TRANSATLANTIC'S THE WHIRLWIND - Available Now!!!

goncalo_viola


^ That question is already being debated to death.

I just had a vision... a co-headlining tour with Transatlantic / Dream Theater.

(that would be a nightmare (to remember) to Mike )

that is what  a prog-nation tour should be..............killer

77 minutes...

And a Gabriel-Genesis cover.

yeah well as good as it sounds... how can Mike play 6 hours nonstop?

Wicky de Viking


yeah well as good as it sounds... how can Mike play 6 hours nonstop?

Nothing a healthy dose of Rock Juice can't help with

A really do hope that Trewavas and Stolt got a little more space to be involved in the writingproces. The previous albums were abviously good but  typical Morse albums with a touch from Portnoy. I hope for a real band effort this time.

Alex72


A really do hope that Trewavas and Stolt got a little more space to be involved in the writingproces. The previous albums were abviously good but  typical Morse albums with a touch from Portnoy. I hope for a real band effort this time.

The Whirlwind (song) was (as were many songs on the first albums) written by Neal before they went to the studio so a lot of it will probably sound like a Neal Morse song. The rest of the band did their best to rearrange it, as Neal's said. As I've said before I wouldn't be too worried about it.

I think you can hear a lot of Roine on the first 2 albums. It's been a long time since I've watched  "Building the Bridge" but I remember getting an impression that it definitely was a real band effort then. I sort of feel that the problem is that Neal liked the Transatlantic sound so much that he didn't try to go to another direction with his solo albums but ended up writing similar music. For example Sola Scriptura is very similar to BAF in many ways. On the other hand I also feel that no matter what kind of music Neal releases these days, some people will say that "It sounds like typical Neal Morse".

It's gonna be fuckin' amazing.

c'mon bring it on!!! :D

Am I missing something? Is it possible to preorder it yet? I am so excited!

I'm jonesin' for some sound clips

emtee

I'm jonesin' for some sound clips

I was just thinking the exact same thing.

For those interested, The Whirlwind will be as follow:

Disc 1:
01. Overture / Whirlwind 
02. The Wind Blew Them All Away 
03. On The Prowl 
04. A Man Can Feel 
05. Out Of The Night 
06. Rose Colored Glasses 
07. Evermore 
08. Set Us Free 
09. Lay Down Your Life 
10. Pieces Of Heaven 
11. Is It Really Happening 
12. Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)



[<font]Disc 2:
01. Spinning
02. Lenny Johnson
03. For Such A Time
04. Lending A Hand
05. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
06. A Salty Dog
07. I Need You
08. Soul Sacrifice

Source: http://www.billevansmedia.com/artists/transatlantic/ (You will need to download the Press Kit)

Damn, I was really hoping Whirlwind would be all one track. :(

^^ I was hoping quite the contrary^^

*patiently awaiting the awesome backgrounds that will be produced by SteveTheater and/or Szabi now that high res pics are available*

ministroraven


^^ I was hoping quite the contrary^^

 
I think most people would be on your side too.

But to me, there's nothing worse than when a section from "The Healing Colours of Sound" or "Six Degrees..." comes on my ipod in shuffle. I absolutely cannot listen to it out of context and unless these are very disparate tracks with poor transitions, I might join them together myself.
I've had no problem sitting through 3 hour long movies, I don't see how this should be any different.
In fact I think it would be so much more brave of them to release it as one track, you know, nobody has done that. It doesn't really stand up as a 77 minute song if it's split up like that IMO.
But you can't please everyone, and I think more people would be complaining if it was one big track. Oh well.

ministroraven

09. Lay Down Your Life 
10. Pieces Of Heaven 
11. Is It Really Happening 
12. Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)

Sounds like Neal Morse is having trouble leaving his "message" aside for this one. :(

ministroraven


^^ I was hoping quite the contrary^^

Me either.
It is just more comfortable than to have it as one song.
It happens quite seldom at the moment that I listen to an album in one run...

gborland

ministroraven

09. Lay Down Your Life 
10. Pieces Of Heaven 
11. Is It Really Happening 
12. Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)

Sounds like Neal Morse is having trouble leaving his "message" aside for this one. :(

Let's wait and see...

I am praying for non-gospell lyrics... hmm that sounds strange :P

I'll be damn happy with whatever it is. Period. Damn happy.

emtee


I'll be damn happy with whatever it is. Period. Damn happy.

+1

There's actually a huge mistake in this press release which I feel they should correct. It states the album has

"...a second CD featuring Transatlantic’s eight other new songs recorded for The Whirlwind, along with four creative covers."

Well, maybe it's not a mistake, per se, but it's definitely deceptive- anybody who hasn't read the tracklisting for the bonus CD would definitely take this to mean that there are 8 other new songs, PLUS 4 covers.. when in fact, it's a total of 8 newly recorded songs, OF WHICH 4 are covers...

Alex72


A really do hope that Trewavas and Stolt got a little more space to be involved in the writingproces. The previous albums were abviously good but  typical Morse albums with a touch from Portnoy. I hope for a real band effort this time.

A couple of weeks ago, Roine Stolt said this on the TFK yahoo mailing list:

"it's the album where we ALL have more equal input on the final
product - a true collaboration."

Sounds like good news to me.

Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

DefyingMortality


Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

'Zactly. My intro to Neal was Bridge Across Forever, and when I found out later that his solo career was Christian, I wasn't the slightest bit surprised.

Dobe the Drummer

DefyingMortality


Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

'Zactly. My intro to Neal was Bridge Across Forever, and when I found out later that his solo career was Christian, I wasn't the slightest bit surprised.

You are right.
But it was a different kind of lyrics than for example on Testimony, wouldn't you agree?

DefyingMortality


Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

No way, dude. Stranger in your soul was about knockin' boots.

van Furlay

Dobe the Drummer

DefyingMortality


Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

'Zactly. My intro to Neal was Bridge Across Forever, and when I found out later that his solo career was Christian, I wasn't the slightest bit surprised.

You are right.
But it was a different kind of lyrics than for example on Testimony, wouldn't you agree?

I haven't yet heard Testimony, but from the reviews, it seems overtly religious. I'll admit that it takes a little thinking to find those themes in TA.

I don't care about the lyrics.
I just care about when the pre-order is happening.

spocks_brow


I don't care about the lyrics.
I just care about when the pre-order is happening.

that's exactly my thought right now...

Bridge Across Forever is a fucking kick-ass album. And by the way, the lyrics aren't a bit religious, they are spiritual, though, and that's a good thing. Even if Morse was the greatest believer of all times, it ain't good to preach to everyone that the One God is right and that's it. There's something more... universal: spirituality, 'cause everyone needs that even if it is not from Christianity. 

Anyway, looking forward to buy this album the minute it comes out! And the next minute (77 minutes later) I'll be melting all the parts of The Whirlwind together and putting it on my iPod!

Yeah and wtf with the deluxe edition? They'll never sell any non-deluxe album if there are 4 original tracks on the deluxe!

TArules!

~postproggist~

postproggist


Bridge Across Forever is a fucking kick-ass album. And by the way, the lyrics aren't a bit religious, they are spiritual, though, and that's a good thing.
 

 
I totally agree about this!

I just bought SMPT:e yesterday and I've been spinnin it non-stop.

If only Bridge Across Forever was on iTunes =(

*cough*mikeportnoy*cough*

Check out this tidbit from Radiant's email today:

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Can you say Transatlantic? This just in…there WILL be a super deluxe version of the new Transatlantic CD “The Whirlwind” with the main disc, bonus disc AND a 105 minute “Making Of” DVD featuring all kinds o’ killer footage of the guys making the epic to end all epics!!

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Impatiently awaiting for the preorder info for this.

I definitely need that super deluxe edition.

professorpeart


Can you say Transatlantic? This just in…there WILL be a super deluxe version of the new Transatlantic CD “The Whirlwind” with the main disc, bonus disc AND a 105 minute “Making Of” DVD featuring all kinds o’ killer footage of the guys making the epic to end all epics!!

Sweetness!! I think the preorders should happen soon though there is more than a month for the release date.

Must have super-deluxe version!   Hopefully the pricing isn't going to hit $100+

Dobe the Drummer

van Furlay

Dobe the Drummer

DefyingMortality


Regarding Neal, the trend of pseudo-Christian lyrics in TA started with the entirety of the second album.

'Zactly. My intro to Neal was Bridge Across Forever, and when I found out later that his solo career was Christian, I wasn't the slightest bit surprised.

You are right.
But it was a different kind of lyrics than for example on Testimony, wouldn't you agree?

I haven't yet heard Testimony, but from the reviews, it seems overtly religious. I'll admit that it takes a little thinking to find those themes in TA.

Testimony is definitely overtly religious in nature - but not preachy imo. I'm an atheist and it is one of my favourite albums ever. Do not be put off by the subject matter. The music is far too good to allow minor shit like that to deprive you of a potentially euphoric musical experience!