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Title: A truly stunning masterpiece
Review: The Pat Metheny Group achieved their grand apex with this 1985 release. This is one of those rare albums of such stunning beauty that you are almost overwhelmed...speechless. I agree with another reviewer that the title track is one of the greatest songs of our time -- a cinematic epic full of optimism and performed with breathtaking finesse. "If I Could" is one of the most exquisitely gentle acoustic guitar tracks I've ever heard, and "Mas Alla (Beyond)" is tear-jerking rush of emotion fueled by Pedro Aznar's incomparable voice. DO NOT be fooled by the "Forward March" introduction, which is a jokey sketch deliberately played off-key like a poorly rehearsed high school marching band -- as if to disguise the rush of musical perfection that follows.I can't say enough good things about this album, suffice to say that this a bona fide "desert island disc" that will change your life.
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