If already in the first album the pieces reach an absolutely high level, well above average with various genuine gems that occasionally send shivers down your spine, it is in the instrumental tracks of the second that the magic becomes definitive, total, real. Where the railroad meets the sea, Camp fire: coyote country, Home, and the beautiful concluding track Upon this earth define the scope of a masterpiece. Anticipating by a long time the era of the great bands that brought suggestions and instrumental experimentation to new heights in (post) rock. The most ambitious and complex work of the first Sylvian, and, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating of that period. A double album to listen to and re-listen to in order to savor every aspect, heavenly played (with Fripp's guitar shining through in the most beautiful pieces), and, clearly, sung by one of the most beautiful voices of the twentieth century.
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