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Fates Warning - Parallels Audio CD

A fair review of the Fates Warning "Parallels" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Fates Warning reviews here, or go back to the Fates Warning tabs.

Fates Warning Band: Fates Warning
Title: Parallels
Rating:
Release Date: 1998-07-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Leave the Past Behind 2: Life in Still Water 3: Eye to Eye 4: Eleventh Hour 5: Point of View 6: We Only Say Goodbye 7: Don't Follow Me 8: Road Goes on Forever

good and solid
Eye to eye, and say goodbye are really good. This is one of their best. For a fan, this one is a must.


underrated
highly underrated. this is a excellent part of fates warning , just like inside out, all emotional turmoil, listen to the music and the words.


What Happened?
If you HAVE to shout at a band tO (The angst!The beauty of And . This band attained a polish that left it's songwriting ability behind. . musicAlly expressed by Songs such as "Daylight Dreamers" off No Exit. . Oh Questions from Earth, Answers from Heaven help me oh beautiful one!)play songs from it's first three (The UNDERSTANDING of Spectre Within albumS,theres A problem. . and the feminine beauty of Awaken the Guardian! Especially the three disc version if it's like the original one,but this album covers got (They've strayed!)more color so I'll show this one!.


Fifteen Years of Neglect
Oh, I listened to it once or twice when it first came out; just enough to deem it unimpressive. Fifteen years! That's how long Parallels sat gathering dust on the shelf after I purchased it. The dust that gathered on the cd cleared up a bit each of the dozen times I moved from apartment to apartment over the next 15 years, but I never played it during that period - not once. Finally, about a year ago, I made my first acquaintance with an 80GB Ipod, and decided I had enough room to dump nearly all of my cd collection onto it without worrying that some of the music was unlistenable pap (Does anyone want my Radio Active Cats album? Anyone? Please, I tried to sell it back to the used cd store where I bought it - something I never do except in the most extreme of cases - but the counter clerk just laughed claiming he'd never have sold me something as awful as R. A. C. ).

Last winter, I carried that magical ipod with me for a long stay in the Ethiopian highlands. Many months of foggy days and frigid nights spent in near isolation provided me with a wonderful opportunity to re-explore my music collection. By April, I'd begun scraping the bottom of the barrel - and that's where I found Parallels. I sure didn't expect much from it, and on first listen, I was not especially impressed - `meandering songs that seemed to go nowhere' was my conclusion. Still, something I heard told me to give it a second chance, and about a week later, I listened to that little voice in my head and dutifully played Parallels again.

Suddenly, it was like puzzle pieces that had been lying in a heap in a corner of the basement came together and formed a beautiful picture. I was almost overwhelmed by the beauty of Parallels - a mournful, yet uplifting, song cycle where every note seems perfectly chosen. I felt a certain `giddiness' at having discovered a lost classic in my music collection that was sure to continue growing on me for months, perhaps years, to come. Repeated listens over the remainder of my stay in the highlands revealed an album that combined clinical musical precision with exceptional emotional weight to an extent I'd never heard before. From the galloping bass line of `Point of View' to the soaring vocals of `Life in Still Water', Parallels is never less than satisfying, achieving a level of consistency and emotional resonance shared by very few albums in my collection. And to think Parallels had been sitting unplayed on the shelf for 15 years before my new ipod gave it the opportunity to capture my attention.

Upon my return from Ethiopia about a month ago, I ordered a copy of Parallels for my sister whom I was sure would love it (she does) and set to work building up a collection of Fates Warning cds for myself. I doubt any of their other albums will have the same staggering effect on me as Parallels but I sure look forward to exploring the remainder of Fates Warning's catalogue nevertheless. I hope that my rediscovery of Parallels will strike a chord with others, either by inspiring people to buy Parallels and experience this special album or by inspiring them to give some of the albums long-buried in their collections a second chance. The next album that captures your imagination might just be one that has been sitting neglected on a shelf in your home or in the deepest recesses of your ipod. Unless your entire collection consists of albums by the Radio Active Cats, that is. If you find yourself in that alarming situation, you'll need to go out and buy some new albums immediately - preferably starting with Parallels.


Another amazing Fates album
Such a difficult and complex work for a band to do. Fates Warning decided to write an insightful and complex album that will appeal and reflect every listener. Without much trouble they succeeded! That is what parallels is all about. 8 songs dealing with everyday human life matters and while they sound simple there is much more to them that meets the eye. The songs are not as complex as their later works but one can easily notice the work given to every song. This is a very nice album to get to know the band as it's very simple to listen and fully abbrevate. Highly recommended!.


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