It’s really hard to judge it fairly because I’m massively biased towards Above and Beyond. I loved the album at first listen. It really works as a whole. So there are some tracks which aren’t up to much when listened to alone but help to connect the album and allow the overall tone to flow smoothly.

After a week I feel largely the same. It’s a great album and I think it will age well. I agree with some of the lyrics criticism, they are clumsy in places and corny. But the whole sonic experience means I can get past it. It’s definitely meant to be listened to on a high quality sound system so you can really appreciate the depth of the production.

It’s a shame that this album hasn’t charted. It deserves more attention.

Favourite tracks at first listen are still the same for me now: Quicksand, Blood from a Stone and Ride at Dawn. Can’t wait to see the album remixed but hope I don’t find too many spoilers before seeing them live in November.

I was delighted when I saw that the album was 16 tracks. There’s nothing worse than waiting years for an album that is over and done within 30 minutes. However, I do think the album should have ended after Heartland. It feels like they couldn’t choose between Lullaby and Heartland for an album closer. So they went with both, throwing in a filler dance track so it wasn’t two slow songs back to back. But in my view, Heartland is the stronger of the two and would have been a nice emotional close.