I think it's great. The soprano I could do without, but getting John Hurt to narrate was just brilliant. It's no coincidence that the best tracks are Il Pleure

I think it's great. The soprano I could do without, but getting John Hurt to narrate was just brilliant. It's no coincidence that the best tracks are Il Pleure and The Holy Egoism of Genius. They're are not as great when Paul Morley performed on the live "Reconstructed". He's annoying, even if probably he wrote most of those words. As for sound, I think the modern inspiration was The Prodigy, whose Firestarter had made AoN quite a bit of money. :-)