I, for some reason, especially the piano section, got reminded of ENYA's soundtrack album to 'The Celts' (her debut, that is), which is weird, since neither of them hardly sound alike, not to mention the more than one decade gap (Le ORME used Moog and string synths, while ENYA used lots of mid-80s digital synths, Le ORME being prog, ENYA being New Age with Celtic trappings). 'La Solitudine di chi Protegge il Mondo' is simply a piano-oriented piece with Tagliapietra's unmistakable voice.

The next piece is 'Felona', an upbeat acoustic piece, with that tone, you can be sure the inhabitants of the planet Felona are upbeat. There are some lengthy instrumental passages here, plus some electronic effects played on Pagliuca's Moog, while Michi dei Rossi goes wild on his drums. The album opens up with 'Sospesi Nell'Incredibile', which is by far one of the best things Le ORME had ever done. Without a doubt, 'Felona e Sorona' is Le ORME at the top of their game, going for a concept about two opposing planets. They had already released two albums in the prog vein ('Collage', which seems to only get a lukewarm response, and 'Uomo di Pezza', where response is much greater), with just three guys, Aldo Tagliapietra, Michi dei Rossi, and Toni Pagliuca (the two guys from the early years had long since left the band).

The next Le ORME album I got was 'Felona e Sorona', and I couldn't be more surprised how different this album sounded.

It was 'Ad Gloriam', an odd pick given that album isn't what you call progressive (it was psychedelic pop). I remembered the first Le ORME album I ever bought.

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