I actually think there are a -few- stand-out songs in the album (Queen of Peace, Delilah and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful are simply breathtaking), but it all really boils down to the album's unity. This is a work in which I simply don't put songs on repeat because all of the pieces walk hand-in-hand. They converse, they flow into each other, and that's downright the biggest artistic accomplishment there. I've seen reviews complaining that the songs, at some point, start melding into each other, but that's the very point. And even then, every offering still has its own unique touch, much in the same way the songs in Ceremonials did.