I'm loving this album! I think it has more variety than SA, also within the songs. It's proggier, no doubt. Also loving the mixing/production! Ok, maybe the bass could be a bit louder... (as a traditional complaint haha), but when Dave don't follow JP lines, we hear him clearly. And MP is wonderful here. It's cool to hear something different from him, like in Out of the Blue (also different for JP), and some bits in some places, like in Snake in My Boot (by the way, I love JP's Van Halen influence in this one and MP and JP laughing - very nice touch!) and some cool syncopation in Temple of Circadia. Anyone can hear that MP and JP has a great chemistry, which brings a lot of inspiration in MP playing, no doubt.
Also Gemini is amazing, that latin part is incredible! Also amazing is the solo on The Way Things Fall, JP/MP/LaRue really are killer on it!
Great great album!