Haken - Aquarius
Tracklist
01. The Point Of No Return02. Streams
03. Aquarium
04. Eternal Rain
05. Drowning In The Flood
06. Sun
07. Celestial Elixir
Additional info
- Music by Richard Henshall, Lyrics by Ross Jennings, Arrangements by Haken- Drums recorded by Misha Nikolic at Monster Trax Studios
- Additionals instruments recorded by Tommy Ashby and Loz Anslow at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Mixed by Christian Moos at Spacelab Studios
- Mastered by Eroc at Eroc's Mastering Ranch
- Artwork & Design by Dennis Sibeijn
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2010 is long over, and I still have not heard an album that was better than Haken's Aquarius. Hailing from England and featuring two To-Mera members: Richard Henshall, who mostly plays the guitar but also keyboards like in his other band, and Tom MacLean playing the bass instead of guitar. There is also a guitar player from Linear Sphere, and all other members are involved only with Haken. Overall, the level of musicianship is outstanding. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.1
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This album is quite a surprise. New bands often make the mistake of trying too hard to show the world how good they are, and to put so many ideas in the music that all coherence is lost. Haken has a lot of ideas and they know how to play their instruments, but they never show off too much and they managed to make the album sound as a coherent entity. Read more ›› |
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Musicianship: 9 Vocal: 9 Atmosphere: 8 Melody: 8 Originality: 8 Production: 10 CD Covers: 10 Best Songs: 01. The Point of No Return 07. Celestial Elixir
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Posts: 2574 Written by BaneConall on 03.05.2011 at 19:23 That is true for most album IMO, and it might take even more times very often.
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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Great album full of great moments...Seventh Wonder's release beats it, but 2010 was great year for prog
---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep 
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What a great band and what a great "concept" debut album . 
---- Stop seeing things and people in a binary way. Everything has its own spectrum and complexity. Be patient and learn about the world.
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Three listens changed my score from 6 to 8, planning to listen again, hoping to find something awesome I overlooked.
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A lot better than I remember it being. Lots of fun and payoffs, despite lacking the simple charm of Visions. I'll give it another listen, but I can see this going up to a high 8-9.
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Posts: 6212 Written by 24emd on 02.01.2024 at 04:27 My hot take: this album is terrible. The songs are overlong, boring and badly put together. They contain some ridiculously jarring fragments, just check the very beginning of the first song. The singing is totally, utterly, overwhelmingly abysmal. All the vocalist does is naaaaaa naaaaaaa naaaaaa, with varying numers of a's. There is not a single memorable melody on this painfully overlong record. The singing is so annoying, that I find it hard to sit through some songs.
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Posts: 1265 Written by Daniell on 06.03.2024 at 10:07 Fair enough on every front, similar to how I feel about *ahem* Mercyful Fate. I won't deny anything you said, some of that jarring and silliness actually appeals to me. 5 seems very generous based on everything you've said.
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Posts: 6212 Written by 24emd on 06.03.2024 at 11:40 "Terrible" starts with a 5 and goes downward. So 5 is the highest rating I could possibly give. Let's say that this 5 is for ambition, decent musicianship and an occasional good idea. And no, I don't hate the album. If I did, the rating would be a 4, at best.
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It''s been a long time since I last listened to this, so I decided to try again. But no, it's just as big of a snorefest as I remembered. It's just bog standard modern prog, there's no personality at all.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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