received increased attention. The band is considered an "institution in its field". The debut album Progeria, first released in 2003 via Børse Music, received international reviews, especially after its re-release via Karisma Records. The reviews of the remastered version of the album by Jacob Holm-Lupo were mostly positive. mastering version of the album were mostly positive. The release is "a short but nice combination of psychedelic retroprog and hard rock interludes", which however "still lacks the sophistication of the group's later albums", wrote Jochen Rinfrey for Babyblaue Seiten. On Metal Factory the album was praised as "[s]ehr interesting" for "70s and prog rock fans". A similar opinion was expressed for the webzine Vinyl-Keks. The album is for "prog rockers and fans of the 70s [...] a clear recommendation!" However, the debut was "not yet as musically mature" as subsequent releases. Mario Wolski from Saitenkult, on the other hand, criticised that the album "[was] much too short to pass as a full album." Far Out In Aradabia follows the quality of its predecessor, but convinces with its humour. The humour and the improvised piece Butterpriest Jam led to a gradually better rating by Wolski from Saitenkult. The humour is also emphasised by Rinfrey for Babyblaue Seien. Norbert von Fransecky from Musikansich.de referred to the "messages recorded in German, which are completely weird numbers, both in terms of language and content." For Jon Davis of Exposé, the band also show more independence and creativity on the release. Meanwhile, the improvisation Butterpriest Jam divided the reviewers. While the track, which was only added for the re-release, was praised by some as "19 minutes of first-rate improv rock" and "real added value" the centrepiece and highlight of the release, others such as Eric Porter of Sea of Tranquility and Jon Davis of Exposé found it boring and tedious. As the change in style ushered in by the reunion varied, so did the recommendations. Thus, Strange Frame of Mind was advised to those listeners who prefer progressive rock and appreciate Arabs in Aspic's more recent releases. In this new context, the music proves to be "obsolete, as the whole thing [...] sounds quite authentically like the 70s and also picks up the first retro-prog wave of the 90s [...]", but seems to be "very well" done, "technically perfectly implemented, [...] very colourful and imaginatively orchestrated and therefore all in all very varied." The assessment of