Eclipse - Megalomanium ll

[Eric3]

On 9/18/2024 at 4:00 PM, Mafisen said:

It's about his father, who passed away 10 years ago. 

You know, the more I listen to this song, the more it resonates with me. My dad is getting up there in age and we don't have the best relationship but we've had some great times and I wouldn't be the man I am today without him. It's not often I connect with an Eclipse song like that.

[CureTheSane]

Listened today for the first time.

A case of not meeting the hype for me 

But I'm sure after a few more listens some will start to stick.

[tts42572]

19 hours ago, Eric3 said:

You know, the more I listen to this song, the more it resonates with me. My dad is getting up there in age and we don't have the best relationship but we've had some great times and I wouldn't be the man I am today without him. It's not often I connect with an Eclipse song like that.

Agree.  That song also hit me as my Dad passed a couple years ago.

Dive Into You Is Another that grabbed me.

Agree also about not usually connecting with Eclipse songs like that.  I mean, most of their stuff is just 3 minute, light hearted type romps.

That's one thing that elevates this album above some of their others for me.

[Geoff]

Yeah, I'm just going to be an echo in this chamber. It's amazing what one bad album can do in a great band's discography, but I didn't like the last album at all and as a result I wasn't expecting anything from this, assuming it was more or less just the same sessions as the last album. I believe that's what they said in that interview; that it was more or less all recorded at the same time? I watched the interview when it was released, but have the memory of a smacked fish. Maybe there was a part in it where they mentioned that they put one group of like-minded songs together for part one (the shit ones), and then a second group of songs (evidently, the good one) separate for the second album? I dunno, maybe there was something like that in there.

Either way, like most others, for me this is the best album I've heard from Eclipse in a while. I don't think I got a single keeper off the last album, and leading up to it, there'd been about 4-5 keepers per album, I think. But for me, this one's pretty much all keepers. Well, I'd leave 'Divide & Conquer' and 'The Spark' off the list, but the rest is all very nice. It's not completely mind-blowing, but it's a very good album and definitely their best for a while. 

[Y&TForever]

My copy isn’t arriving until Monday the 30th! So annoying…

[CureTheSane]

Don't get all the hhate for Megalomanium.

The Hardest Part Is Losing You - absolute killer song
Got It! - is a great song, but I get why it wouldn't resonate with others
Anthem - love the vibe opf this song. Aptly named

Other keepers off the album
Children Of The Night
Hearts Collide
The Broken
One Step Closer To You
Forgiven
 

[Eric3]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:11 AM, Geoff said:

assuming it was more or less just the same sessions as the last album. I believe that's what they said in that interview; that it was more or less all recorded at the same time? I watched the interview when it was released, but have the memory of a smacked fish. Maybe there was a part in it where they mentioned that they put one group of like-minded songs together for part one (the shit ones), and then a second group of songs (evidently, the good one) separate for the second album? I dunno, maybe there was something like that in there.

Load/ReLoad syndrome. A double album with a few great songs each that could have been condensed into one terrific album. Oh well...