I have stated many times before that I'm not a huge fan of this album. The songs are good, yes but they all seem identical except for a few. Okay, let me tell you my thoughts on each song.
Different World opens the album with a blast. It's one of the better songs on the album. The chorus is gold, the riffs are good, overall, just a great song.
These Colours Don't Run is slightly worse, due to the fact that it's yet another war-themed song. It's not bad, but not the best on the album. That honor goes to...
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns. Yeah, this is one of the three lengthy epics on the album and this one deserves it's 8:44 minute length. By far the best song on here. That middle section: FREAKING AMAZING!
The Pilgrim is not bad nor is it good. It's a song that has both good parts and bad parts. This is a hard song to describe, let's just move on.
The Longest Day is yet another war-themed song. The gloomy atmosphere of the verses gives the song a point. Another point goes to the chorus, even though it's so freaking repetitive! However it loses a point due to the lackluster instrumental section.
Out Of The Shadows feels like a ripoff of Prodigal Son from Killers, and that's not a good thing. Prodigal Son was a decent song on Killers but Out Of The Shadows just isn't as good. It doesn't really click for me.
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg is far better. It's easily the second best song on the album. The lyrics are very interesting and the melodies are good. Unfortunaly, it's here all the good stuff dies because the next song is...
For The Greater Good Of God. And it's really freaking boring. At a staggering nine and a half minutes, this song is the longest song on the album. But it's so boring that it lulls me to sleep.
Lord Of Light is even worse, being very unmemorable and even more boring than FTGGOG. It's freaking unbelievable that the next song is even more terrible than this one.
The Legacy is by far my least favorite on the album and one of the bottom ten for me. I can't say very much more about this song.
And that's my thoughts on the fan favorite. Decent but becomes too same-y after Out Of The Shadows.
Oh and don't even get me started on Dance Of Death!