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Anhedonia is, remarkably, the sixteenth full length CD from Elegant Simplicity since their debut in 1992. Although he has been helped out in occasion by other musicians and particularly by vocalists, the bulk of the work on this impressive catalogue is by the talented multi-instrumentalist Steven McCabe. As Anhedonia is entirely instrumental, the only other contributor to this CD is drummer Christopher Knight. My only other experience of Elegant Simplicity so far is The Nature Of Change from 1996, and as the weak link in that recording was the programmed percussion, the presence of a real drummer here is definitely an improvement.

Let's start by saying that this is quite possibly the best Dream Theater album yet!

As you would expect, the instrumental prowess on display is extraordinary, but what saves it from being a widdle-fest is the sheer quality of the songs. There is not a weak track on the CD.

There is something for every fan of progressive music here: great rock riffing, superb vocals (perhaps the best performance from LaBrie yet), killer bass, mind-boggling keyboard and guitar solos, great lyrics and some seriously deft arrangements.

We have just updated our reviews section with 7 more reviews. 1 for Purity and Despair, 1 for Architect of Light and 5 for the latest CD Too Many Goodbyes.

I hope you enjoy reading them. Don't forget, you can rate these reviews or add your own comments to them!

As most of you know, our vocalist, a certain Mr Ken Senior, was also the bass player for leading UK prog band Parallel or 90 Degrees. Until they kind of disappeared while their lead chap went off and did the Tangent. Anyway, they are back in the saddle, minus Ken, oddly, and have released a double CD of best tracks and rare stuff.

It's called A CAN OF WORMS: The best of Po90 1996 - 2001 and was released a month or two ago. It is highly recommended!

Elegant Simplicity is the most underrated, misunderstood and criticized artist on PA bar none. That such a talented musician as Steven McCabe gets so little love and affection is bewildering as most reviews are tepid, lukewarm or outright negative.

I have just posted a magnificent review of our best-selling, long out of print "Architect of Light" CD! It was published last week at progarchives.com. It is a quite a long review, but stick with it - it really is great!

Please leave your comments, I'd love to hear from you!

Whist updating the Reviews section, I noticed that the CD cover that is pulled from the database to match the CD title wasn't, er, pulling! Anyway, I have now fixed it so that whenever you check out a Review, you will always see the accompanying image. Incidentally, the issue was caused by the incorrect path in the image url.

As well as the above, I have fixed an issue in the shop I didn't even realise I had an issue with! Namely, only UK customers could order CDs! There were no other countries in the drop down box. How embarrassing! That is now fixed so that wherever you are from, you can order a CD or two from us!

As promised in the latest newsletter, the site account details for members of our previous website have now been re-created. All those affected will have received a confirmation email. All you have to do is click the link and change password when requested.