Track Listing

1. Sleep
2. Start The Fire
3. Everything Was Not Enough
4. Roses
5. Lights
6. Sea-Nature
7. Day On My Pillow
8. World Through My Eyes
9. Wasted Land
10. Bound To Reach The End

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57660 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-24
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
RPWL was originally formed in Germany in 1997 as a Pink Floyd Tribute band and though they have held on to many of the "Floydian" qualities that helped them to shape their sound they have also managed to seamlessly blend in their own ideas and personalities. They made their U.S. debut through Inside Out Music America in 2002 with Trying To Kiss The Sun which garnered critical acclaim throughout the US progressive rock community. Now with the release of World Through My Eyes, their second release for IOMA, RPWL hopes to firmly establish themselves as an original voice. Deftly blending progressive rock with elements of psychedelia and middle-eastern rhythms, RPWL paint a hauntingly beautiful portrait of flower-eyed surrealism. Driving drum beats fuel hypnotic melodies that swirl lazily and dream-like around the listener. RPWL recently headlined the 2004 Rights of Spring Festival (ROSfest) in Philadelphia and they hope to grace shores once again in support of the new release.

Customer Reviews

Great Prog Rock
I purchased this disc after hearing one song off of it on an internet radio station - http://www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight - check it out for some of the best new prog rock. I really liked the disc from the beginning, and its growing on me more after each listen.

You can hear bits of Pink Floyd, Genesis, The Beatles and XTC in their music, and thats OK by me. There are a couple of places where the phrasing of some of the lyrics is a bit clunky, thats my only real complaint.

Highly recommened.

A Good Catch
RPWL, a German progressive rock band, starts to break out into the musical world with their fourth album "World Through My Eyes." I really disagree with some of the reviewers saying that this band is like a Pink Floyd clone. It seems obvious to me that RPWL have their own sound, there's no denying the Pink Floyd influence, but it in no way overshadows their own sound.

One thing I find hard to do is label a specific genre to this band, I dislike labels anyway, I only see it as being good music. However, for the sake of categorizing what it sounds like, I guess there is a big psychedelic vibe accompanied by pop and progressive rock with a touch of blues. Either way, the stuff is brilliant.

I know this album is not a concept album, but the songs seem to flow very well. "World Through My Eyes" is definitely an album that you will find yourself listening to all the way through. That being said, some songs stood out to me more than others.

The opening track "Sleep" is a very psychedelic tune that combines elements of rock with that of Middle-Eastern sounding melodies. This is a great song to just sit down and listen to, and as its name suggests, you could just fall asleep to it. The next song, "Start the Fire," kicks off with a very melodic guitar melody and is a great psychedelic rock song. The track "Roses" features Ray Wilson from Stiltskin as the lead vocalist and he really has a great voice, this song showcases just how great his voice is. Like others have mentioned, this is just a great pop song.

Then there's my personal favorite song "3 Lights" which is another brilliant mellow rock song. This is Yogi Lang's finest vocal performance and keyboard performance on the whole album in my opinion. When he starts singing in all the harmonies I just feel so at peace. The keyboards are also phenomenal, especially the synthesizer solo about half-way through the song. I think this track is the best on the album. My last favorite would be the last song "Wasted Land" the song is just so catchy and the instrumentation is wonderful.

Well that's about it for RPWL I am certainly happy that I stumbled across this band and hearing this album has now given me the urge to explore the rest of their discography.

Excellent CD!
I was turned on to this band by the Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd) International fan club (REG). I am so glad I bought it! It is a fantastic CD. Every song is good. Some are just amazing. The more you hear it the more you like it. At first it sounded so much like Gilmour's newer Pink Floyd (Division Bell, Momentary Lapse) that it was hard for me to hear it on it's own merits however after a few times I began to see they have their own style which blends Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, with elements of Beatles and more. Now that I have heard it over and over I feel this record is better than any of the new Pink Floyd stuff, better than Gilmour's solo record which came out last year (which I like). As a real Waters fan I can't say it is better than Roger's solo work but it is up there with some of my favorite CD's of all time. The title song "World through my Eyes" is my favorite and sounds the least Floydian of all the songs on the CD. It has elements of Gabriel and maybe NIN in it and when I play it while riding my bike and the beat comes in I feel like I can ride faster and harder than ever. It just rips! You will not regret buying this CD! Get it now!