Is it THE BEST CHURCH ALBUM EVER? No. Is it the worst, or even close? No! It's right up there with best and I think the best way to describe it is, it rounds out the Church catalogue quite nicely while maintaining a high level of creativity and ingenuity. This album seeps into your mind, it doesn't grab you. Cobalt Blue is a nice intro; it doens't grab you like others but it eventually makes a statement. Deadman's Hand combines the energy of Ricochet with the suppressed yearning of June. (Even my six-year old randomly declared that "he loved this song" while driving in my car (not a Saab)....we've come along way since the Wiggles toured N. America).....Pangeaea is the most underrated expression of genius of late. This is a great song. I'm surprised to hear reviews to the contrary. Chuurch fans, Are we drifting apart? Happenstance, MWP b/v = genius. Space Saviour....first reaction *** yawn*** assembly-line Church......but.....the intent is to set up Angel Street....OK, have to admit, when I first heard the intro I jumped up thinking my car alarm had gone off....then I thought....No! this can't be, this isn't a song, for real I can't be hearing what I'm hearing....end result: the best, if not THE BEST, Church track ever recorded, like nothing you've ever heard before....I kept waiting for nothing to happen and it did....!....an explosion of detachment, solemn, sad, slow....beautiful outro........I listen to this over and over.....Sunken Sun is this album's Tranquility; then Anchorage....images that claim semi-darnkness, quiet......not what I expected, this is the one song that grabs you in a pop-but-not-pop-way........leads into Lunar...a bipolar backgroup requiem that changes tunes half-way through from Zamfir-on-the-pan-flute to Church in the backroon jamming. Operetta....just beautiful with some Invisible-like inter-ludes/rruptions.......however you look at it, this is beautiful music.....you can hear the guitars pull back when otherwise they might have let loose....you can hear the vocals jump out when otherwise they might have slid in (the "emerald haunt in ovedrives" have been replaced by "she was so cute, oh, you should have seen Pluto") ....bottom line is, these guys are as good- no, better!- than anyone that's currently out there or have ever been. Long live the Church ....we can only hope there's more to come.