I lost this CD in a car that I rented in L.A. a while ago. Anyway recently I ordered it from Amazon.com, and believe that this one will stay in my cd player at least for three months :-)
"The Visitor" is a concept album recorded by Arena, a neo-progressive rock band in UK. It is one of the best prog rock albums in the 90's and to me, "The Visitor" is as important as Dream Theater's "Scenes From A Memory" album. I assume most of the prog-rock fans agree this saying as well.
The Visitor can be interpreted as an album about someone who has strayed from his faith and after a long inward conflict returns to God. The lyrics are full of religeous influences. The music is the mixture of Marillion and Pink Floyd, especially the guitarist John Mitchell is really good at Gilmour-ish soloes. The other highlight is the keyboard by Clive Nolan, who wrote the lyrics for this album, and also work with Rick Wakeman and Rick's son in his solo projects.
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