I guess I am the only one here who thinks Nightingale is AMAZING. I cannot stop listening to it.
Disjointed, yes....as Ross said at the Denver show, not exactly a song you can bang your head to!
But the harmonies and melodies are off the chain. And the rhythm section....wow....tons of nuance in the bass playing and drums by Ray. Love the keyboard atmosphere behind the music....and the jazzier elements as well.
And Ross is outstanding here...fantastic tone. Not cheesy to me at all.
I would be happy if the new album sounded a lot like this....even though I love the darker, heavier Virus and Vector stuff too. You can hear the Yes influence big time, but also perhaps a little Toto (too
) during those fusiony parts. Then you still had the ridiculous instrumental section in the middle....super syncopation.