The Sentinel

The band wanted to release the whole Atlantis Suite as a concept album, while EMI wanted commercial songs, so only four of seven Atlantis songs made the original album and the rest were B-sides and EP tracks. Cover art is by Patrick Woodroffe and the themes are Cold War ones told through a futuristic Atlantis tale. Get Ready to Rock! says it was recorded over eight weeks with Offord at his US studio and that the original mix was allegedly compromised by a rushed mix, so the band made its own power remix later that year. We found no studio name or dates. Lowson sings, Mathewson plays lead guitar, Roland guitar synth and E-Bow, Brown plays Synclavier II, Oberheim OB-X and Novatron, Murray a Rickenbacker 4001, 12-string and Moog Taurus pedals, and Forman Premier drums with Simmons.

AllMusic's Robert Taylor gave 2.5 of 5 and called it derivative, Sounds's Sandy Robertson gave 3 of 5, and Kerrang! was mixed; Louder Sound calls it a neo-prog classic. A 1992 Centaur CD (57:26) reorders and extends it, and a 2004 InsideOut edition restored the Atlantis Suite.