Ayreon Actual Fantasy Revisted CD

 Overrated and exaggerated.
My expectation of Actual Fantasy Revisited was high with all the hype about it being reworked with drums and bass and what have we. But I was very disappointed with the simplicity of the instrumentation and the unimaginative composing, bordering on monotony most of the time. A far cry from Human Equation and Electric Castle(highly recommended for proggers) where one's musical imagination was stretched. Suggest this is only for an ardent fan. If you are new to Ayreon, skip this one.
Submitted by randy_leehc (Randy Lee of Singapore) 
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 Great, but stay with the original :)
Sort of an alternative version. Very good performances, but for one used to the original CD it feels a little odd. The original is a terrific CD, I'm not sure why it didn't sold well, perhaps for not being a conceptual album... My all time Ayreon favorites are from Actual Fantasy. I give ir four stars because I liked more the 1996 release.
Submitted by ambushcohln (Montevideo, Uruguay.) 
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 great done better
excellent idea Arjen had by making one of his best works even better. I was totally happy with the original (I did not know the drums were not acoustic) and listened to many times. The additions made for this time around only makes this better. the ever changing technical scene gives them a chance to improve what they feel is relevant and they did a superb job. This is what "progressive music" is all about.
Submitted by cpmsharp (sharptown, md) 
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 Casi lo mismo
Hola amigos progresivos. La verdad es que esta nueva versión del ACTUAL FANTASY, es casi la misma que la original, lo unico que cambia son las grabaciones de algunos teclados, las guitarras, el bajo y la batería, que sin duda son notablemente superiores al original CD salido en los 90. Las voces son las mismas, que las tomaron del Master y las mezclaron con instrumentaciones nuevas, sin duda que la nueva versión es mucho mejor, pero no esperen que traigan temas mas largos, solos mas prolongados y temas nuevos, todo es lo mismo, con excepción de algunas notas y logicamente el sonido que es mucho mas espectacular. la verdad es que esperaba nuevas versiones con nuevos arreglos y temas mas prolongados, pero mejor esperemos el nuevo CD de Ayreon. El DVD trae unos videos con animaciones computacionales (nada de expectacular) unos making off de la grabación de las nuevas instrumentaciones (como 20 minutos y nada tan especial) y las dos versiones del ACTUAL FANTASY. La verdad es que los CDs de Ayreon son tan buenos que es dificil que se supere el mismo y la verdad es que en este CATUAL FANTASY se supera por cabeza (termino hipico para decir que ganó por muy poco).
Submitted by hcastro (Santiago de Chile) 
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