Yesterday was Inside Out day, so today is APSOG day!
28 A Pleasant Shade of Gray X/XI (Instrumental/Do You Think That I Remember) (APSOG – 4)
Appeared on 11 of 19 entries
Top 10 finishes: 4
Highest Ranking: 2 (SoundscapeMN)
This is my highest ranked track from APSOG at #7. I’m honestly not sure why X is a separate track since it’s nothing but pulsing electronics and a simple keyboard progression (hence the reason I combined it with XI, which is where all the action is). I love the main riff, which I look at as 4/4, 4/4, 5/8, with the 5/8 replaced by a bar of 4/4 every fourth time. It’s a great rhythm that keeps pushing the song along to that final run to that final line of “call, hear your call, hear your call, hear your call!” What I love even more is that this rhythm comes directly from the acoustic guitar/piano etude in APSOG VIII. Brilliant composition by Jim.
27 A Pleasant Shade of Gray V (Murdered in Munich/Let Nothing Bleed into Nothing) (APSOG – 5)
Appeared on 13 of 19 entries
Top 10 finishes: 2
Highest Ranking: 7 (Lethean)
Great first half of APSOG track. Nice groove. Some slap bass from Joey and great atmospheric keys from Kevin Moore. It’s the one track from APSOG that didn’t make my top 50, and I can’t think of any good reason why.