![]() And this is the reason I give this album five stars. There is not a single second of bad or average music to be found in "Alternative 4". ![]() But every track included here is excellent. Maybe this album has not a track so impressive like One Last Goodbye from "Judgement", and is not so variated like "A Natural Disaster". Is the most gothic and sad Anathema's album, and because of that it can be a bit difficult for the usual prog taste. "Alternative 4" is maybe harder, with a stronger layer of bass and keyboards, and not so progressive. This is the main difference between "Alternative 4" and the later "Judgement", where the guitars are the absolute protagonist, specially the acoustic ones. ![]() The keyboards (specially the piano sounding ones) are also very important here. His bass is very dominant in almost every song, having a lot of protagonism through the album. The guitars are really rich in comparision with their previous album, and it's obvious that Duncan Patterson is the main compositor. The rest of the band was also very inspired. He is even better in the most recent efforts, but in this album he sang deeply, dramatically and adding a lot of sadness to the great lyrics. But in "Alternative 4" he improved his vocals dramatically. Musically, there was a big progression since "Eternity", where Vincent sang to really well. Taking the style of the previous "Eternity", perfectionating it, and adding a lot of melancholy, a sense of desperation in almost every song, and some of the most beautiful cello arrangements I've heard in a rock album. Maybe not in musical skills, but in composition. I just think is their most cohesionated work, their most perfect one. "Alternative 4" is, in my opinion, Anathema's masterpiece. Thanks to Prog Geo, Unitron, adg211288 for the updates Buy ANATHEMA - ALTERNATIVE 4 music In fact, they are taken from theġ998 Peaceville compilation titled "Peaceville X" and are, respectively, track These 3 last tracks are sometimes mistaken for the ones on a supposed My Dyingīride / Anathema split that does NOT exist. Goodbye Cruel World (Pink Floyd cover) (1:39) Better Off Dead (4:21) (Bad Religion cover)ġ4. One of the Few (Pink Floyd cover) (1:50)ġ3. Your Possible Pasts (Pink Floyd cover) (4:28)ġ2. Patterson.ĭrum loops on "Empty" programmed by Andy Duncan.ġ1. Mastered at Transfermation by Noel Summerville. ![]() * Japanese and German versions have an orchestral version of "The Silent Enigma" Released by Peaceville records on August 11th,1998. ![]()
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