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The CD comes to life with a brilliant, glittering instrumental opener Life In Technicolour. It's just a shame it doesn't burst into a full track, lyrics and all, because it could have been the best on the album.

The atmospheric, haunting Cemeteries Of London follows next and is one of the songs clearly blessed by holy water.

Lost! is layered over the sort of tribal drum beat that, with all the talk of world music influences, some were expecting to be more dominant on the record.

A track called 42 - which again is littered with references of ghosts and heaven - has been rumoured to be the album's conquering centrepiece.

But I think there are even better songs.

And as with many on this complex CD, it's like two or more tracks in one.

So are - as the titles suggest - Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love, Yes/Chinese Sleep Chant and Death And All His Friends/The Escapist.