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		<title>Album review: NEAL MORSE BAND &#8211; L.I.F.T.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NEIL-MORSE-BAND-L.I.F.T.-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="NEIL MORSE BAND - L.I.F.T." title="NEIL MORSE BAND - L.I.F.T." /></a>InsideOut Music [Release date: 27.02.26] The announcements that the Neal Morse Band’s fifth album, L.I.F.T.’ would be released in 2026 came as a pleasant surprise to many fans of NMB (as they now style themselves). That was the result of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-neal-morse-band-l-i-f-t/">Album review: NEAL MORSE BAND &#8211; L.I.F.T.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: SPOCK&#8217;S BEARD  &#8211; The Archaeoptimist</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GRTR! HQ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sb_ta1a.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="SPOCK&#039;S BEARD - The Archaeoptimist" title="SPOCK&#039;S BEARD  - The Archaeoptimist" /></a>Madfish [Release date 21.11.25] Album reviewers, including this one, are often guilty of mining the cliché vaults and using five words where one would suffice. But then, every so often, something so good comes along that it defies words. &#8216;The &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-spocks-beard-the-archaeoptimist/">Album review: SPOCK&#8217;S BEARD  &#8211; The Archaeoptimist</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS &#8211; Friend Of All Creatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-pattern-seeking-animals-friend-of-all-creatures/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/psa-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS - Friend Of All Creatures" title="PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS - Friend Of All Creatures" /></a>GEP [Release date 14.02.25] Pattern-Seeking Animals were formed in 2018 with this being their fifth studio album, and first for their new label GEP, having previously been signed to InsideOut Music. Pattern-Seeking Animals line-up remains that of Ted Leonard (vocals, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-pattern-seeking-animals-friend-of-all-creatures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-pattern-seeking-animals-friend-of-all-creatures/">Album review: PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS &#8211; Friend Of All Creatures</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : MR. BIG &#8211; Ten</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-mr-big-ten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-mr-big-ten/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MrBig-Ten-image-1501.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="MrBig Ten image 150" title="MrBig Ten image 150" /></a>Frontiers [Release date: 12.07.24] Holding the world in their hands, Mr Big say goodbye to the late Pat Torpey, the band&#8217;s drummer, who lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease in 2018. And after 35 years of flying highs and way &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-mr-big-ten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-mr-big-ten/">Album review : MR. BIG &#8211; Ten</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS – Sophomore</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.wilson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=92175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-dvirgilio-morse-and-jennings-sophomore/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DVMJ-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="DVMJ" title="DVMJ" /></a>InsideOut Music [Release date 10.11.23] ‘Sophomore’ is the aptly named second album release from the trio comprising three of the biggest names in prog rock, Neal Morse, Nick D’Virgilio and Ross Jennings. Their first album ‘Troika’, which was released in &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-dvirgilio-morse-and-jennings-sophomore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/11/album-review-dvirgilio-morse-and-jennings-sophomore/">Album review: D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS – Sophomore</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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