So I've held off on listening to this until I could listen to it in it's entirety, and maybe more than a couple times. I'm three times through TBOL, and holy mackerel, this is a monumental piece of work. This is amazing. I like everything about it at this point, including all but one of the vocal choices.
The one thing - literally the ONE thing I don't like: the vocals on Solitude. I guess that's Pete, and it's just a let down. Jarringly out of place for me; it's too much at one bite of someone that isn't up to the level of the rest in terms of carrying an entire song. Though, to be nice and to be fair, I agree with Barry: his bass playing is out of this world on this record (as is Roine's guitar playing).