Glad you guys are back. Great commentary on a great album.

This is the greatest podcast in history

When the band brought the Accident of Birth tour to Toronto in 97, I got to see them live. Without a doubt, this is the best concert I ever attended. Bruce sounded BETTER than he did on the album. After the concert, Bruce came out to greet the people who stuck around. Rod kept telling him that they had to leave but Bruce refused and told him that if people were sticking around for him, he would stay and greet each one of us. I got to chat with Bruce for a bit one-on-one. Wow. That blew my mind. What a nice, down-to-Earth guy he is. Then I looked over and saw Adrian sitting at a table having a beer. I sat down with him and we had an amazing chat about his solo work, performing with Bruce and we even spoke about jazz music. It was unreal. After that, I was back to chatting with Bruce, who was speaking about the band Rainbow and then he was discussing Deep Purple. I brought a copy of Lord Iffy Boatrace, which Bruce appreciated and we spoke a bit about that book. It was an incredible night!

I remember the day I got this album, which was the Japanese album that came out a little earlier than the American release. I couldn't wait! From the opening song - Freak, I was blown away. I loved the previous 2 albums, but this was the metal I was craving. I dropped every other band for a few months and pretty much became obsessed with this album, which I still rank among my top albums, ever. Arc of Space and Time is just legendary. There are no weak tracks, in my opinion. Taking the Queen, Starchildren, Man of Sorrows and of course the title track. These are monster hits. Road to Hell as well. I guess I could go on and on. The only thing that trumped this was Chemical Wedding, my favorite album.