Magnolia

Outstanding album! I'm new to the band having first gotten into their music through the "10 Stories Down" album, but this one is a bit more rock but still completely true to the band's sound.

One if their best.

Excellent effort! Their best so far!

I didn't know this band until my music streaming up played it in random mode. This is definitively one album I had to own.

Bear with me a moment as I make one outrageous comparison. "Tales from Topographic Oceans" the majestic double album from Yes could have been an incredible album were it not for the departure of Bill Bruford right before the "Close to the Edge" tour during which Jon and Steve composed "Tales". Without Bill's drumming and input, the album never reaches it's full potential (for example, witness the loping percussive mess that is The Ancient, compare it to "Lark's Tongue in Aspic Part 1" and realise what it could have been)."Magnolia" suffers a somewhat similiar fate. Without the outstanding drumming of Keith Harrison, the entire affair becomes lifeless.Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Pineapple Thief, I'm just very disappointed in Bruce's decision to move forward without a musician as the band's drummer who is on the same level talent-wise as Bruce.I mostly listen to the accompanying acoustic disc and think about what could have been...