Fluttershy_Pony posted... #b#
I think this album may be a little too on the nose, as it were. After a day of talking to myself and the representations of my feelings, I take a break to try listening to something different... which has someone talking to themself and representations of their feelings.
Like, I not mad at it, but this is feeling like meta commentary on my existence and giving me a headache. I'll finish listening to it some other day because this is bending my mind in ways that... aren't exactly painful, but feels like something that I shouldn't be approaching at this exact moment. It's just weird; it's somehow so incredibly relevant that I'm a bit scared of it, like it might contain some deep personal relevations that I'm not prepared to face. But it's also not even remotely similar, like none of his personifications have animal traits or names related to pop culture.
Okay, I didn't think of that. The Human Equation is generally what I recommend to people because it has one of the more interesting plots, and doesn't require any knowledge of any of this other operas. His most famous work is Into the Electric Castle, which is also pretty good. My personal favorite is The Source, but that ties heavily into some of his other works, which is why I don't usually recommend it first.