With the new Juno Reactor album being delayed a bit (it will now come out in June), I look back and think which of the Juno Reactor albums that I like the best. It is very difficult for me to rank the albums since I really like most of them equally. But I decided that I should order them from my least to most favourite album in this blog post. I think when the new album comes out, these rankings will change. So here is my ranking from least to most (Luciana and Odyssey will not be included):
1. Transmissions
- To be fair, this was Juno's first album so it is not a really fair comparison to the other albums. Three are a few songs that I really, really like but overall there aren't enough great songs that make this album memorable.
2. Gods and Monster
- It is a bit weird to put this album so low in my rankings but there is a good reason for it. Even though I really love most of the songs in the album, this album doesn't "click" with me since it's music style is all over the place. I really love songs like Tanta Pena, Immaculate Crucifixion, and The Perfect Crime but there is also really bad songs like Mind of the Free and Tokyo Dub. Maybe if the closing song was Playing with Fire maybe this album might have done better?
3. Shango
- Shango is a lot like Gods and Monsters but there is a better rhythm to it. There aren't a lot of stand out songs in there but there isn't many bad songs as well. You can tell that there was a lot of experimentation with this album, with the use of Amampondos and Steve Stevens.
4. Bible of Dreams
- Bible of Dreams was my first album that I purchased. It had a lot of great songs and it was really easy for me to get into it. When I think of a "standard" Juno Reactor album, I think of this one. It has some amazing songs in it.
5. Golden Sun of the Great East
- I almost put this album a bit higher but I think this is the place that works for me. Since this was the most recent Juno Reactor album released, I am still kind of digesting this album. What makes this album so great is that it has very good flow to it (especially compared to Gods and Monsters). It has some spectacular songs in it as well. I might end up putting this album higher in the future.
6. Beyond the Infinite
- Even though this is one of Juno Reactor's earlier albums, this album stands the test of time. There are many great songs in this album and the rhythm of the album is very good as well. You will be hard pressed to find a bad song in this album.
7. Labyrinth
- Labyrinth is by far my most favourite album of all time. What makes this album so great is that there are no bad songs, there is a great opening and closing song, and it kind of tells a story along the way. The rhythm so really great as well, there are couple of slow songs with some incredible fast paced music mixed in it as well.
I hope the new album, The Mutant Theater, will end up as one of my most favourite Juno Reactor albums. With some of the songs that I heard that will be on the new album, I don't think it will end up being one of my least favourite.
