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Raising the Bar
The second Explorer's Club opus is quite a bit different from the first, Age of Impact. That album featured several artists missing from this album; among them are Steve Howe, Billy Sheehan and D.C. Cooper. That album was good, but this one is great. When Trent Gardner can concoct a melody, it is great stuff, which is the case here. I'm not a musician, so I can't comment on the virtuosity of the playing, as so many prog fans seem to like to do. The bottom line for a lay listener like me: This album is the best progressive rock album I've heard in a long, long time. The keyboards create a spiraling wall of sound (with catch melodies) and the vocals are haunting, elaborate and memorable. It's a shame this album will probably not get the recognition it deserves. In the prog pantheon, it is great stuff. Compared to the rest of what's out there, it's a masterpiece. This one has stayed camped out in my CD player for well over a week, and I don't think it will be leaving anytime soon.

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Simply Prog-O-matic!
I'd like to respectfully disagree with the negative reviews of this record.I'm a child of the 70's and i grew up on bands such as Rush,Genesis,ElP,Kansas,etc. and i'm here to tell anybody that the prog bands of recent years are much better than the bands they were influenced by.Listening to progressive rock requires patience because any one recording may have many changes throughout the cd.Both the Explorers Club cds are fine examples of what prog is all about with the 2nd effort being the best.In my humble opinion any true prog fan should buy both these cds,lots of great listening pleasure performed by some of the greatest muscians of modern day times, i hope this review drives the rating of this cd upward,the guys that performed on this disc deserve the sell,they earned it!

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Giant Mammoth lays Giant Turd
The first Explorers Club CD had some good moments, but face it, Trent Gardner cannot write a melody. His awkward writing style is even more evident on Raising the Mammoth.

The last time I hated a prog CD as violently as this one was when I blew 25 bucks on The Collected Works of Schicke, Fuhres and Froehling. This is just aimless garbage that goes nowhere. The singers are listed as Gardner, Steve Walsh and James Labrie. Walsh sounds nothing like his Kansas days and the way he bellows now it sounds like he needs to clear some phelgm from his throat! Labrie, from Dream Theatre, is barely evident as he doesn't sing much in his signature high-regiser style. The three sing together often and their voices just do not blend together well. Sounds like a real mess!

Everything about this disc just sounds "ugly" - the singing, the playing, the stupid melodies....ughhhh, save your money!