The topic of the lyrics and the mood of the music may seem a bit overly kitschly romantic, but they work well. Isolation, lunacy, aging, materialism. All in all, those are grim big realities of life.
The production and the recording quality are exceptional and that allows the songs to shine at their maximum capacity. I like the fact that they brought saxophone and a gospel voice in a progressive rock album. I also love the change of time signature in Money, as much as I love it in "Fairies Wear Boots" by Black Sabbath. There is no "filler" in this album. The instrumental tracks give dynamics to it (each one placed halfway each side).
The bridges between the songs are weak, though. It makes sense that they are blended, because that makes it possible to sustain the atmosphere. But they couldn't connect them smoothly. "Eclipse" comes more unexpectedly than any other.
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Jan Vermeer 1664 Woman playing the lute by the window
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