So... I went back and listened to this a few more times. This album is overall pretty incredible. I mean, the lyrics are typically terrible Arjen ESL nonsense (which is discussed in hilarious fashion in this review (www.angrymetalguy.com)), but the music and the vocal performances are fucking out of this world. I love Seventh Wonder (one of the bands I've listened to the most... ever [at least according to iTunes play counts]), but Tommy Karevik really shines on this album (much more so than on his recent Kamelot work where he just tries to emulate the legendary Roy Khan). Cristina Scabbia nails it as well (better than her main band).

This album is really just a metal version of Tommy, with less pinballs and more physics. Rating individual tracks was essentially impossibe (but I did it anyways), as this shit is cut up arbitrarily to coincidence with a tracklist of 42 tracks (sigh).

4.0/5 - This album is great. The lyrics are really the only reason it is not a 4.5, as they are just... bad ("loser" should NEVER be a lyric. EVER). This is probably my favorite thing that Arjen has ever put out (although, need to give all the other items in his incredibly extensive discography another listen, there are so fucking many though).