i completely agree with everything you've said here seba... i had to go with part 1 as my favorite if for no other reason than the outro... the fretless bass lead gives me shivers every time... a word of warning for d'yer... while i would recommend this album as the next one to get after 'in the court of...'

lark's tongue in aspic is a headphone album...

you will miss out on a lot of stuff if you chose to listen to it with normal speakers (unless you turn it up REALLY loud)