Tyranny of Beauty's sound is marked by fast rhythms and various guitar and saxophone parts. Most of the run-time of this album, however, remains instrumental, and the music is similar to the other work of Tangerine Dream--fervent, provocative and ever-changing with a focus on electronic keyboards. People like to crucify Miss Smith but the truth is, she sings beautifully. The engineering in this one though, was not too bright. Not to mention that the attempt to put together poems by William Blake and their sound was not the best idea either. They seem to run in different direction, music and words. Nevertheless, this work has very good moments, especially "Alchemy Of The Heart" and "21st Century Common Man (Part I)". It is a more commercial Tangerine Dream than we are used to hear.
