NEAL MORSE – Sola Scriptura
 
Label: InsideOut
Release: February 23  2007
By: Reverend
Rating: 8.5/10
Time: 75:59
Style: Progressive Rock
URL: Neal Morse
 

I really do not know what to think about NEAL MORSE and his massive output, especially since he left Spock’s Beard. His strongly religious lyrical concepts tend to make me sick every time I listen to his albums, but on the other hand, the man is brilliant from a musical point of view. Sola Scriptura makes no exception here – a solid 75 minutes long prog opus with highly renowned guest musicians and an ambitious concept. After all, it is a great album – but it is also very “morsey”. If you liked ?, Testimony, One and his other solo albums, you will probably like it. If not, then I urgently advise you not to buy this disc as you would probably deeply regret it. To be honest, I am definitely not the kind of man who can truly be considered as a NEAL MORSE fan, and I could never listen to this kind of music all day long, but to take up the cudgels for Neal I have to admit that Sola Scriptura is much more endurable and unobtrusive than Testimony or ?, so I decided to give a cautious recommendation for this album. So if you dare to enter the lair of the audible excesses of a religious sectarian driving mad with his Hammond organ, do not hesitate. You will either love or hate it, but do not blame me if you suddenly get the idea of becoming an acolyte and feel the duty to obey the great leader Morsus Christ. But hey, it IS, and I can only repeat that, it IS a great album!