new album. The album opens with the 11-minute progrock title track "The Damn Crystals". This may be a contracted track of "Reach Out" and "Where the Wild Roses Grow", which are two song titles that appear on an alternate track listing from which the title track's name is missing. "Surprise Me" was the first single off the album, released on 24 October 2011. According to Christensen, "the single might be the most classic rock-track of the bunch." "Love and Water" was originally written for Honeyburst while "I'll Let You Know" was written for Christensen's first solo album Secrets on Parade but was skipped as it did not fit into that album's context. The title to "Far Beyond Driven" was borrowed from Pantera's album title Far Beyond Driven, as Christensen used it as a placeholder lyric when playing a song hook on the acoustic guitar, but was unable to find better lyrics to replace it. It was uncertain whether the ballad "Never Be One Until We're Two" would be released on this album because of the heavier sound Christensen intended to give this album. The song was known to the audience because Christensen had played it on several occasions, including at Lille VEGA in Copenhagen on 16 September 2009 and on a Dutch radio show on 12 November 2009. "Caught in the Arms of..." (working title: "Caught in the Eye of...") was likely to make its way onto the album. An unfinished acoustic version of this song appears throughout the documentary "Tim Christensen: From Roskilde to Abbey Road", and a studio version was requested by many fans. The song was completed but not included on the album. On 30 November 2011, Christensen played a full version of the song before a webcam as part of his "low key late night sessions". Christensen had recorded a cover of "Distant Sun" by Crowded House for the Danish radio station DR P3. It was broadcast on 17 June 2011. The song was later released on the Japanese bonus release. Reception One reviewer called the album "distinctly warmer, simpler, and much less pompous". The most ecstatic reviewer from the tabloid paper B.T. wrote: "Not just his best album, but one of Danish rock's best (...) with one perfect pop song after the other." The balance between riffs and melodies form "dynamic contrasts that adorn tremendously well, and underline what a tremendously well-playing band Tim Christensen