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After Aural Sculpture, this came as a major disappointment.
It's not awful, but neither is it in any way essential.
The attempts to go ethnic on the likes of "Mayan Skies" and the title track (taken from the Aboriginal concept of an unconscious journey) are pretty embarrassing.
There are a couple of good songs, like "Always the Sun" and "Nice in Nice" (a less than contrite look back at the riot in France which got the band thrown in jail for a few weeks), but that's simply not enough for a once great band.
And Hugh Cornwell's rhyming of "And who gets the job?/Of pushing the knob" on the former turns an otherwise beautiful song into silliness.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always the Sun | The Stranglers | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Dreamtime | The Stranglers | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Was It You? | The Stranglers | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | You'll Always Reap What You Sow | The Stranglers | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | Ghost Train | The Stranglers | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Nice in Nice | The Stranglers | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Big in America | The Stranglers | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 8 | Shakin' Like a Leaf | The Stranglers | Play | 02:37 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 9 | Mayan Skies | The Stranglers | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Too Precious | The Stranglers | Play | 06:46 | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| 43 mins | 99 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 280 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stranglers | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |