If you ask me, this will go down as one of the best, most creative albums of all time. It covers a lot of gound and you can tell that the effort that went in to this creation was just off the scale. The mastering is out of this world, and the concept was well ahead of its time. Each sound is crafted perfectly to fit with the music, and is completely unique in its origin. I own the American/UK version, and the Japaneese version which has one extra song on it being Dead Souls from the movie The Crow. While the extra song is nice to have, it doesnt seem to fit the flow of the entire album. The original just tells a story and the tracks flow from one to the other seamlessly. I can honestly say that I have listened to this album over 700 times. Probably more. Each time adjusting all the frequencys on my stereo so that I would hear new things in the recordings that may have not been aparent enough in the previous listening. Trent Reznor is brilliant, and he really did set a standard for a lot of other albums to come.

This album is simply amazing in the electronica catagory. The type of music isnt for everyone, but its just so well crafted and put together that you have to give Juno Reactor some respect. This is not your normal techno CD, this is a piece of electronic art. Very Dark, Very thought provocative, and very perfect. Ben Watkins truely has created a Dream-World of sound which you can easily drown yourself in. The American version isnt really the original, the UK one is, but the American version has one extra track at the end, a remix of a previous Juno Song, High Energy Protons, which I feel closes the albums mind-trip perfectly. Repitition was just not an option in the creation of this album. As I once read in a review "Its not the normal techno CD where someone set the 303 and went to lunch". Thats very true, and I would suggest this CD to anyone looking for something different.

This was the first album I ever "discovered" on my own. My father accidently left it in the 8-Track player that he was testing in our basement, and I came down saturday morning and saw it, turned it on and was amazed at what I was hearing. As I grew up I learned more about ELP and obtained all of their albums on CD. They are one of my favorite bands of all time. The album Tarkus though, besides holding that certain value from the discovery, is probably my favorite one because of the layout of the music, and the story it tells. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer are absolutely amazing musicians, all 3 graduating from the Juliard School of Music, They are rockers that like to play with Clasical style. Keith Emerson was One of the, if not THE first person to take a Moog on stage. Everything they play and write is thought through and done with class. To me, Tarkus is very close with their rendition of "Pictures at an Exhibition", and given a sixth album choice, that would be it.

I love this album for a lot of reasons, not only is it just really good, but each song holds a very powerful and personal emotional content. Just about anyone who is in love, has ever been hurt by love, or feels alone in the world could probably find at least 4 songs on this album to relate to. Again, from Trent Reznor, its an excellently produced compilation of hard work, dedication, and life experience. Reznor is an average person with an exceptional talent for music and this first official full album gives everyone a taste of his life,.... and their own.

Not really an album like you would think,.. this CD is really a work worth mentioning. Its more like one of those CDs that is "sounds of the rainforest", or "Thunderstorms" or something.. but what makes this CD unique is the fact that the ambient music is being produced from radio waves that are being bounced off things in space, recorded and translated in to the most abnormaly natural symphony you will ever hear. Its soothing, easy to listen to awake, or asleep, and you can just let your mind wander as if it was floating aimlessly in space itself. Dr Fiorella really found something new to do, and she even performs live. Truely one of a kind, and one that I have listened to countless times.