Two awful songs so far. And this is supposed to be one of MP's top albums ever (according to him)?
To be fair, I'm pretty sure he says that about every single thing he ever works on.
Thoughts on the songs:
You Are Not Alone - Kinda boring tbh. Lyrics are a little bland for the most part, it doesn't really do anything exciting musically, and it feels pretty stationary even by ballad standards. There's not a whole lot of momentum in the harmony as far as I can hear and it doesn't generate a whole lot of momentum through the melody or rhythm either, so it mostly just sits and festers instead of actually going anywhere. Also, half the song could easily be cut without damaging it.
More - The vocals on this 100% sound like early/middle Muse. Like...the vocals could've been a cut track from The Resistance or something and I wouldn't be surprised. The first instrumental section wasn't too terribly interesting, and honestly most of it doesn't really flow that well (the transition from the main section to the arpeggios is a little sudden, the internal sections of it don't really connect that well, and the move towards the lighter acoustic section is hella clunky). That ELP solo was kinda awful. Felt that they could do more (ha) with that "More!" shouting idea, because that could be pretty good. Main riff is good, probably the highlight of the song. Overall, this is a good 4 min song with 3 minutes of padding. It's an okay Muse knockoff song without a good editor.
Honestly, I'm starting to feel like I don't actually like prog much anymore outside of a few select bands like DT, Ne Obliviscaris, and iamthemorning. I'm finding I'm enjoying a lot of the recent prog albums I've heard less and less, and a lot of the stuff that defines prog musically is just starting to get on my nerves now because most of it is imo handled really poorly. Or maybe it's not me, and a lot of modern prog just genuinely sucks. Who knows.