Seriously folks, this album improves with each listen. I downloaded it off of Napster the other day and didn't think it was that great, but I just kept listening to it. Now, it's all I listen to. The variety of sound and the blending of fast and slow sound at the same time is just amazing. It makes me really mad that I missed them when they played here last month.
Every song is incredible.
It's a brilliant retelling of King Lear and besides having immaculately staged battle sequences and stunning costumes, it was beautifully filmed, as well. There are only a handful of perfect movies made, Ran is one of them. I loved the costumes in this movie. They were so retro and so full of leather body suits. Very cool stuff and the cars were cool as hell too.