Parallels is a well produced album, and one of the best albums of the 1990s. The Eleventh Hour is the jewel of this album. Monument is a piece de resistance, but overall Inside Out defers greatness to albums like Disconnected and Awaken The Guardian (and A Pleasant Shade of Gray, which gets better after each listen). Nonetheless, the Parallels / Inside Out combo is miles above the combo that the great Iron Maiden released in the same time period.