Fates Warning β Perfect Symmetry
- intothewellsabyss
- Aug 22, 2023
- 3 min read
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August 22, 1989 β Fates Warning released their fifth studio album, Perfect Symmetry via Metal Blade Records (Music For Nations in the UK). (Listen)
A remastered edition was reissued on June 10, 2008 together with a bonus disc containing studio demos, as well as a DVD of live performances from the 1989β90 Perfect Symmetry world tour. It was with this album that the band's more modern, progressive direction was established.
The album was recorded at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut.
More About Perfect Symmetry:
Perfect Symmetry was Fates Warning's second album with singer Ray Alder, who fully participated in the writing of the album.
Guitarist and founding band member Jim Matheos describes Alder as having "ππππππ’ πππππππ ππ ππππ πππ πππππ πππ πππππ (ππ πΏππππππ ππ’ππππππ’). πΈπ π ππ πππ ππππππ πππππ π πππ πππ πππ ππ πππ ππππ ππππππππππ πππππ. πΈπβπ ππππ π πππ ππ πππππππ ππ ππππ ππ π πππ ππ πππππ πππ π π π πππππππ ππππ πππππππ ππππβπ πππ πππππππππ π π π πππππ ππ ππππ ππππ πππ’π ππ’. π±πππππ ππππ πππππ, ππ πππππ ππ πππππππ, π π π πππ ππππ, 'πππ ππππππ πππ ππππππ!'"
(πππ’ π°ππππ πππ ππππππ π³πππ ππππππ πππ π·πΏπΎπΏ πΏππππππ ππ’ππππππ’ ππππ π πππ πππππππππ’)
It was also the band's first album with drummer Mark Zonder, who, according to Matheos, "ππππππ ππ ππ ππ ππππ πππππππππππ πππππππππ π π π πππππ ππ ππ ππ. πΈπ π ππ ππ ππππ ππππππ ππππππ ππππ π πππ πππ’ ππππππ π πππ π’ππππ ππππππ."
Zonder confirmed in a 2011 interview that Matheos was pushing the songwriting in a more progressive direction:
"πΈπ ππππππ π πππ ππππ ππππ πππ ππππ πππππππ’. ππππππ ππππ πΉππ π πππππ ππ πππππππ ππππππ πππ π πππ πππ ππππ ππππ π πππ ππππ ππππ’-ππππππ ππππ ππππππππ ππ πππ πππ π."
Nothing Left to Say was featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare.
An instrumental version of At Fates Hands, renamed At Fate's Fingers, was released on the 1991 compilation album Guitar's Practicing Musicians Vol. 2.
Critical Reception:
Critical reception for Perfect Symmetry has been mostly positive. Robert Taylor at AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars and said, "ππππ π ππ πππ πππππππππ ππππ πππππππππππ π΅ππππ πππππππ ππ π πππππππππππ ππππ. πππππ πΌππππ ππππππππππ πππππ ππππππππ πππ πππππβπ πππππππ πππππ; πππ ππππ, πΌπππ ππππππβπ ππππππ ππππππππ ππ ππππππππ ππππ πππππππ πππππ ππ πππππ πππ πππππππππππ’ ππ πππ πππππ."
(π΅ππππ πππππππ π πππ πππππππππ’ ππ πππ πΏππππππ ππ’ππππππ’ ππππ, π·πΏπΎπΏ)
Trey Spencer at Sputnikmusic gave the album five stars out of five, describing it as "ππππππ’ πππππ ππππ πππππππππππ πππππ ππ ππππ" and saying, βπΈπ π’ππ ππππ π’πππ ππππ ππππ πππ πππππππ π ππππππ πππ πππ ππππππ ππππππππππππ ππππππππππππ ππππ π πππ ππ ππππππ ππππππ£π ππππ π’ππ ππππππ ππ π’πππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππππ ππ ππ ππππ ππ ππππππππ."
The album was relatively successful in the charts, reaching No. 141 on the U.S. Billboard 200 (the second-highest position in the band's history) and remaining on that chart for nine weeks. Fates Warning would not have another album enter the Billboard 200 until Darkness in a Different Light in 2013.
(πΌπππ πΏππππππ’, πΉππ πΌππππππ, πΌπππ ππππππ, πππ πΊππππ πΌππππ)
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