Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: an amazing journey

I was prepared to hate this one. My friend told me I would: he said, it can't compare with the original. That disheartened me already, since I view the original album as a flawed recording of a very great score. And then my friend made me sit through the new, expanded version of the original and I wanted to sock him: it had more notes, sure, but who cares? - if longer were automatically better, we'd all be sitting around listening to the 1974 Candide recording. So what a nice piece of irony to report that my friend is out of his mind: this new Nine CD, clocking in just under 79 minutes, is the best album I've heard since Ragtime. I'm not sure quite what went right, but minute by minute, the performances are strong, the orchestra sounds rich, and best of all, it feels like a real listening experience. I got the same thrill that I got when I heard the original Sweeney Todd - like the cast and the composer were taking me on an amazing journey.