's release. I have been listening to rock for 32 years and own over 2,000 CD's, Cassettes, and LP's. My music taste spans the spectrum and I would put this up there as a must have in any rock collection.

• Disconnected, Pt. 1
• One
• So
• Pieces of Me
• Something from Nothing
• Still Remains
• Disconnected, Pt. 2