What a terrific album. Although made up of 14 tracks, these are really just sections making up the whole.A crack in the ice kicks of the album with a killer intro, John Mitchell's guitar soaring above the driving synthesised backbeat. Paul Wrightson's crying vocals appear for the first time as he beseeches I defy you to stand on the crack in the ice.There are many highlights throughout the album,. The Hanging tree is particularly impressive being a slower, almost folk based song which gradually builds to a soaring conclusion.Various themes intertwine throughout the album, cumulating in Running from Damascus which gathers everything together, leaping frantically from theme to theme, before reaching its dramatic climax. After a momentary pause for breath, the title track stands alone as an ethereal encore.Just when you think the album has finished with a soft refrain of the final chorus, the drums introduce one of the most stunning guitar solos I have ever heard. Mitchell reprises the Hanging tree theme one last time during the solo, before the electronic intro to A Crack in the ice takes over to bring the album full cycle.Quite simply, every home should have one.